Latest New Mexico Headlines

All the headlines from our New Mexico Topic Page, ordered by recency.

Business Moves

Feb 7 2022 // Marsh McLennan, Affinity AgencyAssociation Member Benefits Advisors, a national affinity-based membership and marketing insurance agency, has agreed to acquire the associations business of Mercer, a business of Marsh...

Risk Strategies Acquires Burke Insurance Group in New Mexico

Jan 19 2022 // Risk Strategies acquired Burke Insurance Group LLC, a New Mexico-based commercial retail insurance agency. The acquisition marks Risk Strategies’ first entry in New Mexico. Headquartered in Las Cruces, New Mexico,...

J&J Reaches Opioid Settlement with New Mexico

Jan 18 2022 // Johnson & Johnson on Friday said it had agreed to pay $44 million to resolve claims that it fueled the opioid epidemic in New Mexico, a state which originally opted against participating in a nationwide settlement...

Homeowners of America Rolling out in New Mexico

Jan 14 2022 // Homeowners of America, a property/casualty insurance provider and subsidiary of Porch Group, Inc., launched its service in New Mexico. New Mexico marks HOA’s 13th state of operation and the first expansion of...

Lawsuits, Insurance at Heart of New Mexico Archdiocese’s Bankruptcy Case

Dec 30 2021 // The Archdiocese of Santa Fe’s Chapter 11 bankruptcy efforts have plodded along for three years with no end visible in the case involving more than 400 clergy abuse victims.Lawyers say three years is a comparatively...

New Mexico Should Brace For Worsening Drought, Forecasters Say

Dec 28 2021 // The last three months have been very dry in New Mexico and it’s only going to get worse.That’s the word from forecasters with the National Weather Service and other climate experts in the state. They said...

New Mexico Sees Lower Costs Worker’s Comp Insurance

Dec 1 2021 // New Mexico insurance regulators are reducing a key component in rates for workers’ compensation coverage that should help employers spend less, starting next year.The Superintendent of Insurance Office announced a...

Lawsuit Says Baldwin Had No Reason to Fire in New Mexico Movie Set Shooting

Nov 19 2021 // A lawsuit alleges that Alec Baldwin recklessly fired a gun when it wasn’t called for in the script when he shot and killed cinematographer Halyna Hutchins and injured director Joel Souza on the New Mexico set of the...

Assistant Director in Fatal New Mexico Movie Set Shooting Hopes for Industry Changes

Nov 3 2021 // The assistant director who handed Alec Baldwin the gun that killed a cinematographer says he hopes the tragedy prompts the film industry to “reevaluate its values and practices” to ensure no one is harmed...

Inside the New Mexico Movie Set Where Baldwin’s Gun Fired

Oct 29 2021 // Light from a high afternoon sun slanted through the tall windows of the weathered wooden church, catching on the plank floorboards and illuminating the stained glass. Outside, the arid ground of the northern New Mexico...

Man Who Fell From Sports Skybox in New Mexico, Son Get Payouts

Oct 20 2021 // A man who fell from a luxury suite at a university sports arena in Albuquerque onto concrete stairs below has been awarded $144,000 under a state-negotiated settlement, according to settlement documents obtained...

New Mexico Cattle Ranchers Suffer Losses from Western Drought

Sep 14 2021 // State Sen. Pat Woods saw a lot of it over this past year – cows culled from a herd and sent to the slaughterhouse because their owners couldn’t afford to feed them anymore.“It was awfully dry,” said the...

New Mexico AG Takes More Steps to Intervene in Conservation of California Insurance Co.

Aug 26 2021 // New Mexico Attorney General Hector Balderas has retained California legal counsel on behalf of the state and filed for leave to submit an amicus curiae brief in the conservation proceedings over California Insurance Co.CIC...

New Mexico Lawsuit Says Guards Mistook Dentures for Contraband, Beat Inmate

Aug 10 2021 // A man was brutally beaten by corrections officers and denied medical treatment at a county jail in a small New Mexico community after guards mistook dentures in the inmate’s mouth for contraband, according to a...

New Mexico Public Defender’s Office Settles Harassment Claims for $345K

Jul 30 2021 // Two lawsuits accusing an investigator in the state public defender’s office of sexual harassment have been settled.The Law Offices of the Public Defender agreed to pay $345,000 to resolve the lawsuits filed in 2019,...

Ousted New Mexico Police Chief Files Whistleblower Suit

Jul 16 2021 // Albuquerque’s former police chief is accusing top city officials of violating open record laws and a state statute meant to protect whistleblowers.Michael Geier and his former assistant, Paulette Diaz, filed a...

New Mexico City Settling Ex-Officers’ Suit over Race-Based Enforcement

Jul 6 2021 // Hobbs, N.M., will pay a $1.4 million settlement to three former police officers whose whistleblower lawsuit alleged they were subjected to racist language and directed to target minority neighborhoods.The 2017 lawsuit...

New Mexico Opening Door to New Era of Civil Rights Lawsuits

Jul 6 2021 // Efforts among a handful of states to hold police accountable for brutality and civil rights violations are expanding Thursday as New Mexico opens the door to civil rights lawsuits against government agencies in state...

City in New Mexico Suing Companies Over Lighting on Problem-Plagued Bus Route

Jul 5 2021 // New Mexico’s largest city has sued companies involved in the design and construction of a rapid transit system over light fixtures that have fallen or weren’t secured.The Albuquerque Rapid Transit bus system...

City in New Mexico Suing Companies Over Lighting on Problem-Plagued Bus Route

Jun 22 2021 // New Mexico’s largest city has sued companies involved in the design and construction of a rapid transit system over light fixtures that have fallen or weren’t secured.The Albuquerque Rapid Transit bus system...