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Laura Mayo, teacher of a combined class of fifth- and sixth-graders at Nava Elementary School, works Monday with her students on fractions. Gabriela Campos/The New Mexican William Rodriguez, a teacher at Nava Elementary School, works Monday with his fifth-grade students on making marshmallow cannons to teach them the principles of Newton's laws of motion.
New Mexico taxpayers will pay up to $133,000 to cover legal fees for U.S. Rep. Steve Pearce's campaign. The Santa Fe New Mexican reports the Secretary of State's Office said the Republican's campaign could not transfer hundreds of thousands of dollars Pearce had accumulated running for Congress to finance his bid for governor.
Heading into his North Korea summit with characteristic bravado, President Donald Trump says he is ready to negotiate an accord with Kim Jong Un to denuclearize the Korean Peninsula. FILE - In this Dec. 20, 2010, file photo, released by China's Xinhua news agency, New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson, center, arrives at Pyongyang international airport in Pyongyang, capital of North Korea.
For Deb Haaland, the New Mexico lawyer seeking to make history in her bid to become the first Native American woman elected to Congress, proclaiming defiance to the Trump administration has echoes in the brutal history of the Southwest. "How can we not be outraged by the separation of families?" Ms.
New Mexico Democrats rallied around progressive female candidates in the primary - including the party's nominee for the Albuquerque area's U.S. House seat who will try to become the first Native American congresswoman. The Tuesday primary also set up a November race that will mean the most Hispanic congressional district in the most Hispanic state in the nation will be represented by a woman for the first time.
Kelly DeLong, 55, right, owner of Kelly's Cafe in Loco Hills, plays with her grandniece Annabelle Wilson, 3, at the cafe. DeLong, a lifelong Republican, doesn't think she could vote for a Democrat even though that candidate's platform includes a place for oil and gas.
It is a good sign that high-ranking North Korean official Kim Yong Chol has traveled to the United States for meetings with Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and other U.S. officials, as he has the ear of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, former UN Ambassador and Gov. Bill Richardson said Wednesday. "He is head of the intelligence service, which is the biggest power center next to Kim Jong Un in North Korea," Richardson told Fox News' "America's Newsroom."
In this April 5, 2018 photo, candidates for New Mexico governor participate in a policy forum in Albuquerque, N.M., attended by, from left, state Sen. Joseph Cervantes of Las Cruces, U.S. Rep. Michelle Lujan Grisham of Albuquerque and U.S. Rep. Steve Pearce.
Three Democratic candidates for New Mexico governor are taking shots at each other as the primary race for the state's open gubernatorial seat heats up. Sen. Joseph Cervantes and businessman Jeff Apodaca took turns during a KOAT-TV/Albuquerque Journal sponsored debate Sunday questioning Congresswoman Michelle Lujan Grisham about profits she made from a health care consulting company she co-founded.
Former New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson is calling President Donald Trump's pledge to send troops to the U.S.-Mexico border "a terrible idea." The Democrat describes Trump's plans as politically motivated, meant to boost support for the Republican's proposed border wall.
Republican U.S. Rep. Steve Pearce, New Mexico's Republican gubernatorial candidate, is an outspoken advocate for restricting access to abortion. Luis SA nchez Saturno/New Mexican file photo Republican U.S. Rep. Steve Pearce, New Mexico's Republican gubernatorial candidate, is an outspoken advocate for restricting access to abortion.
Gov. Martinez announces WIPP road improvement projects Four projects are expected to be completed in 2018, with construction starting this spring. Check out this story on CurrentArgus.com: A CAST Specialty Transportation truck delivers the first shipment to WIPP since its 2014 closure in April.
The U.S. Bureau of Land Management announced Monday a proposal to revise the 2016 final Waste Prevention Rule, also known as the venting and flaring rule. The proposed reversal would eliminate duplicative regulatory requirements and re-establish long-standing requirements that the 2016 final rule sought to replace, according to a BLM press release.
John C. Anderson, pictured in November outside his office at the Holland & Hart law firm, won confirmation Thursday as the federal government's top prosecutor in New Mexico. Gabriela Campos/New Mexican file photo John C. Anderson, pictured in November outside his office at the Holland & Hart law firm, won confirmation Thursday as the federal government's top prosecutor in New Mexico.
Philippine president said he pities Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi for being the focus of international criticism over her country's handling of the Rohingya refugee crisis. Suu Kyi and Duterte met in New Delhi this week at a summit of Southeast Asian leaders on the 25th anniversary of ASEAN-India ties.
Democratic state lawmakers want to eliminate New Mexico's annual $50 million cap on film incentive spending but the future of the proposal is unclear amid Republican opposition. The bill which would eliminate a cap on incentives is moving through the New Mexico House and comes after state officials reported the film and television industry contributed more than a half-billion dollars to New Mexico's economy in 2016.
The United States criticized Russia on Wednesday for approving sales of fighter jets to Myanmar's military despite its deadly operations against Rohingya Muslims, warning that Moscow's actions could make the situation worse. Russian defense officials used a visit to Myanmar this week to announce a deal to deliver six Su-30 fighter jets to the country's military.
In this March 19, 2015 file photo, representatives work on the floor of the New Mexico in Santa Fe, N.M. The New Mexico Statehouse has long been a place where women experience sexual harassment and that abuse often goes unchecked or unreported, according to female lobbyists and elected officials Democratic consultant Heather Brewer told The Associated Press on Monday, Dec. 4, 2017, that the harassment at the New Mexico Statehouse ranged from groping to propositions for sex.
A new political avenue toward statewide elected office and Congress may be opening in New Mexico as the Libertarian Party achieves major party status, giving its candidates ready access to the ballot in 2018. Failed presidential candidate Gary Johnson in 2016 won a historic consolation prize for the Libertarian Party by surpassing 5 percent of the popular vote in his home state of New Mexico, thereby lowering daunting signature requirements for Libertarian candidates.