AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Democrat Beto O’Rourke is running for governor of Texas, pursuing a blue breakthrough in America’s biggest red state after his star-making U.S. Senate campaign in 2018 put him closer than anyone else in decades. O’Rourke’s announcement Monday kicks off a third run for office in as many election cycles. He burst into the 2020 Democratic presidential …

ALBUQUERQUE (AP) — New Mexico already has among the highest U.S. unemployment rates and state Republican legislative leaders said Thursday that they fear President Joe Biden’s plan to require vaccinations or COVID-19 testing for large employers could do more damage to the job market of the poverty-stricken state. New Mexico Senate Republican Leader Greg Baca said the mandate is sowing …

ALPINE, Texas (AP) — More than 60 migrants were found in a box truck stopped on a highway in the remote Big Bend region of West Texas, federal officials said Wednesday. Driver Javier Duarte, 22, of Las Cruces, New Mexico, was arrested on counts of transporting migrants illegally and helping convicted felons re-enter the country illegally, according to a statement …

HOUSTON (AP) — Three concertgoers remain in critical condition following a massive crowd surge during a Travis Scott performance that left eight people dead and hundreds more injured at the Astroworld music festival, Houston’s mayor said Wednesday. Mayor Sylvester Turner did not provide details about the conditions of the fans who have been hospitalized since the rapper’s headliner performance Friday …

SANTA FE – Everyone in the state of New Mexico will need to include the area code as 10-digits is now required for all phone calls. The change happened Sunday, and local calls dialed with only seven digits may not be completed. A recording may inform the caller the call cannot be completed as dialed. If this recording is heard, …

Over the course of the last two weeks, oil prices have hit above $80 a barrel, a far cry from the negative territory where oil was selling nearly a year and a half ago. The seven year high is being driven by a resurgence in demand around the world as economies recover from COVID-19 restrictions and shutdowns and OPEC keeping …

New Mexico’s redistricting process has been a marvel of transparency, so far. The state’s brand new, nonpartisan Citizen’s Redistricting Committee has conducted a very public process of posting maps on its website, inviting comment, encouraging people to submit their own maps, and even offering map-making tutorials. Various interest groups and individuals responded. It’s all out there in living color for …

New Mexico’s redistricting process has been a marvel of transparency, so far. The state’s brand new, nonpartisan Citizen’s Redistricting Committee has conducted a very public process of posting maps on its website, inviting comment, encouraging people to submit their own maps, and even offering map-making tutorials. Various interest groups and individuals responded. It’s all out there in living color for …

Human trafficking is one of the most underreported crimes, according to the Human Trafficking Hotline. In 2018, the Hotline reported, there were only 5,147 cases reported in the U.S., awith 21 of those cases from New Mexico. But, the Land of Enchantment is a prime location for human trafficking because of the Big I, the interstate exchange of I-25 and …

Republicans: Proposed redistricting maps by special interest groups heavily favor Democrats At least one proposed map redistricting New Mexico’s Congressional Districts would see Hobbs and Lea County split into two, meaning the current district where Congressional District 2 only represents all of southern New Mexico, including Lea County, would no longer be the case. The New Mexico Citizen’s Redistricting Committee has made …