DENVER (AP) — Frustrated residents of a Denver suburb say state law is forcing them to participate in a major oil and gas drilling project against their wishes, so they launched legal challenges with potentially significant consequences for the industry. Backed by a federal judge, they have a chance this week to ask state regulators to block multiple wells planned …
WASHINGTON (AP) — Air Force Secretary Heather Wilson, once seen as a candidate to succeed Jim Mattis as defense secretary, said Friday she is resigning to become president of the University of Texas at El Paso. A former U.S. House Republican member from New Mexico and graduate of the U.S. Air Force Academy, Wilson has headed the Air Force since …
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — New Mexico is joining a handful of other states in allowing high school students to participate in a growing sport — video games. Around three dozen high schools are competing in the state’s inaugural e-sports season that began last month, and more schools may join as athletic officials consider adding a fall season.The e-sports season, which …
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — California and 20 other Democratic-led states announced they were challenging the Trump administration’s effort to set up obstacles for women seeking abortions, including barring taxpayer-funded family planning clinics from referring patients to abortion providers. California Attorney General Xavier Becerra said Monday that the state filed its own federal lawsuit in San Francisco that aims to block …
ExxonMobil to increase Permian output to 1 million barrels per day by 2024 IRVING, Texas–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Mar 5, 2019–ExxonMobil said today it has revised its Permian Basin growth plans to produce more than 1 million oil-equivalent barrels per day by as early as 2024 – an increase of nearly 80 percent and a significant acceleration of value. The size of the …
Gun buyer background check bill clears Legislature By Robert Nott rnott@sfnewmexican.com The New Mexico House of Representatives voted 42-27 late Monday to approve a bill that would expand requirements for instant federal background checks on buyers of firearms in the state. Exceptions would include sales of antique firearms or any sale involving immediate family members. It would not affect transactions …
Gov. gives full support of abortion ban repeal as measure advances in Senate By Andrew Oxford aoxford@sfnewmexican.com Former Gov. Susana Martinez mostly stayed out of the debate over abortion. But her successor is jumping right into the middle of it. Amid the specter that courts could overturn or significantly undermine Roe v. Wade, Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham has offered her …
SANTA FE — A controversial fracking ban bill hit a snag Tuesday in the New Mexico Legislature when brought before the Senate Conservation Committee, receiving little more than an introduction and no committee discussion or vote. With only half an hour left of the committee’s morning session, Sen. Antoinette Sedillo Lopez, D-Albuquerque, offered a passionate plea to impose a four-year …
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — The sheriff in New Mexico’s most populous county is joining colleagues from more rural areas of the state in pushing back against sweeping gun-control proposals before the Legislature. Bernalillo County Sheriff Manuel Gonzales said Friday he would support becoming a “Second Amendment Sanctuary County.” As with a sanctuary city or state for immigrants, a 2nd Amendment …
Early childhood education department bill advances By Robert Nott rnott@sfnewmexican.com One of Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham’s favored legislative initiatives finally advanced Wednesday when the Senate Rules Committee voted 8-0 for a bill to create a centralized department for early childhood education. Senate Bill 22 would consolidate programs that are spread among several agencies, including the Public Education Department and the …
