By Pat Davis, The Paper. and The New Mexico News — New private equity owners of Cumulus Media initiated layoffs in its Albuquerque radio group this week, continuing a nationwide pattern of cuts after being acquired out of bankruptcy. Cumulus’ Albuquerque market cuts have hit on-air, production and back office

New Mexico Political Report – Riding high from a national rebuke of President Donald Trump’s economic policies and the war in Iran, Democratic voters and members of Congress filled social media on Tuesday with criticism of Congresswoman Melanie Stansbury and 10 other Democrats who missed a critical vote to advance

Before diving into what is open and closed, there are several ways to honor those who have served across the metro area on Wednesday. Albuquerque’s annual Veterans Day Parade steps off at 9 a.m. from USS Bullhead Memorial Park, winding along Gibson and Louisiana boulevards before wrapping up at the

New Mexico immigrant advocates on Friday released emails and other evidence they say show that some local law enforcement agencies have widespread practices of referring arrestees and detainees to federal immigration agents for deportation. In a news conference held at the state Capitol, the advocates said the practice undermines state

The U.S. Department of Education announced Monday that it launched investigations into the Albuquerque and Santa Fe Public School districts, alleging their gender-identity and expression policies violate federal family education and privacy law. The federal agency instructed its Student Privacy Policy Office to investigate whether policies regarding student gender identity

By Pat Davis, New Mexico Political Report — Senator Martin Heinrich’s signature permit reform legislation passed a critical test in the U.S. Senate on Monday earning 73 votes – more than the 60 vote supermajority required to avoid any opponent’s filibuster – to proceed to final debate and votes in

New Mexico Political Report — Just hours before the U.S. Senate was scheduled to advance a bipartisan permit reform bill led by New Mexico’s senior senator, Gov.-elect Deb Haaland came out in public opposition to it. Haaland, a former U.S. Interior Department secretary who oversaw a large portfolio of agencies

The New Mexico News — Undeterred by opposition from national and local environmental groups and New Mexico pueblos, Senator Martin Heinrich and a bi-partisan group of cosponsors are moving forward on Monday, the first day senators return to work after the election, with the first of a series of planned

By Matt Mondschein, Source NM A New Mexico judge recently ruled that the state’s plan to address the landmark Yazzie/Martinez education equity lawsuit is deficient, and ordered the state education department to supplement the plan by March 2027. In a Nov. 2 order, First Judicial District Judge Matthew Wilson found

By Pat Davis, New Mexico Political Report — New Mexico’s House Speaker Javier Martinez is headed into January’s legislative session with a super-majority of Democrats after a national “blue wave” of votes for Democrats ousted four Republican legislators from the State House. Republican Representative Catherine Cullen of Sandoval County lost

Federal agents in unmarked vehicles descended on a neighborhood construction site in Bernalillo County’s South Valley on Thursday. A viral video circulating on social media shows an unmarked SUV accelerating to pass a pickup truck driving down the street, then quickly braking to cut of the truck as at least

Column by Pat Davis, New Mexico Political Report — Governor-elect Deb Haaland is wasting no time filling top positions in her new administration. She is expected to name key leaders of her transition later today and will make her first major staff announcement on Friday when she is expected to

By Kevin Hendricks — Voters in House District 64 sent Andrea Reeb back to Santa Fe on Tuesday, three weeks after she quit. Now the Clovis Republican says she’s coming back to the House. Reeb announced Thursday that she will take her seat for the upcoming term. She won re-election

By Kevin Hendricks — Voters in this year’s elections took away the next governor’s New pocket veto and gave the nation’s last volunteer legislators a salary. Voters approved all four constitutional amendments on the ballot Tuesday by wide margins, with support ranging from 63% to 75%, according to unofficial results.

By Kevin Hendricks — New Mexico made history Tuesday night with Deb Haaland winning her campaign to be the first Native American woman to win a governor’s seat. Haaland, a Laguna Pueblo member and former U.S. Interior secretary, beat Republican Gregg Hull by 14 points to become New Mexico’s next

By Kevin Hendricks — After months of TV ads, mailers and text messages across southern New Mexico, voters in the 2nd Congressional District gave U.S. Rep. Gabe Vasquez a third term, and it wasn’t close. Vasquez, a Las Cruces Democrat, beat Republican Greg Cunningham 59% to 41% on Tuesday, according

Commentary by Pat Davis, New Mexico Political Report – Despite polling predictions of a close race, Governor-elect Deb Haaland easily defeated Republican Gregg Hull by about 14 points and more than 100,000 votes. Democrats across the state won every major race by a nearly 60%–40% margin, or better, and Haaland

New Mexico’s next governor is looking for new talent to fill out hundreds of governor-appointed staff and volunteer nominated positions across state departments, boards and commissions. After defeating Republican Gregg Hull in the race for governor, Democrat Deb Haaland launched a transition website to accept applications from persons interested in

By Jesse Jones, The Paper. — Bernalillo County voters gave Democrats wins in nearly every contested partisan race, from county offices to Congress, while also deciding judicial contests and a slate of ballot questions. Democrat Eric Olivas won another term on the County Commission and Democrat Linda Stover won election

By Pat Davis, New Mexico Political Report — President Donald Trump told voters heading into the 2026 midterm elections to “pretend I’m on the ballot.” They did just that. In a national rebuke of Trump’s policies, voters gave Democrats a clear majority in the House and Senate and flipped a

By Kevin Hendricks, Jesse Jones, Rodd Cayton and Pat Davis, The Paper & The New Mexico News — 2026’s midterm elections may be among the biggest in recent memory, both nationally and here in New Mexico, if early voting and midday Election Day turnout trends continue until polls close at

By Kevin Hendricks, The New Mexico News — If you live anywhere between Albuquerque’s South Valley and El Paso and own a TV, you already know somebody really wants your vote in the 2nd Congressional District. Actually, several somebodies – and each has several million dollars. Campaign donors and outside

By Pat Davis, The New Mexico News — As Chaves County voters turn their attention to Tuesday’s final Election Day, early voting data shows that local partisan voters in both major parties are eager to vote this cycle, while unaffiliated voters are still mostly on the sidelines. Voter turnout data

By Pat Davis, The New Mexico News — As Sandoval County voters turn their attention to Tuesday’s final Election Day, early voting data shows that partisan voters in both major parties were eager to vote this cycle, though Democrats outperformed Republicans in early turnout, while unaffiliated voters are still mostly

By Pat Davis, The New Mexico News — If early voting turnout is any indication of a blue wave year for Democrats in New Mexico, 2026 is shaping up to be one for the record books. Voter turnout data from the Secretary of State’s Office analyzed by The New Mexico