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Democrats coalesced around supporting Vice President Kamala Harris to replace Biden on the ballot.

New Mexico leaders respond to Biden ending reelection campaign - NM Political Reportnmpoliticalreport.com New Mexico leaders responded to President Joe Biden’s announcement Sunday that he was no longer seeking re-election and endorsed Vice President Kamala Harris for the nomination. Gov. Michelle Lujan Gr...

U.S. Sen. Martin Heinrich says Joe Biden should step aside

Heinrich calls on Biden to withdraw from campaign - NM Political Reportnmpoliticalreport.com U.S. Sen. Martin Heinrich became the third Democratic member of the Senate to call on President Joe Biden to step aside from his reelection campaign for a new Democratic candidate. The statement came ...

The New Mexico Legislature defied the governor and ignored most of her agenda for the special session. The lone bill to pass mainly funded disaster assistance #nmpol #nmleg

Legislators pass disaster assistance funding, end special session quickly - NM Political Reportnmpoliticalreport.com The two issues passed were only a fraction of what Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham had on her special session agenda.

Special session update: The House quickly voted to fund disaster relief and behavioral health treatments, then adjourned

House votes to pass bill for fire relief, behavioral health treatments - NM Political Reportnmpoliticalreport.com The House voted overwhelmingly to pass HB 1, the appropriations bill that provides funding for the special session, fire relief and behavioral health court treatments. The House then voted to adjourn....

From earlier this week, a look at Downwinders still seeking justice nearly 80 years after the Trinity Test

Downwinders continue to seek justice 79 years after the Trinity Test - NM Political Reportnmpoliticalreport.com For most of his life, Paul Pino believed his community had dodged the bullet when it came to nuclear fallout. It wasn’t until he’d retired from teaching high school history that he learned that his ho...

A special session is scheduled to start at noon, as a defiant governor pushes on despite little buy-in from legislators.

Special session to start, despite legislative opposition - NM Political Reportnmpoliticalreport.com “We’re asking lawmakers to do right by New Mexico, to do right by all of our cities and counties and to create the kind of opportunities for us to get help to the people who need that help,” Lujan Gri...

“This bill is essentially a poll tax because I’m not aware of a single proof of citizenship document that does not cost an individual money to get unless we’re requiring every state to provide one for free, and then it’s an unfunded mandate,” Sewell said. #nmpol

NM delegation votes against bill they say will disenfranchise voters - NM Political Reportnmpoliticalreport.com The House passed a bill that opponents of the bill, including all three members of New Mexico’s delegation, say would suppress voting. The Safeguard American Voter Eligibility Act, or SAVE Act, passed...

The amendment, if enacted, would protect service members, veterans and their families when they are stationed in states that ban abortion.

Heinrich files amendment to protect reproductive rights for the military - NM Political Reportnmpoliticalreport.com U.S. Sen. Martin Heinrich filed an amendment on Tuesday to codify a rule protecting veteran access to abortion in the case of rape, incest or the life and health of the pregnant person. The legislatio...

The letter says they are concerned about the proposed legislation for the special session, that the draft bills will not achieve the intended results and that it will further harm the most marginalized, including LGTBQ individuals, immigrants, Indigenous and people of color.

Despite calls from groups, governor won’t call off special session - NM Political Reportnmpoliticalreport.com A group of 41 organizations and individuals want Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham to halt plans to hold a special legislative session which is scheduled to start next week. Lujan Grisham announced a sp...

The joint resolution would also ensure that Biden could not alter Title IX nor could a future administration be able to revisit the rules, U.S. Rep. Bobby Scott, a Democrat representing Virginia, said.

House committee advances resolution to roll back Biden’s Title IX protections - NM Political Reportnmpoliticalreport.com The U.S. House Rules Committee voted 8 to 3 along party lines in favor of a joint resolution that would reverse the Biden Administration’s recent expansion of protections for LGBTQ students, pregnant ...

Becerra said the Health and Human Services Department launched the tour “to make sure it’s clear to people what their rights are.”

Biden will protect reproductive access, Health Secretary says during a multi-state reproductive access tour - NM Political Reportnmpoliticalreport.com U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra said at a Planned Parenthood space for LGBTQ youth in Albuquerque that if President Joe Biden wins a second term, he will continue the work he’s...

The court denied the agreement because the proposed consent decree was not supported by the federal government and would “dispose of the United States’ Compact claims without its consent.”

SCOTUS rejects proposed resolution to Rio Grande water dispute - NM Political Reportnmpoliticalreport.com In a 5-4 decision, the U.S. Supreme Court rejected a proposed settlement that would have ended the more-than decade-long dispute between Texas and New Mexico over water from the Rio Grande. The court ...

Devastating fires in southern New Mexico prompted a major disaster declaration from President Joe Biden.

Biden approves major disaster declaration for areas impacted by South Fork and Salt fires - NM Political Reportnmpoliticalreport.com President Joe Biden approved a major disaster declaration for Lincoln County and the Mescalero Apache tribe on Thursday due to the South Fork and Salt fires, which started on June 17. This disaster de...

Democrat Martin Heinrich leads as he seeks reelection to the U.S. Senate. More details here:

Heinrich leads U.S. Senate race as general election campaigning starts - NM Political Reportnmpoliticalreport.com Incumbent U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich starts the general election for his second reelection campaign ahead by seven points over his Republican challenger. According to a poll by Public Policy Polling...

Our first poll of the election season finds Biden with a lead over Trump in New Mexico.

Post-primary, Biden leads Trumps in NM - NM Political Reportnmpoliticalreport.com President Joe Biden leads former president Donald Trump in the race for New Mexico’s five electoral seats, according to a poll commissioned by NM Political Report. The poll, which took place on June 1...

Prior to the Dobbs decision, in which the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, New Mexico abortion clinics averaged about 3,000 abortions a year. The state has seen a 256 percent increase in abortions since 2020.

How abortion care has changed since Dobbs - NM Political Reportnmpoliticalreport.com In the month of March 2024 alone, 1,650 clinician-provided abortions took place in New Mexico, according to the reproductive research organization, the Guttmacher Institute. Prior to the Dobbs decisio...

The rules governing the community solar program are set up to ensure that no one developer receives the majority of the capacity from community solar projects.

Program administrator outlines how waitlisted community solar projects will be selected - NM Political Reportnmpoliticalreport.com The program administrator for New Mexico’s community solar program released guidance Thursday for waitlisted projects. The new guidelines follow a petition from several developers who have projects on...

The governor's proposals for the upcoming special session face skepticism from legislators.

Both Republicans and Democrats skeptical of guv’s proposals for special session - NM Political Reportnmpoliticalreport.com A representative from Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham’s office outlined on Thursday the bills the governor’s office will back during the upcoming special session, but the proposals upset legislators in th...

Ben Ray Luján slammed Speaker of the House Mike Johnson for letting RECA expire without a vote. The House didn't vote to expand it to include downwinders and others.

Luján criticizes House Speaker for not taking action to expand RECA - NM Political Reportnmpoliticalreport.com With just days left before the Radiation Exposure Compensation Act expires, House Speaker Mike Johnson adjourned the U.S. House of Representatives without taking action to extend or expand the legisla...

Residents of a neighborhood in the South Valley filed a federal complaint, alleging the City of Albuquerque violated their civil rights regarding environmental justice and air pollution

Mountain View residents allege City of Albuquerque has violated their civil rights - NM Political Reportnmpoliticalreport.com Residents of the Mountain View neighborhood in the South Valley of Albuquerque have filed a complaint with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency regarding environmental justice and air pollution in minority and low-income communities. The South Valley of Albuquerque is in an unincorporated area of Bernalillo County, but abuts the city and is heavily impacted by

A handful of legislators, including one accused of sexual misconduct, lost their primaries Tuesday

Handful of legislators lose primaries - NM Political Reportnmpoliticalreport.com Every legislative seat is up for grabs in 2024, which means all incumbents who sought reelection had to face the voters. Most did not face primary opponents, or easily defeated their primary opponents...

Many of those backed by reproductive rights groups won their Democratic primaries on Tuesday.

Many Democrats endorsed by reproductive rights group won primaries - NM Political Reportnmpoliticalreport.com With nearly 53 percent of the precincts reporting as of 11 p.m. Tuesday, most of the legislative candidates endorsed by Planned Parenthood Votes New Mexico appear to have won. With former President Do...

With few contested races, the turnout in New Mexico's primaries was very low

Low turnout for New Mexico primaries - NM Political Reportnmpoliticalreport.com Incumbent President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump won their New Mexico primaries, leading a primary with record-low turnout. Both Biden and Trump have locked up their respective party’s ...

She and other members of New Mexico’s congressional leadership realized that while there is more spending for early childhood education programs, there is not “sufficient funding for capital projects.”

Stansbury outlines funding secured for early childhood and youth services programs - NM Political Reportnmpoliticalreport.com U.S. Rep. Melanie Stansbury secured $8.3 million for childhood development and youth services in the 1st congressional district through federal community project funding. Stansbury, a Democrat, announ...

Rand also did not find a consistent change in divorce rates. But they found that since legalization for same-sex couples, young people’s attitudes toward the institution has improved.

Study: Marriage equality has had a positive impact - NM Political Reportnmpoliticalreport.com A recent study found that in the 20 years since Massachusetts became the first state in the U.S. to grant same-sex marriage licenses, same-sex marriage has strengthened the institution of marriage for...

Expanding RECA is important to people in the Tularosa Basin of New Mexico where the first nuclear weapon test took place and to people living in Missouri where radioactive waste was dumped near waterways.

Survivors, advocates plead for Speaker to allow RECA expansion vote - NM Political Reportnmpoliticalreport.com Millie Chino of Laguna Pueblo teared up as she spoke about her spouse, who died in September due to a health condition linked to radiation exposure. He worked in the uranium mines for six months in 19...

The project is called the Reproductive Healthcare Success Project and will be in Las Cruces.

UNM approves land acquisition for Las Cruces reproductive health center - NM Political Reportnmpoliticalreport.com Thursday, the University of New Mexico Board of Regents approved a land acquisition for a full-spectrum reproductive healthcare center, that will include abortion care, in Doña Ana County. The UNM Boa...

Both PNM and renewable energy advocacy groups like Coalition for Clean Affordable Energy appealed the PRC’s ruling, arguing that the law mandates approval of a full revenue decoupling mechanism. Meanwhile, the PRC concluded that the law allows it to approve a partial decoupling mechanism.

NM Supreme Court rejects PRC’s ruling on Efficient Use of Energy Act - NM Political Reportnmpoliticalreport.com The state Supreme Court found that the New Mexico Public Regulation Commission’s interpretation of the Efficient Use of Energy Act is “unlawful and unreasonable.” In an opinion issued Monday, the New ...

A Day Without Childcare is a national day of action organized by Community Change Action, a group advocating for more livable wages and other improvements to early childhood educators.

Early childcare educator shortage and pay is in crisis, advocates say - NM Political Reportnmpoliticalreport.com Kelly’s Learning Center in Las Cruces was one of a few early childcare centers in New Mexico that closed on Monday as part of a nationwide protest for early educator pay parity. A Day Without Childcar...

Now, with the new rule, entities, including pharmacies, private insurance companies, as well as providers and clinics are not allowed to disclose reproductive healthcare information if it is being used for an investigation or for liability purposes.

In response to Dobbs, the Biden administration finalizes a new rule to protect abortion patients - NM Political Reportnmpoliticalreport.com The Biden administration finalized a new rule to add protections for reproductive healthcare information for patients. The Office of Civil Rights through the U.S. Health and Human Services Department...