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Byline: Daniel J. Chacón dchacon@sfnewmexican.com On the heels of a report from the state auditor, the State Ethics Commission this week launched its own investigation into questions plaguing Western New [...]

Byline: Daniel J. Chacón dchacon@sfnewmexican.com New Mexico Health Secretary Patrick Allen abruptly stepped down Wednesday after less than two years on the job, the latest in a long string of [...]

Byline: Daniel J. Chacón dchacon@sfnewmexican.com New Mexico lawmakers have long talked about changing the way the state handles capital outlay as projects that have been awarded funding fail to materialize [...]

Byline: Daniel J. Chacón dchacon@sfnewmexican.com More than a year after a news report uncovered what one lawmaker called 'lavish spending' at Western New Mexico University, an investigation by the Office [...]

Byline: Daniel J. Chacón dchacon@sfnewmexican.com A new report estimates nearly 1 in 4 case management providers are failing to adequately monitor clients in a state-run program for people with intellectual [...]

Byline: Daniel J. Chacón dchacon@sfnewmexican.com As he drove home to Artesia from a homeland security briefing Tuesday in Las Cruces, state Rep. Jim Townsend noticed a marked difference among the [...]

Byline: Daniel J. Chacón dchacon@sfnewmexican.com Oct. 30, 2016: Just nine days before the presidential election, Donald Trump, then the Republican nominee, rouses a diverse crowd at a rally in Albuquerque. [...]

Byline: Daniel J. Chacón dchacon@sfnewmexican.com Four days after the general election, New Mexico Secretary of State Maggie Toulouse Oliver announced she would be taking a break from X, formerly Twitter, [...]

Byline: Daniel J. Chacón dchacon@sfnewmexican.com Opposing sides in a lawsuit over a generous paid leave policy for judicial employees in state government are poised to meet with lawmakers Tuesday - [...]

Byline: Daniel J. Chacón dchacon@sfnewmexican.com Election 2024 aftermath No one can predict what the next four years will bring under the administration of Republican President-elect Donald Trump. But in New [...]

Byline: Daniel J. Chacón dchacon@sfnewmexican.com After months of exhaustive campaigning, former state Rep. Rebecca Dow fell asleep around 9p.m. Tuesday as results in her race for House District 38 were [...]

Byline: Daniel J. Chacón dchacon@sfnewmexican.com ALBUQUERQUE - The fiercely competitive race for New Mexico's 2nd Congressional District proved to be another nail-biter Tuesday. But Democratic incumbent U.S. Rep. Gabe Vasquez [...]

Byline: Daniel J. Chacón dchacon@sfnewmexican.com Former state Rep. Jerry Wayne Sandel, a Farmington Democrat who served in the New Mexico House of Representatives for nearly three decades, died Oct. 25. [...]

Byline: Daniel J. Chacón dchacon@sfnewmexican.com New Mexico is sometimes referred to as the land of mañana, but not everyone in the state is a procrastinator. More than a half-million New [...]

Byline: Daniel J. Chacón dchacon@sfnewmexican.com Trump in Albuquerque ALBUQUERQUE Former President Donald Trump swooped into New Mexico for a boisterous campaign rally Thursday that drew a packed crowd of nearly [...]

Byline: Daniel J. Chacón dchacon@sfnewmexican.com The Donald Trump presidential campaign Wednesday unveiled a new parking plan with multiple lots for a Thursday rally in Albuquerque after the New Mexico State [...]

Byline: Daniel J. Chacón dchacon@sfnewmexican.com Former President Donald Trump's highly anticipated plans for a Thursday rally in Albuquerque could be in jeopardy after the Democrat-led New Mexico State Land Office [...]

Byline: Daniel J. Chacón dchacon@sfnewmexican.com ALBUQUERQUE New Mexico's senior senator and his Republican challenger went on the attack Sunday during their second and final debate before Election Day, engaging in [...]

Byline: Daniel J. Chacón dchacon@sfnewmexican.com New Mexico Press Association ALBUQUERQUE - The late Rob Dean, a beloved former longtime editor of The New Mexican known for helping the newspaper thrive [...]

Byline: Daniel J. Chacón dchacon@sfnewmexican.com ALBUQUERQUE - U.S. Rep. Adam Schiff of California laid out the high stakes of New Mexico's 2nd Congressional District race Thursday during a rally in [...]

Byline: Daniel J. Chacón dchacon@sfnewmexican.com Expect lawmakers to take another shot at raising the tax on alcohol in New Mexico during the 2025 legislative session. Two proposals - one that [...]

Byline: Daniel J. Chacón dchacon@sfnewmexican.com Whenever someone mentions New Mexico, no matter where he is, Emmy award-winning actor Bryan Cranston immediately feels an emotional connection. 'New Mexico is directly connected [...]

Byline: Daniel J. Chacón dchacon@sfnewmexican.com Anti-litter campaign Breaking Bad fans rejoice. Walter White has been resurrected from the dead, and the chemistry teacher-turned-drug-kingpin is still talking trash. Well, sort of. [...]

Byline: Daniel J. Chacón dchacon@sfnewmexican.com Election 2024 New Mexico House Democrats have unleashed a hard-hitting ad that says a Republican running for an Albuquerque-based House seat beat a woman bloody [...]

Byline: Daniel J. Chacón dchacon@sfnewmexican.com Democrats are continuing to hammer former U.S. Rep. Yvette Herrell on abortion, leading the Republican to release a new ad to try to blunt the [...]

Byline: Daniel J. Chacón dchacon@sfnewmexican.com Nearly a million New Mexicans are expected to vote in the high-stakes presidential race next month. But when all is said and done, only five [...]

Byline: Daniel J. Chacón dchacon@sfnewmexican.com Election 2024 Freshman Democratic U.S. Rep. Gabe Vasquez faced a barrage of attacks from Republicans on Wednesday amid revelations of another run-in with police during [...]

Byline: Daniel J. Chacón dchacon@sfnewmexican.com Sammy Lopez, a highly respected media leader in New Mexico who served as publisher for several newspapers across the state, died Sunday. Lopez, who most [...]

Byline: Daniel J. Chacón dchacon@sfnewmexican.com U.S. Senate race Nella Domenici remembers driving around New Mexico some 20 years ago with her late father, Pete Domenici, a political giant and larger-than-life [...]

Byline: Daniel J. Chacón dchacon@sfnewmexican.com State Ethics Commission A political group that refused to disclose its donors until the New Mexico State Ethics Commission took it to court filed campaign [...]

Byline: Daniel J. Chacón dchacon@sfnewmexican.com Election 2024 A super PAC dedicated to holding and growing a Republican majority in the U.S. House of Representatives dropped a cluster of hard-hitting TV [...]

Byline: Daniel J. Chacón dchacon@sfnewmexican.com A political organization the State Ethics Commission said was operating as a 'dark money' group has agreed to pull back the curtain on its donors [...]

Byline: Daniel J. Chacón dchacon@sfnewmexican.com Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham on Tuesday appointed Emily Kaltenbach, who previously served as senior director of state advocacy for the Drug Policy Alliance, as secretary-designate [...]

Byline: Daniel J. Chacón and Geoffrey Plant dchacon@sfnewmexican.comgplant@taosnews.com Daniel Burrell, a politically connected investor and former CEO of the Santa Fe-based commercial real estate firm Rosemont Realty, was arrested Friday [...]

Byline: Daniel J. Chacón dchacon@sfnewmexican.com Election 2024: Legislature Former state Rep. Rebecca Dow of Truth or Consequences packed up her belongings in January and moved just a few minutes from [...]

Byline: Daniel J. Chacón dchacon@sfnewmexican.com Money saved through job vacancies in New Mexico state government is projected to be lower than in previous years as agencies fill more positions and [...]

Byline: Daniel J. Chacón dchacon@sfnewmexican.com Two of the four major sources of revenue for New Mexico's State Road Fund are projected to decrease dramatically at the same time transportation construction [...]

Byline: Daniel J. Chacón dchacon@sfnewmexican.com A state District Court judge is considering holding a 'dark money' group in contempt for failing to comply with an order to register as a [...]

Byline: Daniel J. Chacón dchacon@sfnewmexican.com While New Mexico's revenue growth is slowing, state agencies' requests for additional funding in the upcoming fiscal year show no sign of self-restraint - prompting [...]

Byline: Daniel J. Chacón dchacon@sfnewmexican.com Homelessness in Española ESPAÑOLA The closure of a homeless encampment on city-owned land along the Rio Grande last month only exacerbated the problem of homelessness, [...]

Byline: Daniel J. Chacón dchacon@sfnewmexican.com No matter how many times it gets cleared, an overgrown field adjacent to Vanessa Henderson's home in southwest Santa Fe inevitably turns into a homeless [...]

Byline: Daniel J. Chacón dchacon@sfnewmexican.com A downtown Santa Fe spa whose employees prey on would-be customers from the sidewalk is accused of bilking unsuspecting patrons out of hundreds of thousands [...]

Byline: Daniel J. Chacón dchacon@sfnewmexican.com Santa Fe Regional Airport A brightly colored mural of Shiprock at sunset adorns a wall of the new exit at the Santa Fe Regional Airport. [...]

Byline: Daniel J. Chacón dchacon@sfnewmexican.com Grumbling, groans, laughter and cheers punctuated a presidential debate watch party at the headquarters of the Democratic Party of Santa Fe County as Vice President [...]

Byline: Margaret O'Hara and Daniel J. Chacón mohara@sfnewmexican.comdchacon@sfnewmexican.com It should have been a lovely day. After getting a bite to eat, Cynthia Araujo and her family planned to watch Desfile [...]

Byline: Daniel J. Chacón dchacon@sfnewmexican.com Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham on Friday appointed Manny Barreras, who has more than 26 years of experience in sales and business development, as secretary-designate of [...]

Byline: Daniel J. Chacón dchacon@sfnewmexican.com The New Mexico Finance Authority is accepting applications for a new state-funded program designed to create entry-level housing for working New Mexicans. The Opportunity Enterprise [...]

Byline: Daniel J. Chacón dchacon@sfnewmexican.com Rob Black, who has served as president and CEO of the New Mexico Chamber of Commerce for just over six years, has been tapped to [...]

Byline: Daniel J. Chacón dchacon@sfnewmexican.com Calling it a monumental day in the fight for women's health and reproductive rights, Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham broke ground Thursday on a $10 million [...]