State Sen. Jay Block dropped a bill Thursday to create a Government Accountability to Taxpayer Office, which would essentially be New Mexico’s version of the federal Department of Government Efficiency, or DOGE.
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- Sheriff’s office: Star’s ‘prop firearm’ kills one, injures another
- #Breaking: Democrat Deb Haaland is running to be the next governor of New Mexico. The former U. S. interior secretary and congresswoman launched her gubernatorial campaign early Tuesday morning.
- Senate Republicans have set up an email tip line that allows New Mexicans to snitch on violent undocumented immigrants hiding from the law in their communities.
- Cartoonist Ricardo Caté, a Santo Domingo Pueblo member and creator of the comic strip "Without Reservations," was recently awarded the International Inkpot Award by Comic-Con International for his commitment to excellence.
- It was a sight so rare it might have been historic: a moose — yes, a moose — skipping along Hyde Park Road toward the Ski Santa Fe parking lot on Sunday afternoon.
- President Joe Biden is expected to formally apologize Friday for the country’s role in the boarding school system for Native American students that devastated generations of Indigenous children and their ancestors. sfnm.co/4hh98fw
- It appears Marty Moose may be making his way back to Santa Fe after being relocated near the Colorado border two weeks ago.
- Sheriff: Gene Hackman, wife found dead in Santa Fe home; no foul play suspected santafenewmexican.com/news/local_new… via @thenewmexican
- The Associated Press has projected New Mexico Democrat Martin Heinrich will retain his seat in the U.S. Senate, defeating Republican challenger Nella Domenici.
- The Navajo Nation will start 2025 with a new effort to preserve and spread the use of its native tongue. President Buu Nygren signed legislation on Christmas Eve officially recognizing Diné Bizaad, the Navajo language, as the nation's official language.
- Tips for living peacefully in the West: Don't cheat at cards, never ask someone the size of their spread and never, never, never insult another person's green chile. Which of these laws did the governor of Colorado governor break? ow.ly/UZoR30p65DU
- Jade Begay, who grew up in Tesuque Pueblo, is one of two New Mexicans chosen for the new White House Environmental Justice Advisory Council, which has 26 members from around the country.
- Due to low ridership numbers, the New Mexico Rail Runner Express is producing more carbon emissions than would be created if all the passengers drove instead, according to a recent report.
