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Days remaining in session: 28 Eyebrow-raising introductions: It's customary for lawmakers to introduce their loved ones to the public on opening day of the Legislature. Sen. Cliff Pirtle, R-Roswell, raised eyebrows Tuesday when he introduced his. Pirtle, who is in the midst of a divorce from the mother of his three young children, showed up with a new baby and a former legislative staffer he introduced as his partner. In the final days of last year's legislative session, Pirtle was thrust into an embarrassing scandal when...
SANTA FE -- Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham laid out an ambitious agenda for this year's 30-day legislative session that includes a slew of new gun control laws and more money for health care, education, infrastructure and housing. Much of the governor's hourlong State of the State address Tuesday was focused on ideas she unveiled earlier this month, either in her budget proposal or in a package of public safety-related bills. The governor went off script several times, though, when her speech was interrupted by chants from the...
La Casita Elementary School will conduct instruction remotely on Wednesday, Clovis school officials said. Remote learning should allow for repairs to the campus’ water main, which was damaged by recent cold temperatures, officials said in a news release. Also from the news release: "On Remote Learning days students are expected to attend school virtually and attendance will be taken at all grade levels by logging into Google classroom. Grab and go meals will be made available for pick-up by families at the nearby iAcademy c...
Booked The following were booked into local jails (Friday - Tuesday): Clovis • Devyne Cook, 28, probation violation • Gerardo Nevarez-Salinas, 53, driving while license suspended or revoked • Bronson Arington, 34, criminal damage to the property of a household member, aggravated battery against a household member • Raul Venegas, 32, aggravated battery • Tiffany Stephens, 54, criminal damage to property • Brandon Romero, 25, resisting, evading or obstructing an officer, trafficking, possession of a firearm or destructive...
A federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit that argued former President Donald Trump should be barred from the New Mexico ballot because he led an insurrection on the U.S. Capitol, disqualifying him under the 14th Amendment. Judge Matthew Garcia rejected John Anthony Castro’s claim he was a viable presidential candidate in New Mexico, which would give him legal standing as a political competitor to challenge Trump’s eligibility to run in this state. “He [Castro] has offered no concrete proof of campaign operations within the s...
