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NM special session heads toward final stage: Here’s where the legislation stands • Source New Mexico New Mexico lawmakers continue pushing through to pass five bills in the special session and finish in time for the weekend.

It's about 12:45 p.m. on a Thursday. Do you know what your state lawmakers are doing? Catch up on the special session, which is likely to end today.

Here are the 11 bills introduced so far at the NM special session. Six are likely already dead • Source New Mexico New Mexico lawmakers thus far have 11 bills to consider in the special legislative session, but six are unlikely to survive.

NM Democratic leaders say they are keeping a tight leash on bills for the special legislative session and they hope to wrap by Thursday. Here's what's happening so far.

NM Gov: 'This special session is about protecting the people who need help most' • Source New Mexico New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham says special legislative session is "about protecting the people who need help most."

New Mexico's special legislative session starts at noon on Wednesday. Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham added a couple of topics to the agenda.

Five things to know about federal food assistance cuts before the special session • Source New Mexico Ensuring New Mexicans don’t go hungry will be at the top of lawmakers’ agenda to address impacts from federal legislation on SNAP programs.

Here's a refresher on the facts and figures for New Mexico's SNAP program ahead of tomorrow's special session.

Six things to know about Enhanced Premium Tax Credits heading into New Mexico’s special session • Source New Mexico Federal cuts to Medicaid and food stamps prompted New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham to call a special session beginning Wednesday, but expiring health insurance tax credits are also on the…

Federal cuts to Medicaid and food stamps prompted New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham to call a special session beginning Wednesday, but expiring health insurance tax credits are also on the agenda.

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New Mexico health official hopes special session will help ‘bulletproof’ vaccine policy • Source New Mexico New Mexico lawmakers also plan to address state laws on vaccine policy during the Oct. 1 special session covening in Santa Fe.

Here's a closer look at the vaccine policy landscape as lawmakers look to make changes to state law at the upcoming Oct. 1 special session.

New Mexico lawmakers will convene Wednesday to address upcoming federal impacts to the state’s Medicaid program, including funding cuts and new work requirements.

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Firefighter arrested at Washington state wildfire released by ICE • Stateline A wildland firefighter who was arrested by immigration agents while fighting a wildfire in Washington state has been released from detention by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, his attorneys ...

A wildland firefighter who was arrested by immigration agents while fighting a wildfire in Washington state has been released from detention by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, his attorneys said Wednesday.

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Sponsor of NM immigrant privacy bill ‘outraged’ at alleged collusion between state probation and ICE • Source New Mexico The commission alleges probation officers lured at least three immigrants with long ties to New Mexico to their offices under false pretenses for Immigration and Customs Enforcement detainment.

The Ethics Commission lawsuit's allegations, if true, could violate a law the Legislature passed earlier this year that prohibits state employees from sharing private personal information, including immigration status, with non-state actors, including ICE.

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NM Gov will add vaccine policy to Oct. 1 special session agenda • Source New Mexico New Mexico state Democratic leadership plans to bring forward a bill to insulate the state from federal changes to vaccination policies.

New Mexico lawmakers plan to address vaccination policy alongside Medicaid and food assistance changes in the upcoming special session.

FEMA to appeal ruling granting ‘noneconomic’ damages to Hermits Peak-Calf Canyon Fire victims • Source New Mexico The notices last week from FEMA and lawyers at the United States Attorney’s Office in New Mexico begin another potentially years-long chapter in a long-running legal dispute.

Lawyers for the Federal Emergency Management Agency intend to appeal a judge’s ruling that orders the agency to award hundreds of millions of dollars to Hermits Peak-Calf Canyon Fire victims for the emotional toll of the 2022 wildfire, according to recent court filings.

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How firefighters spared Fort Stanton from ‘a wildfire 170 years in the making’ Just after a Civil War infantry re-enactment during Fort Stanton’s annual celebration, as Mescalero Apache dancers suited up for a warrior dance, the fort’s manager Oliver Horn stepped onto the stoop ...

In fire-scarred Lincoln County, a historic fort gets yet another chapter.

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National Guard to be deployed to Española, second NM city to see military presence • Source New Mexico Several lawmakers said they were concerned about the prospect of an expanded military presence in New Mexico communities, especially given President Donald Trump’s use of the guard.

New Mexico’s National Guard Adjutant General announced Monday that guardsmen will soon be deployed to Española, a town of roughly 10,000 people in Northern New Mexico whose leaders recently asked for state help dealing with a crime, drug and housing crisis.

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Gov touts New Mexico’s lower methane numbers, but state still falling short on 2030 climate goal • Source New Mexico New Mexico has fewer methane emissions than neighboring Texas, but still falling short on 2030 climate change emissions goals

New Mexico's methane emissions are lower than Texas, but not low enough for the state to meet its 2030 climate goals.

NM Senate Dems unlikely to move on medical compacts for special session • Source New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham said she’s “disappointed” that Senate leadership in her own party has declined to take up medical compacts.

With just a week left before a special New Mexico legislative session begins, Democratic Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham said she’s been “disappointed” that thus far Senate leadership in her own party has declined to include interstate medical compacts on the agenda.

New Mexico governor puts finger on scale in oilfield wastewater vote • Source New Mexico NM Gov. Lujan Grisham's admin appears to have pressured WQCC to reconsider banning using fossil fuel wastewater outside oilfield

What's really going on with all the back channeling over oil and gas wastewater? Source NM and Capital & Main teamed up to investigate.

How firefighters spared Fort Stanton from ‘a wildfire 170 years in the making’ • Source New Mexico The Memorial Day Weekend wildfire was the culmination of long strands of New Mexico history.

The Camp Fire that barreled toward Fort Stanton over Memorial Day Weekend posed an urgent question:

Did stewards of the historic site do enough to reverse roughly two centuries of mismanagement?

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Updated: NM Gov. requests lawmakers reconsider medical compacts for special session • Source New Mexico A Policy group said the state could lose out on millions of federal dollars for rural hospitals without joining health care worker compacts.

Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham is asking lawmakers to put health care worker compacts on the agenda for the short legislative session on Oct. 1

Some NM artists decline federal-state grant funding, worrying it’s ‘tantamount to censorship’ • Source New Mexico A New Mexico arts organization will decline grant funding citing a new anti-DEI provision it says risks artistic freedom.

A New Mexico arts organization on Thursday said it plans to decline a longstanding state grant that relies on federal funding, citing a new anti-DEI provision it says risks artistic freedom.

Heinrich urges New Mexicans to fight against ‘Roadless Rule’ repeal • Source New Mexico U.S. Sen. Martin Heinrich (D-NM) took to the floor of the U.S. Senate to call on New Mexicans to submit comments on the 'Roadless Rule.'

New Mexico's senior senator urged the U.S. Forest Service to extend public comment on the Trump administration's proposal to rescind a policy preventing road construction and logging in wild spaces.

Officials report at least 30 NM acequias suffered millions in damage in recent floods • Source New Mexico All told, 19 acequias in the Chimayó area, along with six near Pojoaque and 11 others near Ojo Caliente, sustained several million dollars in damage.

“Mother Nature really gave it to us that day,” said Mykel Diaz, mayordomo of the Acequia de los Martinez Arriba near Chimayó, of the Aug. 29 flood.

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Charges filed against Utah man accused of killing Charlie Kirk; prosecutors will seek death penalty • Utah News Dispatch Tyler Robinson, accused of shooting and killing Charlie Kirk, is charged with aggravated murder. Prosecutors will seek the death penalty.

Charges are now filed against Tyler Robinson, the 22-year-old Utah man accused of shooting and killing conservative influencer Charlie Kirk during a crowded outdoor speaking event, including a count of aggravated murder. Prosecutors announced they will seek the death penalty.

New Mexico probation officers accused of referring ‘problem’ probationers to ICE for deportation • Source New Mexico Two of the detainees remain in ICE custody, and one was deported to his unspecified home country, according to the lawsuit

New Mexico probation officers repeatedly provided immigration status information to federal immigration authorities, including after the Legislature made such a practice illegal this year, according to a new lawsuit from the state Ethics Commission.

New Mexico tribal leaders push to protect Chaco • Source New Mexico A flight over Chaco Culture National Historical Park kicks off a week of advocacy for Pueblo officials seeking to protect the cultural site.

New Mexico tribal leaders will head to Washington DC later this week to push members of Congress to extend protections from oil and gas development around Chaco Canyon.

With SNAP cuts looming, a growing Albuquerque food line may foreshadow future need • Source New Mexico “Whenever there's changes to SNAP, we see food lines grow,” said Jason Riggs of the Roadrunner Food Bank.

The line at a local food bank’s weekly distribution in Albuquerque’s International District has increased in the last few years, organizers say, as neighbors in nearby homes join the queue alongside the growing population of unhoused residents.

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Bomb threat targets NM Senate Majority Leader Wirth’s home, nearby school evacuated • Source New Mexico A bomb threat at NM Democratic Senate Majority Leader Peter Wirth's house caused an evacuation at a nearby prep school,

Breaking: A Santa Fe school evacuated Thursday afternoon due to a bomb threat at New Mexico Senate Majority Leader Peter Wirth’s Museum Hill neighborhood home nearby, Chris Nordstrum, the communications director for Senate Democrats, told Source New Mexico.

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2 injured in shooting at Evergreen High School; suspected shooter dead | Colorado Newsline Gov. Jared Polis said that he was “closely monitoring” the situation and that state troopers were assisting in the response.

UPDATED: A juvenile male suspect died on Wednesday from a self-inflicted gunshot wound that he sustained after shooting and injuring two fellow students at Evergreen High School, the Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office said.

Charlie Kirk dies after shooting at Utah Valley University • Utah News Dispatch Charlie Kirk was shot at an event at Utah Valley University in Orem during his American Comeback tour, according to reports from the scene.

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Is your local supermarket at risk of closing thanks to Trump’s SNAP cuts? Read this article and check out the map by Source NM here:

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New Mexico governor announces free universal child care • Source New Mexico The state will begin writing rules to entirely remove the income eligibility threshold for a family to receive child care assistance.

New Mexico already waives child care copays for families making up to 400% of the federal poverty level. By Nov. 1, all families will receive free child care assistance regardless of income level, state officials say.