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NM governor candidate Haaland proposes overhauling troubled child welfare agency • Source New Mexico Former Interior Secretary and New Mexico governor candidate Deb Haaland unveiled her proposals for public safety, including overhauling CYFD.

@debhaalandnm.bsky.social proposes CYFD overhaul, statewide alternative response department and limits on where ICE agents can operate as part of her public safety platform

A secretive ad campaign calls on New Mexicans to support controversial Project Jupiter data center • Source New Mexico A new campaign has emerged in New Mexico that urges residents to support a controversial data center, Project Jupiter, in southern New Mexico.

ICYMI: I take you inside the secretive, out-of-state campaign to get New Mexicans’ support for the Project Jupiter OpenAI/Oracle data center

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Texas energy company seeks federal approval for pipeline through New Mexico to power data center • Source New Mexico Several southern New Mexico Democratic lawmakers and environmental groups plan to object to the gas powered pipeline for Project Jupiter.

More Project Jupiter news today — a proposed gas pipeline that would consume enough to power Española every day for a year

A secretive ad campaign calls on New Mexicans to support controversial Project Jupiter data center • Source New Mexico A new campaign has emerged in New Mexico that urges residents to support a controversial data center, Project Jupiter, in southern New Mexico.

Don't miss Joshua Bowling's story in @sourcenm.com today about a secret ad buyer that covered its tracks in trying to drum up for support for Project Jupiter. (via @cosmicbowling.bsky.social)

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A secretive ad campaign calls on New Mexicans to support controversial Project Jupiter data center • Source New Mexico A new campaign has emerged in New Mexico that urges residents to support a controversial data center, Project Jupiter, in southern New Mexico.

NEW: Physical mailers and digital ads have urged New Mexicans to support the controversial Project Jupiter data center. The company behind the effort is registered in Virginia, and seemingly no one wants to claim credit for it.

A secretive ad campaign calls on New Mexicans to support controversial Project Jupiter data center • Source New Mexico A new campaign has emerged in New Mexico that urges residents to support a controversial data center, Project Jupiter, in southern New Mexico.

NEW: Physical mailers urging New Mexicans to support the controversial Project Jupiter data center had a Virginia return address

I take you inside the secretive ad push that seemingly no one wants to take credit for, at @sourcenm.com

Nike Is Moving Jobs to Low-Wage Regions of Indonesia After moving manufacturing to the developing world to save on labor, Nike and other apparel brands are shifting employment in their Indonesian supply chain away from high-wage parts of the country and...

NEW: Nike says its factory workers should earn enough to pay their basic needs and have some money left over.

In Indonesia, its factory workforce has shrunk where the minimum wage is considered enough to live on.

And it has grown, dramatically, where the opposite is true.

Attorneys for state auditor, lawmakers ask for removal from former WNMU president’s lawsuit • Source New Mexico Attorneys for the New Mexico State Auditor and current and former lawmakers are asking to be removed from a former WNMU president's lawsuit.

Attorneys for the state auditor & lawmakers asked a judge to remove them from a lawsuit brought by former Western New Mexico Uni President Joseph Shepard

The latest in the WNMU spending controversy, here:

Deb Haaland announces ‘affordability agenda’ in campaign for NM governor • Source New Mexico Former Interior Secretary Deb Haaland unveiled her "affordability agenda" as she seeks the Democratic nomination for New Mexico governor.

Come along with me & @sourcenm.com on the 2026 New Mexico campaign trail

Judge dismisses challenge to Republican campaign for New Mexico governor • Source New Mexico A judge dismissed a lawsuit that challenged the legitimacy of cannabis CEO Duke Rodriguez's Republican bid for New Mexico governor.

An Aztec judge dismissed a lawsuit that challenged the legitimacy of Duke Rodriguez's Republican bid for governor. Rodriguez still faces a similar challenge from an opponent.

Judge dismisses challenge to Republican campaign for New Mexico governor • Source New Mexico A judge dismissed a lawsuit that challenged the legitimacy of cannabis CEO Duke Rodriguez's Republican bid for New Mexico governor.

BREAKING: Judge dismisses the first of two challenges to the legitimacy of cannabis CEO Duke Rodriguez’s Republican bid for NM governor

NM Gov praises malpractice reform, free child care, lawmakers as her final regular session ends • Source New Mexico As her last regular legislative session ended, NM Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham praised lawmakers for bipartisanship

In a stark contrast to the end of last year’s session, Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham spent today praising lawmakers for their work getting medical malpractice reform and universal child care across the finish line

Amid the chaos of the final day in the 2026 NM legislative session, I’m taking a moment to mark #WorldCCADay. Some of you may know I lost my father to this horrible disease about 5 years ago

Today & every day I wear a bit of green in his memory. One day we’ll find a cure 💚

NM Legislature day 30 recap: Governor says ‘a little early’ to decide on a special session • Source New Mexico On the last full day of the 2026 New Mexico legislative session, Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham told Source NM she wanted more action on crime.

On @sourcenm.com: As priority crime and public safety bills wither on the vine during the final hours of the 2026 New Mexico legislative session, @govmlg.bsky.social tells me it’s “a little early” to decide on calling a special session

“I don’t believe in calling legislators together to disagree.”

New Mexico’s Jeffrey Epstein ‘truth commission’ gets off the ground • Source New Mexico New Mexico's Jeffrey Epstein "truth commission" had its first meeting Tuesday. Commissioners plan to publish their first report in July.

New Mexico’s Jeffrey Epstein “truth commission” had its first meeting this morning. Subpoena power, a tip-line and investigative reports all part of the deal. The goal: a full pic of who in NM knew what — and when they knew it

Workers' comp didn't cover a New Mexico firefighter's cancer — a new bill would change that • Source New Mexico A bill in the New Mexico state Legislature would greatly expand the list of cancers that workers' compensation covers for firefighters.

New Mexico firefighters cannot always get worker's compensation for cancer diagnoses — even if they've spent years fighting blazes with known toxins. A bill before the Legislature would change that.

Workers' comp didn't cover a New Mexico firefighter's cancer — a new bill would change that • Source New Mexico A bill in the New Mexico state Legislature would greatly expand the list of cancers that workers' compensation covers for firefighters.

NEW for @sourcenm.com: Worker’s compensation denied this ABQ firefighter coverage for his cancer. With days remaining in the legislative session, a new bill would change that.

While you were sleeping: NM House committee narrowly advances gun bill • Source New Mexico A bill to further regulate New Mexico's gun dealers and ban the sale of certain weapons cleared a House committee by just one vote Wednesday.

After hours of debate Wednesday evening, the New Mexico House Commerce and Economic Development Committee voted 6-5 to advance a bill that would further regulate gun dealers across the state and ban the sale of certain types of firearms and accessories.

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New Mexico Senate rejects bill to codify state’s emissions goals • Source New Mexico Seven New Mexico Democratic state senators on Wednesday sided with their Republican colleagues and voted down the Clear Horizons Act.

Seven New Mexico Democratic state senators on Wednesday sided with their Republican colleagues voting down the Clear Horizons Act.

Advocates for the bill said "misinformation and disinformation" from oil and gas groups contributed to the result.

Lawsuit alleges NM county's Project Jupiter data center vote violated Open Meetings Act • Source New Mexico A new lawsuit accues Doña Ana County officials of violating the Open Meetings Act during a hearing for the Project Jupiter data center.

The recently filed legal challenge says elected officials "abruptly" went into a closed-door meeting during the September hearing on Project Jupiter.

This is a really timely and impressive initiative from @sourcenm.com’s parent org, @statesnewsroom.com. Click through for in-depth reporting across the nation on data centers — including some from yours truly

Debuts at a handful of indie art theaters in mid-sized American cities. Filmmakers take a bath at the box office. Instant Criterion Channel pickup

Great news out of my first alma mater. Always proud to be a Thunderbird

NM Legislature day 22 recap: Public safety; microgrid oversight • Source New Mexico On the 22nd day of the 2026 New Mexico legislative session, public safety took center stage and a microgrid oversight bill advanced.

On the 22nd day of the 2026 New Mexico legislative session, public safety took center stage.

‘They’ll never take our public lands from our public hands’: U.S. Sen. Heinrich rallies Roundhouse • Source New Mexico U.S. Sen. Martin Heinrich (D-NM) on Friday rallied a packed crowd in the Roundhouse rotunda to support public lands.

Heinrich pointed to the Land of Enchantment Legacy Fund, which directs state money to land, water, agriculture and outdoor recreation projects. He said it has made New Mexico “the envy of much of the West.”

NM Senate committee advances universal child care bill with new co-pay proposal • Source New Mexico The New Mexico Senate Education Committee advanced a bill that would only require child care co-pays under certain economic conditions.

The bill would subject families whose pre-tax household income is more than 600% but less than 900% of the federal poverty level to child care co-pays under certain conditions, like a decline on the average price of some crude oil. Enrollment numbers and slowed revenue growth could lead to co-pays.

NM Senate committee advances universal child care bill with new co-pay proposal • Source New Mexico The New Mexico Senate Education Committee advanced a bill that would only require child care co-pays under certain economic conditions.

In AZ we had the 5 C’s. Today in NM we have Child Care Co-Pay Contingencies

New Mexico governor signs medical compacts, Immigrant Safety Act, road bonds into law • Source New Mexico New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham on Thursday signed bills regarding medical compacts, ICE detention and road bonds into law.

“This early in the session, getting legislation passed is hard, even with an interim and years of work,” Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham said at the signing. “I am proud of the Legislature. They don’t need that, but I think the public needs to know that they are getting incredible things done.”

New Mexico governor signs medical compacts, Immigrant Safety Act, road bonds into law • Source New Mexico New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham on Thursday signed bills regarding medical compacts, ICE detention and road bonds into law.

NEW on @sourcenm.com: @govmlg.bsky.social signs 4 bills into law, including medical compact & Immigrant Safety Act