Latest New Mexico Headlines
All the headlines from our New Mexico Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Assistant Director in Fatal New Mexico Movie Set Shooting Hopes for Industry Changes
Nov 3 2021 // The assistant director who handed Alec Baldwin the gun that killed a cinematographer says he hopes the tragedy prompts the film industry to “reevaluate its values and practices” to ensure no one is harmed...
Inside the New Mexico Movie Set Where Baldwin’s Gun Fired
Oct 29 2021 // Light from a high afternoon sun slanted through the tall windows of the weathered wooden church, catching on the plank floorboards and illuminating the stained glass. Outside, the arid ground of the northern New Mexico...
Man Who Fell From Sports Skybox in New Mexico, Son Get Payouts
Oct 20 2021 // A man who fell from a luxury suite at a university sports arena in Albuquerque onto concrete stairs below has been awarded $144,000 under a state-negotiated settlement, according to settlement documents obtained...
New Mexico Cattle Ranchers Suffer Losses from Western Drought
Sep 14 2021 // State Sen. Pat Woods saw a lot of it over this past year – cows culled from a herd and sent to the slaughterhouse because their owners couldn’t afford to feed them anymore. “It was awfully dry,” said...
New Mexico AG Takes More Steps to Intervene in Conservation of California Insurance Co.
Aug 26 2021 // New Mexico Attorney General Hector Balderas has retained California legal counsel on behalf of the state and filed for leave to submit an amicus curiae brief in the conservation proceedings over California Insurance...
New Mexico Lawsuit Says Guards Mistook Dentures for Contraband, Beat Inmate
Aug 10 2021 // A man was brutally beaten by corrections officers and denied medical treatment at a county jail in a small New Mexico community after guards mistook dentures in the inmate’s mouth for contraband, according to a...
New Mexico Public Defender’s Office Settles Harassment Claims for $345K
Jul 30 2021 // Two lawsuits accusing an investigator in the state public defender’s office of sexual harassment have been settled. The Law Offices of the Public Defender agreed to pay $345,000 to resolve the lawsuits filed in 2019,...
Ousted New Mexico Police Chief Files Whistleblower Suit
Jul 16 2021 // Albuquerque’s former police chief is accusing top city officials of violating open record laws and a state statute meant to protect whistleblowers. Michael Geier and his former assistant, Paulette Diaz, filed a...
New Mexico City Settling Ex-Officers’ Suit over Race-Based Enforcement
Jul 6 2021 // Hobbs, N.M., will pay a $1.4 million settlement to three former police officers whose whistleblower lawsuit alleged they were subjected to racist language and directed to target minority neighborhoods. The 2017 lawsuit...
New Mexico Opening Door to New Era of Civil Rights Lawsuits
Jul 6 2021 // Efforts among a handful of states to hold police accountable for brutality and civil rights violations are expanding Thursday as New Mexico opens the door to civil rights lawsuits against government agencies in state...
City in New Mexico Suing Companies Over Lighting on Problem-Plagued Bus Route
Jul 5 2021 // New Mexico’s largest city has sued companies involved in the design and construction of a rapid transit system over light fixtures that have fallen or weren’t secured. The Albuquerque Rapid Transit bus system...
City in New Mexico Suing Companies Over Lighting on Problem-Plagued Bus Route
Jun 22 2021 // New Mexico’s largest city has sued companies involved in the design and construction of a rapid transit system over light fixtures that have fallen or weren’t secured. The Albuquerque Rapid Transit bus system...
New Mexico Public Defender Agency Settles Gender Pay-Gap Suit
Jun 18 2021 // Several female attorneys and investigators at the state Law Offices of the Public Defender are getting raises to resolve a lawsuit that alleged unfair compensation in comparison with better-paid male colleagues. Five...
New Mexico AG Opposes California’s Blocking of California Insurance Company’s Redomestication
Jun 15 2021 // New Mexico’s Attorney General has moved to intervene in a lawsuit in which the California Insurance Co.’s is fighting actions by the California Department of Insurance to block CIC’s redomestication to...
Widow of New Mexico Police Officer Files Wrongful Death Suit
Jun 15 2021 // The widow of a New Mexico State Police officer fatally shot in the line of duty in February has filed a wrongful death lawsuit, asserting the agency failed to equip her husband. The Albuquerque Journal reported that...
Former Pension Boss in New Mexico Sues for Pay Discrimination
Jun 2 2021 // The former head of New Mexico’s pension system for educators has accused Democratic Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham and others of denying her equal pay. Jan Goodwin filed a lawsuit in federal court last week, saying she...
New Mexico Lawmakers Aim to Address Rising Costs of Child-Abuse Settlements
Mar 23 2021 // The New Mexico state Legislature has passed a bill aimed at reducing the rehiring of abusive teachers and addressing the rising costs of child-abuse-related settlements. The Senate passed the bill 37-0 on late last week,...
New Mexico Court Upheld Damages Cap in Medical Malpractice
Mar 22 2021 // New Mexico’s highest court has ruled that monetary limits on some types of damages due to medical malpractice are not unconstitutional. The New Mexico Supreme Court on Monday unanimously upheld the Medical...
New Mexico Lawmakers Propose Cap on Damages in Police Accountability Bill
Feb 9 2021 // A bill that would strip police officers of immunity from civil rights lawsuits in state court is being rewritten to cap potential damage awards at $2 million, in a concession to critics who warned of dire financial...
CIC of New Mexico Sues to Enjoin California Department of Insurance from Interference
Jan 7 2021 // California Insurance Company of New Mexico has filed suit in federal court to enjoin the California Insurance Department from continuing to take what the suit asserts are illegal, actions to block the approved...
