SANTA FE, N.M. (KRQE) – Student safety is a key priority for public schools in New Mexico. Now, legislators are working to ensure proper background checks can be done for school staff.

“Finger print-driven, and is a national background check,” said sponsor Rep. Linda Trujillo. The DPS version only looks at criminal history in New Mexico. The question of who pays for those ...

SANTA FE - Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham signed a bill Friday to drastically expand mandatory background checks on firearms sales in New Mexico, as she shot down opposition against the measure and ...

SANTA FE - Proposed legislation to expand background checks to nearly all private gun sales in New Mexico cleared its last major hurdle with approval from the state Senate on Thursday.