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 ...

LAS CRUCES, New Mexico (KVIA) -- New Mexico Gov. Lujan Grisham is seeking $500 million to establish a new "first-of-its-kind" strategic water supply to increase drought resilience and advance ...

SANTA FE, New Mexico — New Mexico residents who weren't eligible for those $1,400 direct cash payments from the federal government have another chance to get some direct relief. New Mexico state ...

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.

Meg Potter/Sun-News / USA TODAY NETWORK Week 8 of the 2024 New Mexico high school football season is in the books, and High School on SI has published its third computer rankings of the season in ...

SANTA FE — Legislators sent a bill to expand background checks on private gun sales in New Mexico to the governor’s desk Monday for certain approval after a bruising series of debates and ...

New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham (D) on Friday signed a bill requiring background checks on almost all firearm sales in the state. The legislation makes it a misdemeanor to sell a firearm to ...

A recent report shows New Mexico has made progress in improving access to computer science education but may be struggling in some areas. According to the 2021 State of Computer Science Education ...

SANTA FE, N.M. - 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 ...