Despite progress under its new universal child care program, New Mexico is still short more than 15,000 child care seats for children under age 6, Searchlight New Mexico reports.
The U.S. Department of Justice launched a legal challenge against New Mexico and the city of Albuquerque, intensifying a national skirmish over immigration enforcement and local autonomy, the Albuquerque Journal reports.
A forensic audit accuses a former Taos Municipal Schools facilities director of funneling nearly $250,000 in district contracts to a fencing company he owned, KOAT reports.
State Rep. Eleanor Chávez led 114 lawmakers from 23 states in urging the U.S. Department of Labor to withdraw a proposed worker classification rule, Source NM reports.
New Mexico asked a judge to declare Meta Platforms a public nuisance, seeking nearly $3.7 billion in penalties and sweeping changes to its platforms, Reuters reports.
According to KOB 4, the New Mexico Department of Transportation implemented the road closure on State Road 309 at the river bridge as a precautionary measure while crews examine the area.
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