New Mexico was considered the hardest-to-count state in the contiguous U.S. during the 2020 census, an expert told a panel of state lawmakers Wednesday while encouraging them to begin planning for the 2030 census.
Through their attorneys, Department of Homeland Security officials told Salt Lake City leaders that they “no longer intend to convert” a Salt Lake City warehouse purchased earlier this year for $145.4 million with now abandoned plans to turn it into a massive detention center. That’s according to new court documents filed Wednesday, in which Salt […]
New Mexico U.S. Rep. Melanie Stansbury (D-N.M) visited a transitional living facility in Albuquerque on Wednesday to tout her office’s housing-related earmarks and also a “landmark” federal housing bill that quietly went into law last month that she said will have major impacts on the state’s housing shortage.
New Mexico Attorney General Raúl Torrez on Wednesday announced that a statewide initiative to track guns used in shootings has identified more than 500 crimes since launching late last year.
An environmental group, backed by two southern New Mexico lawmakers, on Wednesday asked the state Supreme Court to pause the scheduled air quality permit hearing for data center Project Jupiter over allegations that the hearing officer has made public participation exceedingly difficult.
New Mexico outspends most other states on public assistance programs, but struggles to match recipients with long-term jobs, state analysts told a panel of lawmakers Tuesday.
While Utah leaders have worked on infrastructure tax credits and incentives for gas production, they keep raising their eyebrows at the pump, frustrated with the fact that the average price of gas has continued to rise above the national average this year. Especially Utah House Speaker Mike Schultz, a Republican from Hooper, who was behind […]
Inspired by the “Miami model” in Florida — where Miami-Dade County has been diverting nonviolent people with mental illness away from jails and into mental health facilities — Utah state, city and county leaders are taking the next steps to put a plan into action. The mastermind behind the “Miami model,” former Judge Steven Leifman, sat […]
