Patrick Lohmann

The state-run FAIR plan is the "insurer of last resort" for many New Mexicans seeking coverage for their homes and businesses.

Members of the state Legislature will again ask for half a billion dollars for New Mexico’s housing agency this upcoming legislative session, re-upping a big request that the agency says is vital to stem the housing affordability crisis here.  If the last session is any indication, it’s unlikely the Legislature will fund the request at […]

See maps of who won contested races in the state House and Senate.

GOP candidate Herrell will speak at the Trump rally, as dispute over parking lot incenses Republicans

Candidates seeking 112 state legislative seats on the ballot this Election Day, including the 63 who are running unopposed, reported raising more than $3 million since mid-September. 

For thousands of victims, that could mean additional compensation for the “annoyance, discomfort and inconvenience” of the wildfire.

“It's a really urgent and alarming trend that we're seeing in New Mexico," said Axton Nichols with the NMCEH.

When thousands of northern New Mexicans fled the biggest wildfire in state history beginning in April 2022, some of them returned home to a nasty smell emanating from their fridges or freezers: food that went bad amid weekslong power outages.  Food storage is harder in the rural, mountainous areas affected by the fire, where many […]

Just 16 of the Senate seats are contested in November. The rest have only one candidate. In the House, 65 races are contested.

In the summer of 2008, Hurricane Dolly made landfall in South Texas, the remnants of which caused a river in Ruidoso to rise far above its banks, culminating in a powerful flood that killed one man, stranded hundreds and destroyed nine bridges.  Soon after, former President George W. Bush approved a federal disaster declaration request […]