News from February 2025
By Sarah Smith | Feb 17, 2025
Women had to fight for decades in order to achieve equal access to sports.
By Nicole Chavez | Feb 17, 2025
When I first became an advocate for victims of violent crime, it wasn’t out of a sense of civic duty—it was because a violent criminal took my son from me.
By New Mexico Sun | Feb 15, 2025
Elizabeth Peratrovich was a Tlingit activist whose efforts led to the passage of the Alaska Anti-Discrimination Act of 1945, marking it as the first civil rights legislation in the United States.
By New Mexico Sun | Feb 15, 2025
The Greater Albuquerque Chamber of Commerce hosted its "Shakers & Stirrers" event at Fogo de Chão, marking the first gathering of 2025.
By New Mexico Sun | Feb 14, 2025
On February 6, 2025, the New Mexico Health & Human Services Committee voted 6 to 2 in favor of legislation that could increase auto insurance rates by prohibiting the use of credit-based insurance scores.
By New Mexico Sun | Feb 14, 2025
New Mexico State Senator William Sharer said that the New Mexico Senate rejected a bipartisan amendment requiring lawmakers to disclose monetary payments to increase public transparency.
By New Mexico Sun | Feb 14, 2025
Deb Haaland, the former U.S. Secretary of the Interior, has announced her candidacy for governor of New Mexico.
By New Mexico Sun | Feb 14, 2025
Sarah Smith, co-leader of the New Mexico Freedoms Alliance, said that a CWS Research poll indicated strong public support for tougher penalties on drug dealers and repeat offenders.
By New Mexico Sun | Feb 14, 2025
Crystal Brantley, a New Mexico state senator, announced that the Senate Rules Committee has unanimously advanced a bipartisan bill, Senate Bill 283 (SB 283), which aims to ensure federal benefits for foster children are directed to them rather...
By New Mexico Sun | Feb 14, 2025
Carla Sonntag, president and CEO of the New Mexico Business Coalition (NMBC), said that a recent poll indicates strong bipartisan support for tougher crime laws.
By New Mexico Sun | Feb 14, 2025
The city of Albuquerque is advancing its efforts to fully open the Gateway Center, which will soon host a new clinic operated by Ideal Option.
By New Mexico Sun | Feb 14, 2025
The New Mexico Senate has approved a series of bills aimed at enhancing the state's behavioral health system.
By New Mexico Sun | Feb 14, 2025
The New Mexico Business Coalition (NMBC) has announced findings from a recent CWS Research poll indicating that most New Mexico voters support stronger measures to address crime.
By New Mexico Sun | Feb 13, 2025
The New Mexico Family Action Movement (NM FAM) has expressed its support for the Independent Women’s Forum’s (IWF) press conference scheduled for February 13, which will spotlight Representative Andrea Reeb’s Women’s Sports Act.
By New Mexico Sun | Feb 13, 2025
An employee at the University of New Mexico Center for Reproductive Health has resigned from his position.
By New Mexico Sun | Feb 13, 2025
John Block, New Mexico State Representative for District 51, expressed his condolences following the death of Shlomo Mansour, an 86-year-old man who was abducted by Hamas during the October 7, 2023 attacks in Israel.
By New Mexico Sun | Feb 13, 2025
New Mexico State Representative Stefani Lord has expressed concerns regarding upcoming legislation that she believes would further restrict Second Amendment rights.
By Brian C. Nixon | Feb 13, 2025
I went to the Albuquerque Museum of Art to see the newly acquired Richard Diebenkorn painting, Untitled (Albuquerque), 1952. But my eye caught another newly obtained work, Yoshiko Shimano’s Wisdom of Water (2016).
By New Mexico Sun | Feb 13, 2025
A coalition of eleven community organizations in New Mexico has expressed concerns over House Bill 8, urging the House Judiciary Committee to prioritize effective crime solutions over what they describe as ineffective tough-on-crime policies.
By New Mexico Sun | Feb 13, 2025
On Tuesday, the Bernalillo County Commission addressed a resolution supporting House Bill 6, currently under consideration in the New Mexico Legislature.
