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Published April 1, 2022 at 1800 × 1200 in long line 1

An estimated 300 people waited in line to purchase legal recreational-use cannabis in Las Cruces.

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Enchant pushes forward with carbon capture project
By Hannah Grover | 6 hours ago
While the San Juan Generating Station has closed, hopes of someday bringing back the coal jobs and the power plant remain.
PNM customers could face bill increases amid grid modernization effort
By Hannah Grover | 6 hours ago
The Public Service Company of New Mexico plans to spend $344 million on grid modernization over the next six years, resulting in an increase of about $1.20 per month in electricity bills for the average residential customer.
Asylum seekers go on hunger strike at Torrance County Detention Facility
By Susan Dunlap | October 3, 2022
A group of 13 detainees announced a hunger strike at Torrance County Detention Facility to protest “inhumane” conditions.

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Efforts are underway to craft legislation for regional water utility authorities
By Hannah Grover | September 28, 2022
With only a few months left before the beginning of the legislative session, efforts are picking up to draft legislation. Rep. Susan Herrera, D-Embudo, and Sen. Peter Wirth, D-Santa Fe, hosted a meeting on Tuesday to discuss legislation that would enable the creation of regional water utility authorities similar to the ones that serve communities in the Lower Rio Grande area and Albuquerque and Bernalillo County.
Amid New Mexico’s history of legacy pollution, Holtec tells lawmakers that nuclear storage proposal is safe and secure
By Hannah Grover | September 2, 2022
Officials with the company that wishes to temporarily store spent nuclear fuel in New Mexico are working to assure lawmakers that it would be both safe and secure. Holtec International Project Director Ed Mayer presented the plans for the nuclear fuel storage to the Science, Technology and Telecommunications Committee on Thursday during its meeting in Hobbs.

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Lawmakers protected themselves when redistricting, report finds
New Mexico lawmakers protected themselves and their colleagues when they redrew political district maps crafted by a 2021 nonpartisan advisory commission, shielding incumbents of both parties from competition and making legislative elections less competitive, according to a new 59-page report co-authored by University of New Mexico political science professor Gabriel Sanchez.
Ivey-Soto steps down from Rules committee chairmanship
State Sen. Daniel Ivey-Soto stepped down from his position as the chair of a powerful Senate committee amid a scandal involving alleged sexual harassment.
As the last coal burned, San Juan Generating Station employees expressed a mixture of emotions
In the more than four decades he worked at the San Juan Generating Station, Allen Palmer saw units three and four come online.

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