People licensed for concealed handguns can take their weapons into New Mexico restaurants serving beer and wine under a new state law.

A Michigan man who has spent nine years on the run has been captured in northwestern New Mexico.

New Mexico has become the second state in the nation to "ban the box" after Gov.

New Mexico's largest utility says help is available for income-eligible customers who have a past-due bill when protection from utility shut-off ends next Monday.

The Oscar spotlight is shining on New Mexico after big wins by "The Hurt Locker" and "Crazy Heart" at the Academy Awards.

The Legislature adjourned a politically difficult special session Thursday after putting the finishing touches on more than $230 million in tax increases to balance the state budget next year.

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A new law will allow New Mexicans to go to a governmental Web site to track the salaries of political appointees in state jobs.

Today marks another furlough day for state workers in New Mexico - meaning most state offices will be closed and New Mexicans won't be able to do business with them.

The state Legislature approved a measure Wednesday to raise taxes by more than $200 million next year to help balance the state budget, the largest tax increase package in more two decades.

New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson signed Senate Bill 138 into law March 1. S.B. 138 will require that appraisal management companies post a surety bond or equivalent means of security with the Regulation and Licensing Department in order to operate in the state.

Two days after an explosion and fire killed two Texas men at a southeastern New Mexico oil refinery, one of the injured survivors has filed a lawsuit that details the cause -- a welding accident on a large tank partially filled with tar.

Lawmakers are trying to put the finishing touches on a state budget and tax increase package.

Oregon could become the third state where psychologists can prescribe drugs, if the governor signs a bill passed by the Legislature.

Federal and state investigators were probing blackened debris Wednesday at a southeastern New Mexico oil refinery where a storage tank explosion killed two Texas men and critically injured two others.

Authorities say two employees at an oil refinery in southeast New Mexico are dead and two others critically injured after a storage tank exploded into flames.

Voters across much of New Mexico are choosing new leaders in several city elections Tuesday.

A special session of the New Mexico Legislature dealing with budget issues was scheduled to start at Noon tomorrow, as announced by Governor Bill Richardson.

In recent years, films with a New Mexico connection have often been recognized by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and sciences, the folks who hand out those little Oscar statuettes.

Gov. Bill Richardson has signed four bills into law from the recently concluded New Mexico regular legislative session, including a bill that protects state employees who speak out about unlawful activity and government corruption.