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ROSWELL — The responses of New Mexico elected officials and congressional candidates to a jury’s conviction of former U.S. President Donald Trump on May 30 differed based on party affiliation, with Democrats calling it a victory for the rule of law and Republicans decrying it as a criminal prosecution motivated by politics. Following a six-week trial in Manhattan, a jury returned with a verdict of guilty on 34 criminal counts of falsifying business records against the 45th president and presumptive Republican presidential nominee. Pro...
ROSWELL — Walter Hartwell White, the fictional meth cook from the hit series “Breaking Bad,” is making a run for Congress. Someone using the name of White, the lead character in the Albuquerque-based, drug-fueled crime drama, filed documents with the Federal Election Commission on June 15 to run as a Republican in the race to represent New Mexico’s 2nd Congressional District in 2024. “Breaking Bad,” which aired from 2008 until 2013, centered on White, a high school chemistry teacher who becomes embroiled in the gritty and violent world of dr...
ROSWELL — Voicing concerns about the long-term consequences it could have on the state’s budget, Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham wielded her veto pen, removing large swaths of an omnibus tax package Friday but stopped short of killing the bill. Shortly before the deadline on April 7 to sign measures passed by state lawmakers during the recent 60-day legislative session, Lujan Grisham announced she had signed House Bill 547, an ambitious tax reform proposal. Among other things, the bill spared from the governor’s line-item veto — one-time rebate...