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New Mexico Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham talks with National Guardsmen after receiving her Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine during a vaccination event held in the gym at Desert Sage Academy in Santa Fe, N.M. Friday March 26, 2021. (Eddie Moore/The Albuquerque Journal via AP, Pool)
New Mexico leads vaccine rollout with 50% getting 1st shot

By Susan Montoya Bryan Apr. 07, 2021 02:19 PM EDT

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer of New York, holds a news conference, Thursday, March 25, 2021 on Capitol Hill in Washington. (Jonathan Ernst/Pool via AP)
Voting rights, hate crimes on Senate's 'big, bold' agenda

By Mary Clare Jalonick And Lisa Mascaro Mar. 26, 2021 12:36 AM EDT

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer of New York, holds a news conference, Thursday, March 25, 2021 on Capitol Hill in Washington. (Jonathan Ernst/Pool via AP)
Voting rights, hate crimes on Senate's 'big, bold' agenda

By Mary Clare Jalonick And Lisa Mascaro Mar. 25, 2021 03:44 PM EDT

New Mexicans in majority as Senate OKs COVID-19 relief bill

Mar. 06, 2021 04:06 PM EST
ALBQUQUERQUE (AP) — New Mexico Democrats Martin Heinrich and Ben Ray Lujan were both in the razor-thin majority Saturday as the U.S. Senate approved a $1.9...

New Mexico's Indigenous education advocate faces tough job

By Cedar Attanasio Feb. 22, 2021 03:02 PM EST
SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — It may be one of the toughest jobs in Santa Fe. As the assistant secretary for Indian Education, Lashawna Tso is Gov....

President Donald Trump listens during a ceremony to present the Presidential Medal of Freedom to former football coach Lou Holtz, in the Oval Office of the White House, Thursday, Dec. 3, 2020, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
The Latest: Biden: Trump inaugural presence important to US

Dec. 03, 2020 08:42 AM EST

In this Dec. 1, 2020, photo, President-elect Joe Biden speaks as Vice President-elect Kamala Harris listens at left, during an event to introduce their nominees and appointees to economic policy posts at The Queen theater in Wilmington, Del. Up soon for Biden: naming his top health care officials as the coronavirus pandemic rages. It’s hard to imagine more consequential picks. Biden is expected to announce his choice to head the Department of Health and Human Services next week. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)
Next for Biden: Getting the right health team as virus rages

By Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar Dec. 03, 2020 12:08 AM EST

Republican Senate candidate Sen. Mitch McConnell, second from right, and his wife, Elaine Chao, right, look on as aides show him the election results in Louisville, Ky., Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2020. (AP Photo/Timothy D. Easley)
Democrats' Senate drive halted by GOP; key races undecided

By Lisa Mascaro And Mary Clare Jalonick Nov. 05, 2020 12:28 AM EST

Democratic Senate candidate Jamie Harrison thanks his supporters at an election watch party in Columbia, S.C., after losing the Senate race to incumbent Lindsey Graham, Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2020. (Jeff Blake/The State via AP)
Democrats' Senate drive halted by GOP; key races undecided

By Lisa Mascaro And Mary Clare Jalonick Nov. 04, 2020 12:41 PM EST

AP VoteCast: New Mexico voters sour on state of nation

Nov. 03, 2020 06:01 PM EST
Voters in New Mexico made their pick for president while holding negative views about the country's direction, according to an expansive AP survey of the...

Republican U.S. Senate candidate Roger Marshall celebrates his win, at an election watch party in Topeka, Kan., Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2020. (AP Photo/Orlin Wagner)
Democrats losing paths to Senate control as GOP hangs on

By Lisa Mascaro And Mary Clare Jalonick Nov. 03, 2020 05:31 AM EST

FILE - In this April 22, 1952 file photo a gigantic pillar of smoke with the familiar mushroom top climbs above Yucca Flat, Nev. during nuclear test detonation. A defense spending bill pending in Congress includes an apology to New Mexico, Nevada, Utah and other states affected by nuclear testing over the decades, but communities downwind from the first atomic test in 1945 are still holding out for compensation amid rumblings about the potential for the U.S. to resume nuclear testing. (AP Photo,File)
Groups push to remove proposed funding for nuclear testing

By Susan Montoya Bryan Jul. 24, 2020 06:12 PM EDT

FILE - Hot air balloons are inflated during the annual Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta in Albuquerque, N.M., on Saturday, Oct. 5, 2019. The Santa Fe Opera, Meow Wolf and the non-profit organization that puts on the Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta are among the New Mexico businesses that received loans from the federal government as part of massive effort to support the economy amid the coronavirus outbreak. (AP Photo/Susan Montoya Bryan, file)
Opera, balloon fest among businesses getting virus loans

By Susan Montoya Bryan Jul. 06, 2020 06:28 PM EDT