Crooked Bough News Round-up

+ What to know about public financing in New Mexico’s upcoming primary election—Voters cast ballots early at the University of New Mexico polling cent...

+ Federal regulatory staff protest proposed New Mexico pipeline for data center—A map of the proposed pipeline Energy Transfer submitted in its Januar...

+ New Mexico to impose new federal food aid document requirements to reduce errors—The New Mexico Health Care Authority will begin imposing additional do...

+ New Mexico Election 2026: trail notes—Greg Cunningham, a former Marine and Albuquerque Police Department det...

+ NM Land Commissioner decries Trump ‘land grab’ along New Mexico-Mexico border—Federal authorities intend to seize seven acres of New Mexico trust la...

+ With GOP defections, US House passes bill extending legal status for 350,000 Haitians—Massachusetts Democratic U.S. Rep. Ayanna Pressley speaks at a press c...

+ National Guard ‘follows the Constitution,’ general says of troops possibly deployed to polls—Members of the National Guard patrol the entrance to the Union Station...

+ New Mexico environment officials adopt rules for firefighting foams containing PFAS—Aqueous Film-Forming Foams, which are used to put out fuel fires at ai...

+ Limits on speech rights for military retirees at issue in Sen. Kelly case against DOD—U.S. Sen. Mark Kelly, D-Ariz., speaks at a news conference at the U.S....

+ Pushback leads Homeland Security to compromise on some warehouse detention centers for immigrants—U.S. Sen. Raphael Warnock, a Georgia Democrat, in March visits a waste...

+ Q&A: Bennie Thompson on his recent visit to the Adams County ICE facility—Photo courtesy of Mississippi Today Audio recording is automated for ...

+ Forest Service plan to close research stations stokes fear as wildfire season approaches—Clouds hang over Lake Cushman, as seen from the mountains of the Olymp...

+ NM Supreme Court declines AG’s request to intervene in Otero County ICE detention contract—The New Mexico Supreme Court on April 16, 2026, denied the state Depar...

+ NM House Republicans urge litigation over governor’s disaster spending ‘overreach’—Three New Mexico House Republican leaders said litigation may be neces...

+ Ballots become battlegrounds for voting rules, redistricting, election power—An election worker hands out “I Voted” stickers in Salt Lake City on E...

+ Homeland Security’s SAVE program divides election officials as November nears—Bonneville County residents cast their votes during the May 21, 2024, ...

+ US House Dems at ag hearing excoriate Trump cuts proposed for farm and food aid—U.S. Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins, speaking at a Future Farmer...

+ Scores of Forest Service plans could be upended after Boundary Waters mining vote—Seagull Lake in the Boundary Waters. Superior National Forest is home ...

+ Trump picks new director for Centers for Disease Control and Prevention—The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta, Georgia. (P...

+ Coalition grows in opposition to northern NM uranium mine proposal—A coalition of New Mexico elected officials, including six state lawma...

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