Maggie Toulouse Oliver joins field for Lieutenant Governor nomination in 2026

Maggie Toulouse Oliver has announced her candidacy to become New Mexico's Lieutenant Governor. Toulouse Oliver joins state ...

Governor appoints new director of the Office of African American Affairs

The governor announced today that she has named Gene Grant as the executive director of the New Mexico Office of African ...
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Louisiana's governor asks for National Guard deployment to New Orleans and other cities

Louisiana's Republican governor asked for National Guard deployments to New Orleans and other cities, saying Monday that his state needs help fighting crime and praising President Donald Trump's ...

4 family members of Illinois governor candidate killed in Montana helicopter crash, campaign says

A Montana helicopter crash killed four family members of Illinois Republican gubernatorial candidate Darren Bailey ...
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Bipartisan US governors' group faces division over Trump's deployment of troops to states

The Democratic governors of California and Illinois are threatening to leave the National Governors Association because of its silence on President Donald Trump's deployment of National Guard troops ...

Indigenous Peoples Day has special importance in New Mexico

WELL, TOMORROW IS INDIGENOUS PEOPLES DAY, A TIME TO HONOR NATIVE AMERICANS ALL ACROSS AMERICA. IN 2019, GOVERNOR MICHELLE ...
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Supreme Court lets Lisa Cook remain as a Federal Reserve governor for now

The Supreme Court on Wednesday allowed Lisa Cook to remain as a Federal Reserve governor for now, declining to act on the Trump administration’s effort to immediately remove her from the central ...