SANTA FE, New Mexico — Cowboys for Trump founder Couy Griffin has filed an appeal with the New Mexico Supreme Court as he seeks to fend off an effort to recall him from office as an Otero County Commissioner. Griffin filed a notice of appeal this week with the high court that contends he was
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AUSTIN, Texas — A group of Texas lawmakers including State Sen. Cesar Blanco of El Paso introduced new legislation Tuesday to honor the memory of fallen Fort Hood Spc. Vanessa Guillen, ABC affiliate KTRK reported. State Rep. Christina Morales and State Sen. Carol Alvarado announced the new state legislation in a briefing. They said they
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DALLAS, Texas — Actor and Texas native Matthew McConaughey has said that running for governor of Texas is a “true consideration” that he’s giving thought to. If he were running and the election were held today, a new poll released Sunday by The Dallas Morning News and University of Texas-Tyler shows McConaughey with a a
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AUSTIN, Texas — Texas handgun owners would no longer need a license or training to carry their weapon in public under a bill that cleared a major vote Thursday over Democrats who railed against loosening gun laws after the 2019 mass shooting at an El Paso Walmart. Texas has more than 1.6 million licensed handgun
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WASHINGTON, DC — Sen. Ted Cruz is no longer wearing a face mask as he walks the halls of the Capitol complex or goes to the Senate floor for debates and votes. “At this point I’ve been vaccinated. Everybody working in the Senate has been vaccinated,” the Texas Republican told CNN, even though many staff
Continue Reading SANTA FE, New Mexico — New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham and her gubernatorial campaign have settled with a former staffer who accused the Democrat of sexually mistreating him during a meeting, paying out at least $62,500 as part of the agreement. A spokesman for Lujan Grisham said they “strenuously deny that there is any
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EL PASO, Texas — Former El Paso congressman Beto O’ Rourke accused Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton of attempting to use his office “to hurt those he perceives to be his political enemies,” after the AG issued a “Consumer Alert” to the public on Wednesday alleging that O’Rourke’s political action committee may be unlawfully collecting the
Continue Reading Editor’s note: This commentary is authored by Paul Begala, a Democratic strategist and CNN political commentator, who was a political consultant for Bill Clinton’s presidential campaign in 1992 and served as a counselor to Clinton in the White House. The opinions expressed in this commentary are his. FORT BEND COUNTY, Texas — Remember the Tilt-a-Whirl?
Continue Reading AUSTIN, Texas — Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton sued the Biden administration Tuesday in an attempt to restore a policy put in place by former President Donald Trump that forced migrants seeking asylum in the United States to wait in Mexico while their claims are processed. Paxton and Missouri Attorney General Eric Schmitt argue in the suit that
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COLUMBUS, New Mexico — Southern New Mexico Congresswoman Yvette Herrell flew back to Washington, D.C., on Tuesday after she and a group of Republican leaders visited the U.S.-Mexico border south of Columbus. Herrell told ABC affiliate KOAT that they went to the border to talk to ranchers and farmers one-on-one about what the GOP is
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SANTA FE, New Mexico — New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham signed legislation Monday legalizing recreational marijuana use within months and kicking off sales next year, making it the seventh state since November to put an end to pot prohibition. The governor, a Democrat, has supported marijuana reform as a way to create jobs and
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WASHINGTON, DC — Former U.S. House speaker John Boehner shares why he details his animosity for Texas Sen. Ted Cruz (whom he calls “Lucifer in the flesh’) in his new book, “On The House,” and if he believes the Republican Party can be rehabilitated. You can watch the interview in the video player above.
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SANTA FE, New Mexico — New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham has vetoed a bill to overhaul oversight of police training and misconduct reviews The governor said in a veto message that the bill would have changed the composition of the New Mexico Law Enforcement Academy Board and eliminated two citizen members unaffiliated with law enforcement. “Eliminating
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SANTA FE, New Mexico — New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham on Friday signed a $7.4 billion general fund spending plan for the coming fiscal year that boosts state spending on public education, early childhood services, and business subsidies and incentives. The governor made no mention of vetoed provisions in a news release. A copy of the
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Reports received by the state of Texas about the care of unaccompanied migrant children housed in a San Antonio facility and released Friday by Gov. Greg Abbott did not allege children were being abused, as the governor has previously said. The reports were included in a letter Friday sent from Abbott, a Republican, to Vice
Continue Reading Texas Republican Party chairman Allen West falsely suggested that Texas could secede from the United States and become an independent country, a CNN KFile review of his comments in recent months shows. In radio interviews after the 2020 presidential election, West suggested Texas could vote to again become a republic, as it was before joining
Continue Reading The Texas Senate passed new voting legislation on April 1. As the bill goes through the state House, corporations like Dell Technologies and American Airlines — both based in Texas — have started advocating against it, arguing that it restricts voter access. To justify many of the changes in the law, Texas Republicans are pointing
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EL PASO, Texas — For the second time in less than a month, U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas visited El Paso on Thursday to see firsthand the situation along the U.S.-Mexico border with a surge in the arrivals of unaccompanied children that has filled migrant facilities in the Borderland and elsewhere. His visit came
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EL PASO, Texas — Allegations that migrant children being cared for at a Texas shelter may have been sexually abused need to be investigated, Congresswoman Veronica Escobar (D-El Paso) said Thursday – but she added that Gov. Gregg Abbott (R-Texas), who raised the claims, has “zero credibility” in her view. RELATED CONTENT: Video: El Paso
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LAS CRUCES, New Mexico — U.S. Sen. Martin Heinrich (D-New Mexico) was visited the El Calvario United Methodist Church in Las Cruces Wednesday to thank community members for advocating and preparing assistance for migrants during the pandemic. This comes on the heels of 170,000 migrants being taken into custody along the U.S.-Mexico border in March
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SAN ANTONIO, Texas — Gov. Greg Abbott, citing what he called “anonymous” complaints made Wednesday to two state agencies, claimed some migrant children being held at a Texas facility were victims of sexual abuse. Abbott said he directed the Texas Rangers to look into the allegations involving the Freeman Coliseum in San Antonio, which is
Continue Reading WASHINGTON, D.C. — El Paso Democratic Congresswoman Veronica Escobar on Wednesday joined a group of lawmakers in an NAACP lawsuit that seeks damages from former President Donald Trump and the extremist group Proud Boys for allegedly inciting the U.S. Capitol riot, the Dallas Morning News reported. Escobar claims she has “violent nightmares” and suffers from
Continue Reading WASHINGTON, DC — U.S. Interior Secretary Deb Haaland of New Mexico announced a new unit within Bureau of Indian Affairs that plans to tackle the decades-long crisis of missing and murdered Native Americans. “Violence against Indigenous peoples is a crisis that has been underfunded for decades,” Haaland said in a statement. “Far too often, murders
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AUSTIN, Texas — With a bipartisan battle at play in Texas over the future of elections, ABC affiliate KTRK reports that the state’s No. 2 legislator, Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick, didn’t hold back at criticism levied against a Republican-led effort to fix what he believes is a vulnerable voting system. A fiery news conference took
Continue Reading AUSTIN, Texas — Gov. Greg Abbott on Tuesday banned state agencies, political subdivisions or organizations receiving public funds from creating “vaccine passports” or otherwise requiring proof of a Covid-19 vaccine in order to receive services. This comes as vaccine credentials, often referred to as vaccine passports, are being developed around the world as a way
Continue Reading ARLINGTON, Texas — Texas Gov. Greg Abbott said Monday that he will not throw out the ceremonial first pitch at the Texas Rangers home opener because of Major League Baseball’s stance on voter integrity laws. Abbott, a Republican, informed the Rangers of his decision in a letter ahead of Monday’s game, according to a news
Continue Reading Two Republican congresswomen are revoking their endorsements of Texas GOP congressional candidate Sery Kim after she said that she didn’t want potential Chinese immigrants in the United States. “As the first Korean American Republican women to serve in Congress, we want to empower and lift up fellow members of the (Asian American and Pacific Islander)
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DALLAS, Texas — Former Democratic El Paso Congressman Beto O’Rourke said Friday that he doesn’t currently intend to run against incumbent Republican Texas Gov. Greg Abbott next year, but then later indicated that he might reconsider it in the future. O’Rourke first ignited speculation that he would launch a challenge to the governor’s re-election bid
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LAS CRUCES, New Mexico — This summer, New Mexico will see its biggest overhaul of liquor laws in decades. “There’s a lot of good changes on the horizon,” said Russell Hernandez, the co-owner and CEO of Salud De Mesilla. “You know, I’m hoping that will be really good for our business,” said Chris Schaefer, the
Continue Reading SANTA FE, New Mexico — New Mexico is joining a wave of states that are legalizing recreational marijuana as its Democrat-dominated Legislature sent a package of cannabis bills to a supportive governor. Lawmakers used a marathon two-day legislative session that ended Wednesday night to push through marijuana legalization for adults over 21 and a companion bill that automatically erases
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