Six months after being cleared of criminal charges in the "Rust" shooting death, actor Alec Baldwin has filed a suit alleging malicious prosecution and defamation by New Mexico prosecutors and law enforcement.

Baldwin, whose involuntary manslaughter charge was dismissed in July, accused New Mexico officials of abusing their power in prosecuting him.

Alec Baldwin has filed a civil rights complaint against officials in Santa Fe, New Mexico, claiming he was wrongfully prosecuted in the “Rust” case, a representative for Baldwin told CNN.

Alec Baldwin Thursday sued Santa Fe's district attorney and county commissioners for malicious prosecution and violation of New Mexico's Civil Rights Act over their failed criminal prosecution of the Rust actor.

New Mexico's elected officials could face criminal prosecution if they do not comply with President Donald Trump's new immigration policies.

The New Mexico state agency tasked with investigating police misconduct was slated to meet today to discuss its autonomy, but the meeting has been scrapped for unknown reasons. The Law Enforcement Certification Board scheduled,

New Mexico would not be alone — in fact, 38 states have some form of open primaries, and only nine states run totally closed primaries.

Santa Fe and New Mexico State Police arrested an alleged repeat shoplifter at a Target store on Monday. Carlos Vigil, 36, of Santa Fe, was met by police as he was leaving Target with a cart with stolen items inside,

Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham said Monday she has told staffers to notify county commissioners in two New Mexico counties — McKinley and Cibola — that she will not appoint former Rep. Harry Garcia, a Grants Democrat, to the vacant seat, even though both counties had voted to nominate him.

Adrian Garduno, a lifelong Nambé resident, fears the sprawling Pojoaque Basin Regional Water System will weaken his private well. When he was approached by a firm contracted by County about selling a sliver of his property for a utility easement for the project's construction — currently underway in the region following a settlement in a decadeslong legal battle over water

Approximately 64,673 people moved to New Mexico in 2023, while 64,917 moved out. This represents a net loss of 244 residents. The state received only roughly seven movers per day, with the vast majority of these movers being international migrants rather than domestic ones.

On the other side of the Turquoise Trail from Eldorado, another solar project is drawing heated opposition. Residents of eastern Sandoval County have packed meeting rooms in recent months to assail a sprawling solar and battery storage development proposed for an area east of Placitas by a company headquartered in Argentina.