Lawmakers across New Mexico approved at least $46 million to spend on new housing or housing-related projects, according to a new database of capital outlay requests.
A proposal supported by prosecutors and lawmakers hoping to do something about crime appears to have run into a wall: the fundamental right to liberty.
In Doña Ana County, very few defendants hit with a pretrial detention motion are jailed by judges, according to statistics provided by the 3rd Judicial District Attorney s office.