By Julia Goldberg | Editor-in-Chief
Happy Monday, folks. We’re looking at another day with possible storms bringing much-needed rain, with a chance for precipitation into mid-week, at least. Aside from the weather, plenty of news abounds, particularly of the political variety as the Nov. 3 election creeps ever closer. You’ll find a handful of stories below and at sourcenm.com, with more on the way. We will be particularly interested in a scheduled presentation today to state lawmakers on data centers and water. Stay tuned!
U.S. District Court Judge James O. Browning on Aug. 27, 2026, issued a final ruling ordering New Mexico officials not to require a seven-day waiting period on gun purchases, which a 2024 state law imposed. (Photo by Aristide Economopoulos/New Jersey Monitor)
A federal judge on Thursday ruled against a 2024 New Mexico law that imposed a seven-day waiting period for gun purchases, but a spokesperson for Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham told Source NM’s Patrick Lohmann on Friday that her office will almost certainly appeal the ruling.
New Mexico Democrats are pushing to put two new candidates for the state House of Representatives on the Nov. 3 general election ballot after two candidates dropped out of the race. (Photo by Patrick Lohmann/Source NM)
New Mexico Democrats push to place 2 state House candidates on November ballot after withdrawals
New Mexico Democrats are pushing to place two new candidates for the state House of Representatives on the Nov. 3 ballot after the nominees dropped out of the race. Both House Districts 4 and 23 remain up in the air, Source’s Joshua Bowling reports, with legal challenges pending.
New Mexico Democratic gubernatorial nominee Deb Haaland, left, on Aug. 27, 2026, speaks to Veronica Toledo, Homewise’s director of policy and advocacy, during a tour of a new Albuquerque affordable housing development, which developers said benefited from state subsidies and quick local permitting. (Photo by Patrick Lohmann/Source NM)
New Mexico Dem governor nominee Haaland touts permitting ‘shot clock’ in visit to housing project
Deb Haaland, the former U.S. Interior secretary and Democratic nominee for New Mexico governor, toured a new affordable housing project last week in Albuquerque as she touted her plan to help reduce a statewide housing shortage if elected governor on Nov. 3. Haaland faces Republican former Rio Rancho Mayor Gregg Hull, with whom Source’s Patrick Lohmann also spoke about housing policy.
New Mexico Forward Party Chair Bob Perls stands outside U.S. District Court in Santa Fe on Aug. 28, 2026, after his attorneys argued that New Mexico Secretary of State Maggie Toulouse Oliver enforced unfair ballot access requirements on minor party candidates. (Photo by Joshua Bowling/Source NM)
New Mexico Forward Party makes its case for ballot access before a federal judge
Attorneys for the New Mexico Forward Party on Friday told a federal judge that New Mexico Secretary of State Maggie Toulouse Oliver held minor party candidates to an unfairly burdensome standard to qualify for the upcoming Nov. 3 general election ballot. Source’s Joshua Bowling reports on the hearing.
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