By Julia Goldberg | Editor-in-Chief
Good morning, folks, and happy Friday. Wherever you reside, we hope you have been enjoying the rain and gloom as much as we have this week here in Santa Fe. It’s been a long, hot summer and we’re ready for cooler temps and, soon, changing foliage. As for the weekend, the National Weather Service forecasts drier conditions before a possible return to moisture next week.
Much as we’d love to talk about the weather some more, our time this week has been mostly spent digging into the Nov. 3 general election. Look for more candidate interviews in the coming weeks, and a Voter Guide to help out when voting begins. As for today, we send you off with a look at the first three constitutional amendments coming up for consideration; one gubernatorial candidate’s plans for dealing with data centers; and the state Supreme Court’s decision yesterday to let Project Jupiter proceed. As always, more to read awaits at sourcenm.com. Thanks for being here!
Deb Haaland, the Democratic nominee to be New Mexico’s next governor, announced on Thursday she would sign an executive order, if elected, to immediately halt new large-scale data center projects while state lawmakers craft guardrails around such developments. (Photo by Joshua Bowling/Source NM)
In a news conference yesterday, New Mexico Democratic gubernatorial nominee Deb Haaland said if elected she would sign an executive order immediately upon taking office to pause all new large-scale data center proposals while state lawmakers craft guidelines for such developments. Source’s Joshua Bowling reports on Haaland’s announcement.
Voters cast ballots at Holly Plaza Election Center in Albuquerque during the June 2, 2026, primary election. (Photo by Danielle Prokop/Source NM)
Election 2026: Constitutional amendments 1-3
New Mexico voters will have four constitutional amendments to consider in the Nov. 3 general election. Source senior reporter Joshua Bowling delves into the first three, which deal with the governor’s vetoes; school elections; and regent appointments. We’ll have coverage of the fourth constitutional amendment — which would create salaries for state legislators — in separate coverage in the coming weeks.
Crews demolish and replace structural steel circa November 2024 at the radioactive waste repository Waste Isolation Pilot Plant in Carlsbad, New Mexico. (Courtesy of U.S. Department of Energy)
New Mexico lawmakers warn of ‘urgent threat’ over federal nuclear oversight shortfalls
Source’s Matthew Mondschein reports that a bipartisan committee of the New Mexico Legislature warned this week that two developments in the federal government’s nuclear administration — the rollback of safety requirements and the obstruction of independent safety oversight — have created an “urgent threat” to workers, communities and national security.
The New Mexico Supreme Court on Thursday allowed regulatory proceedings to proceed for the Project Jupiter data center, pictured on June 26, 2026. (Photo courtesy of Alexa Reynaud, Food & Water Watch, with aerial support provided by LightHawk)
The New Mexico Supreme Court on Thursday unanimously shot down two environmental groups’ challenges to regulatory proceedings for the Project Jupiter data center under construction in Doña Ana County.
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