New Mexico Democrats propose revamped consumer protection, digital safety laws

By Joshua Bowling | Senior Reporter

Good morning, everyone. It’s Thursday. New Mexico Attorney General Raúl Torrez joined state Rep. Linda Serrato (D-Santa Fe) and Democratic gubernatorial nominee Deb Haaland yesterday to announce their plans to revamp the state’s consumer protection and digital safety laws, particularly as they relate to online content geared toward children. The proposals would more closely regulate AI chatbots, in particular, and would also target “personalized pricing” in stores and online. We also pored over new data that shows New Mexico’s public school students have recently made significant gains in reading and literacy scores. We have those stories below with many more to come today on sourcenm.com. Thanks for being here.

New Mexico Democrats propose revamped consumer protection, digital safety laws

New Mexico Attorney General Raúl Torrez, state Rep. Linda Serrato (D-Santa Fe) and Democratic gubernatorial nominee Deb Haaland on Wednesday announced their plans to modernize the state’s consumer protection law and to craft new regulations for kids on the internet. Their proposed bills would increase the maximum penalties for consumer protection violations and more closely regulate how AI chatbots interact with youth.

Data shows New Mexico students making gains in literacy, while math and science trail behind

New Mexico public school students made significant gains in reading and literacy over the last year, while math showed modest gains and science remained largely stagnant since 2022, according to recently released data presented to state lawmakers on Wednesday.

U.S. Democratic Rep. Vasquez joins Iowa Republican Nunn to suspend Trump’s beef imports

Source's colleagues at the Iowa Capital Dispatch report that U.S. Rep. Gabe Vasquez (D-N.M.) and U.S. Rep. Zach Nunn (R-Iowa) are calling for the suspension of President Donald Trump’s initiative allowing more foreign beef into the U.S. and for congressional oversight of future beef import decisions from the executive branch.

New Mexico behavioral health committee closes in on goal of approving 13 regional health plans

The committee tasked with rebuilding New Mexico’s behavioral healthcare infrastructure has approved 11 of 13 regional plans, the committee chair told lawmakers on the interim Legislative Finance Committee during their Tuesday meeting.

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