By Julia Goldberg | Editor-in-Chief
Happy Wednesday, everyone. July has arrived. We had lots of big stories coming from all directions yesterday. Below you’ll find the latest on the controversial Project Jupiter data center, along with Democratic New Mexico state and federal officials’ responses to the U.S. Supreme Court opinion upholding birthright citizenship. Even more stories await below and online at sourcenm.com.
A rendering of Project Jupiter with a public comment in which an Albuquerque resident writes that prior comments in favor of the development made under her name were submitted without her knowledge or consent. (Rendering courtesy of STACK Infrastructure)
New Mexico residents say their names used without permission to support Project Jupiter data center
For his latest reporting on the Project Jupiter data center, Source NM senior reporter Joshua Bowling talked with several New Mexico residents who say their names appeared erroneously on letters supporting the project’s air quality permits after they spoke with Project Jupiter canvassers.
New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham spoke on Tuesday during a news conference at the Western Governors’ Association meeting in Park City. (Alixel Cabrera/Utah News Dispatch))
Western governors establish multi-state task force to update the region’s transmission lines
A bipartisan group of 11 Western governors, including New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham, signed a letter endorsing the establishment of a multi-state task force to develop a study and action plan to update the region’s energy grid. The effort was announced Tuesday in Park City, Utah, during the Western Governors’ Association annual meeting. “We cannot move enough electricity under the current national system,” Lujan Grisham said.
Protesters held a rally on protecting birthright citizenship outside the U.S. Supreme Court as President Donald Trump attended oral arguments on April 1, 2026 in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Al Drago/Getty Images)
NM officials react as SCOTUS upholds birthright citizenship
The U.S. Supreme Court Tuesday struck down President Donald Trump’s attempt to redefine the constitutional right to birthright citizenship. Several Democratic New Mexico officials, along with immigrant rights advocates, lauded the decision, including New Mexico Attorney General Raúl Torrez, one of two dozen state AGs who filed a legal challenge to Trump’s executive order. The SCOTUS decision, Torrez said in a statement, "reaffirms one of the clearest promises in the United States Constitution: if you are born on American soil, you are an American citizen."
President Donald Trump’s administration has cut about $177 million in grants to New Mexico state agencies since taking office in 2025, Department of Finance and Administration officials told state lawmakers this week. (Photo by Roberto Schmidt/Getty Images)
Trump admin has cut $177M in federal grants for New Mexico state agencies, new report says
The federal government has cut more than $177 million in grants that supported New Mexico state agencies since President Donald Trump took office in 2025, state Department of Finance and Administration officials told state lawmakers this week. Most of those funds — nearly $156 million — was intended to help install solar panels in low-income and disadvantaged communities across the state, Source’s Joshua Bowling reports.
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