By Julia Goldberg | Editor-in-Chief
Happy Friday, folks. And happy Juneteenth. Most of state and local government will be closed today, as will we. You will, however, find new stories to read at sourcenm.com, along with highlights below, including the surprise withdrawal of Secretary of State Maggie Toulouse Oliver from the Nov. 3 race for lieutenant governor; a new commentary from volunteers who have visited men held in ICE detention in New Mexico; and updates on the legislative Epstein commission and the New World screwworm crisis. As always, thank you for being here. If you’re not receiving our free weekend round-up, you can sign up here.
New Mexico Secretary of State Maggie Toulouse Oliver, pictured on March 7, 2026, at the New Mexico Democratic Party pre-primary convention, announced on Thursday she was suspending her campaign for lieutenant governor after winning the June 2 primary. (Photo by Patrick Lohmann/Source NM)
New Mexico Secretary of State Toulouse Oliver suspends Dem Lt. Gov. campaign, citing health
After winning the Democratic nomination to be New Mexico’s next lieutenant governor in a landslide primary election on June 2, incumbent Secretary of State Maggie Toulouse Oliver on Thursday announced she was dropping out of the race due to health concerns. Source senior reporter Joshua Bowling has the details on what happens next.
Designated ICE parking spots in front of the Torrance County Detention Facility, photographed Nov. 19, 2025. (Photo by Patrick Lohmann/Source NM)
(Commentary) Pride and Pain: Father’s Day in ICE detention in New Mexico
In a column for Source NM’s commentary section, Pierrette Hondagneu-Sotelo and Michael Messner, professors emeriti at the University of Southern California, write of their experiences volunteering with the Immigrant Law Lab and visiting with men held by the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency at Torrance County Detention Facility in Estancia, New Mexico. “Detained men’s grief, due to forced separation from their work and from their families, is amplified by the maddening uncertainty of not knowing when or if they will be released,” they write.
Maps of the Zorro Ranch from a New Mexico State Land Trust file and photos of the Santa Fe County residence once owned by convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. (Graphics courtesy of State Land Office/U.S. Department of Justice)
New Mexico’s Epstein commission announces 9 more subpoenas to federal prosecutors, state agencies
A New Mexico House legislative subcommittee tasked with investigating the late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein’s time in the state on Thursday announced it would issue nine more subpoenas to federal and state government agencies. Those come, Source senior reporter Joshua Bowling writes, less than a week after the Truth Commission published its first batch of subpoenas.
A closeup of a New World screwworm adult fly. (Photo via USDA)
NM U.S. Reps. Vasquez, Leger Fernández introduce New World screwworm legislation
Following last week’s discovery of New Mexico’s first New World screwworm case, New Mexico Democratic U.S. Reps. Gabe Vasquez and Teresa Leger Fernández on Thursday announced legislation intended to curtail the spread of the parasitic fly. They unveiled the Protecting America’s Herds Act during an Albuquerque news conference surrounded by a bevy of agricultural, livestock and wildlife officials.
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