New Mexico State Engineer threatens to revoke licenses of companies that dug wells for border wall

By Joshua Bowling | Senior Reporter

Good morning, everyone. It’s Wednesday, and we’re expecting an update from the state commission tasked with investigating Jeffrey Epstein’s time in New Mexico. Yesterday, the State Engineer threatened to revoke licenses of companies that dug wells for Trump’s border wall, and a second whistleblower lawsuit hit the state agency overseeing New Mexico’s first-in-the-nation universal childcare program. You’ll find these stories, and much more, below and online at sourcenm.com.

New Mexico State Engineer threatens to revoke licenses of companies that dug wells for border wall

The New Mexico Office of the State Engineer on Tuesday announced it had formally threatened the licenses of two well-drilling companies that are helping federal agencies construct a border wall along New Mexico’s shared border with Mexico.

Former NM state agency budget director alleges shortfall, retaliation related to universal childcare

The New Mexico Early Childhood Education and Care Department’s former budget director sued the state agency Tuesday, alleging she was fired last month after alerting senior leadership to an internal budget shortfall.

New Mexico state veterinarian says more screwworm cases ‘headed this way’

While no new cases of New World screwworm have been detected in New Mexico for more than a month, the parasitic fly “definitely is headed this way,” and a widespread infection would quickly exhaust the state’s resources, the state’s top veterinarian told state lawmakers Tuesday.

Opponents ask New Mexico utility regulators to review whether PNM waived multimillion payout

An Albuquerque anti-poverty nonprofit is asking state utility regulators to order a hearing over whether the parent company of New Mexico’s largest electric provider forfeited a $350 million payment from the private equity firm looking to acquire it.

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