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By Julia Goldberg | Editor-in-Chief

Happy Saturday, everyone. Another busy week has just about come to a close. Below, you’ll find a handful of our top stories from the week on topics ranging from politics to data centers to everyone’s least favorite parasite. You’ll find more to read at sourcenm.com. See you Monday!

NM Senate Majority Leader Wirth won’t seek leadership, re-election

NM Senate Majority Leader Wirth won’t seek leadership, re-election

New Mexico Senate Majority Leader Peter Wirth (D-Santa Fe) announced on Tuesday he won't seek the majority leader position again for next year's legislative session, and won't seek reelection in 2028.

New Mexico AG seeks nearly $1 billion payment from Meta in second phase of trial

New Mexico AG seeks nearly $1 billion payment from Meta in second phase of trial

New Mexico Attorney General Raúl Torrez has asked a Santa Fe judge to order Meta, the social media giant that operates Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp, to pay $953 million to remedy harm to the state’s youth, recent court filings show.

Firm behind New Mexico Medicaid campaign recruits influencers to promote Project Jupiter data center

Firm behind New Mexico Medicaid campaign recruits influencers to promote Project Jupiter data center

The marketing agency behind New Mexico’s award-winning Medicaid re-enrollment social media campaign is recruiting influencers to promote Project Jupiter, the controversial artificial intelligence data center under construction in Doña Ana County.

New Mexico’s Epstein commission announces 9 more subpoenas to federal prosecutors, state agencies

New Mexico’s Epstein commission announces 9 more subpoenas to federal prosecutors, state agencies

A New Mexico 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, less than a week after it publicly published its first batch of subpoenas.

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