Eddy County saw its first case of measles amid an outbreak that reportedly started in Lea County and tripled last week from 10 to 33 infections as of Tuesday.
House Bill 533 — sponsored by Rep. Tara Lujan, D-Santa Fe — would lower the threshold for what is considered solitary confinement from 22 hours per day to 17 hours per day without rehabilitative programming.
Eddy County commissioners stood in support of a project to store spent nuclear fuel in southeast New Mexico, as a federal court ruling to block such a facility was under debate by the U.S. Supreme Court.
