It's about 12:45 p.m. on a Thursday. Do you know what your state lawmakers are doing? Catch up on the special session, which is likely to end today.

NM Democratic leaders say they are keeping a tight leash on bills for the special legislative session and they hope to wrap by Thursday. Here's what's happening so far.

HB 1 passes the House after three hours of debate 43-24 during #nmleg 2025 special session. Now hearing the three Senate bills passed late this afternoon, assigning them each to one committee.

In addition to Wirth, House Majority Floor Leader Reena Szczepanski, another Santa Fe Democrat, also received a similar threat, according to a House Democrats spokesperson. More here: buff.ly/MuVz9zK

NEW: Santa Fe school evacuated due to a bomb threat at a top Democratic lawmaker‘s home sourcenm.com/briefs/bomb-...

wrote about really interesting new research about how technology that removes PFAS from drinking water also can remove other carcinogenic chemicals:

The Federal Emergency Management Agency cut $14 million from funding it previously promised to New Mexico to deal with the fallout of the South Fork and Salt fires near Ruidoso, according to documents the state’s emergency management department gave Source New Mexico on Wednesday. buff.ly/YT6B6WW

Federal officials want New Mexico voter rolls — what do they really want?

Updated: Trump administration says CDC chief ousted, but her lawyer says she hasn’t resigned or been fired www.newsfromthestates.com/article/trum...

This case is the tip of the spear for our free speech rights — especially press freedom, inquiry into those in power, filming of police — and the govt is trying to argue it’s just an immigration issue. But Mario is the only reporter jailed for his filming of police and ICE. Read Sam Barnes story:

DHS Secretary Kristi Noem says Trump wants all 600-plus miles of the border barrier painted black so it will heat up and burn anyone trying to climb it. She made the announcement Tuesday in Santa Teresa, NM, near the deadliest stretch. via @prokopdani.bsky.social sourcenm.com/2025/08/19/u...

Homeland Sec. Noem visits NM, says Trump wants border wall painted black, @prokopdani.bsky.social reports.

“The reasons, Noem said, are twofold. First, it will prevent rust. Second, she said, it will burn the skin of anyone trying to climb over.” Via @prokopdani.bsky.social sourcenm.com/2025/08/19/u...

A heat advisory is in effect today and tomorrow for triple-digit temperatures across much of New Mexico. buff.ly/RKETKSt

Life After the Atomic Blast, as Told by Hiroshima’s Survivors. Eighty years after the dropping of the first atomic bomb, Hiroshima’s survivors and their descendants describe how health problems and stigma have echoed down the generations. www.wired.com/story/life-a...

We want your glooms

NEW: i spoke to nine (!) scientists across several disciplines whose work was cited in the new Department of Energy report that downplays the severity of climate change. all of them say their work was misrepresented, cherry picked, and/or lacked context —

I’m so glad you knew you were loved, because you loved so fiercely See you in the next life, Ollie

Long-time climate journalist Laura Paskus writes for Source's commentary section about the drying Rio Grande and what we might owe New Mexico's rivers and non-human inhabitants.

You’ve got to read this today Albuquerque: sourcenm.com/2025/07/17/n...

Powerful commemoration here from @prokopdani.bsky.social. Spend some time with it:

Millions of people saw a video this week of Deivi Molina-Pena, seen here making an arepa in his apartment, screaming for help as ICE arrested him in a local Walmart. Our story today at @sourcenm.com interviews his family and explores a feud that might have led to his arrest:

My latest dispatch from Ruidoso for @sourcenm.com

New Mexico health officials urge the public to take precautions from mosquito bites and prevent standing water ahead of West Nile virus season. buff.ly/Ewxitn6

It's been a strong start to the monsoon for parts of New Mexico. Some places have already seen over 6" of rain since June 15. Areas in central, southern, & eastern New Mexico are sitting 400%+ above average so far. Northwest New Mexico has seen very little no rain at all yet. #NMwx

More roads = more wildfires, per a new Wilderness Society study awaiting peer review Authors say findings undercut the USDA's push to repeal "Roadless Rule" protections in national forests. Our analysis of wildfires in the Gila echoes the study's findings: sourcenm.com/2025/06/27/u... #nmfire

⚠️ Flash Flood Warning is in effect for Albuquerque. A storm moving northeast across the Metro is dropping heavy rainfall which will likely lead to flash flooding. #NMwx

Important story from @prokopdani.bsky.social sourcenm.com/2025/06/12/f...

Prosecutors told New Mexico lawmakers about progress on pursuing sexual assault cold cases stemming from a historic backlog of untested evidence kits, but additional delays are threatening more recent cases.

Bad news: Most of the big forest nations that promised to end deforestation by 2030 are experiencing more forest loss today than they did when they made the pledge. @benjij.bsky.social for @vox.com: www.vox.com/climate/4137...

A pattern of record-breaking warmth near Iceland is contributing to stormy weather and unusually cool temperatures in the United States this week.

Biologist and author Marcy Cottrell Houle: Removing the proper definition of “harm” from the Endangered Species Act will mean removing habitat that is essential for a species’ survival. The rule change will be decided soon. Today is the deadline for public comments. www.latimes.com/opinion/stor...

“This is a growing, giant issue,” Scrase told Source NM. “I always tell people…I never go into a room where at least 80% of the people aren’t trying to figure out what to do with an older person in their family who’s going through something like this.” sourcenm.com/2025/05/16/t...

Today, 3M agreed to pay NJ up to $450M to settle claims it contaminated the state's water with “forever chemicals." Last year, @fastlerner.bsky.social revealed how 3M execs convinced one of their own scientists that the forever chemicals she'd found in human blood were safe.

The weather forecast does not appear by magic. It relies on countless government employees, a massive network of sensors, tens of thousands of weather balloon launches—to record a stunning 6.3 billion observations/day Now that system is being taken apart, piece by piece www.vox.com/climate/4124...

“Unfortunately, right now, it looks like the polluters won.” Experts say that the mass of scientists being forced out of the EPA will slow down any future regulation of chemicals.

new from me for @wired.com : the EPA is moving to reorganize its scientific research office, which will likely kill off a small but crucial program devoted to studying the impacts of toxic chemicals—which has been a target of industry groups for years

There will be more details to come, but parties announced a tentative deal in the long-running U.S. Supreme Court case over Rio Grande water, and asked the special master to cancel the trial date set for June. buff.ly/nOmsS4w

Howdy y’all, got some big news in the U.S. Supreme Court case over Rio Grande water: sourcenm.com/2025/05/12/p... I’ll have more details as they emerge. #nmwater #txwater #nmpol

FEMA leader ousted, one day after publicly opposing agency’s elimination www.newsfromthestates.com/article/fema...

New from @davidarmstrongx.bsky.social: When I was diagnosed with cancer, I set out to understand why a single pill of Revlimid cost the same as a new iPhone. I’ve covered high drug prices as a reporter for years. What I discovered shocked even me.

New Mexico artist groups said they may have to scale back shows, productions or potentially cut staff after abrupt withdrawals of federal funding.

I talked with several NM conservation leaders about the proposed budget released by the Trump administration last Friday: sourcenm.com/2025/05/05/t...

A 900-acre wildfire broke out Sunday in an area that forecasters have warned for months would experience above-normal wildfire risk. Read the latest here: sourcenm.com/briefs/iron-...

Advocates for people held in an immigration detention center in Estancia, N.M. say sewage is again backing up into their cells, and they do not have access to clean drinking water, leaving them unable to flush toilets or take showers and exacerbating illnesses and hygiene issues/

More than two dozen USGS centers where employees collect water data will soon have their leases terminated. One Utah water manager told @wyattmyskow.bsky.social that without these programs, “we’re very concerned about being able to manage our water resources." insideclimatenews.org/news/2904202...

I truly don't get it www.reuters.com/business/hea...