AGP Executive Report
Last update: 6 hours agoHousing & Land Use: New Mexico’s State Land Office is pushing to diversify trust-land revenue by seeking developers to convert four small Albuquerque parcels into housing or commercial projects via long-term leases, aiming to support schools while tackling the state’s housing crunch. Energy & Water Risk: The Land Office also kicked off hearings to raise oil-and-gas well-plugging bonds from $10,000 to as high as $150,000 and add annual reporting—an effort to reduce the chance taxpayers cover cleanup costs. Corrections Health Contract: Doña Ana County is scrambling after YesCare filed for Chapter 11 and pulled its detention-center contract approval, leaving commissioners searching for a replacement provider within about a week. Sports Betting Regulation: New Mexico AG Torrez joined a bipartisan push urging the CFTC to recognize state authority over sports-related prediction markets, arguing they function like unregulated sportsbooks. Fuel Prices Watch: GasBuddy data for the week ending May 16 showed pockets of lower prices across NM counties, with premium deals as low as $4.49 in Curry County and diesel lows around $4.97–$5.07 in several areas. Tech & Space: Virgin Galactic’s Unity returned to flight at Spaceport America to train pilots for its next-generation spacecraft, while Hermeus reported a supersonic test over a New Mexico military base.
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