HECTOR BALDERAS

The fight between Texas and New Mexico over the management of one of the longest rivers in North America could be nearing an end as a date to resume the trial has been put off pending negotiations aimed at settling the years-long case before the U.S. Supreme Court. New Mexico Attorney General Hector Balderas announced Tuesday that a special master appointed by the court cleared the way for ongoing negotiations and set a date in July for a status update. The Supreme Court would have to approve any agreement reached by the states.

Standoff between GOP-dominated county commission and New Mexico's Democratic secretary of state over commission's conspiracy-fueled refusal to certify election results comes to a head Friday.

Primary elections in seven states Tuesday will set the stage for U.S. House and Senate battles this fall that will play into control of Congress.

A New Mexico elected official was charged Friday with a misdemeanor campaign finance violation for refusing to register his political group Cowboys for Trump, the state's attorney general announced. Couy Griffin, a Republican county commissioner from Tularosa in southern New Mexico, has been facing off with state election regulators for more than a year over whether he needs to register the group as a political committee. Griffin expressed concern that registering may lead to other disclosure requirements about contributions and spending and in 2020 sued the New Mexico secretary of state after she insisted the group must register.

New Mexico's Attorney General has referred the alternative electoral certificate to federal authorities. One of the signers calls it a 'non-issue.'

The former chief financial officer for the New Mexico Spaceport Authority has filed a whistleblower lawsuit.

The nuclear commission did not respond to questions about New Mexico's complaint. AdIn all, there's roughly 83,000 metric tons of spent fuel sitting at temporary storage sites in nearly three dozen states. The first phase of the proposed New Mexico project calls for storing up to 8,680 metric tons of uranium, which would be packed into 500 canisters. Future expansion could make room for as many as 10,000 canisters of spent nuclear fuel over six decades. However, the Nuclear Waste Policy Act doesn't allow the Energy Department to take ownership until a permanent repository is in place.

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - New Mexico Attorney General Hector Balderas on Thursday sued Alphabet Incs (GOOGL.O) Google search engine, alleging that its educational software collects young students personal information without the required parental consent. The lawsuit states that Google failed to gather verifiable parental consent before collecting the data, a violation of the Childrens Online Privacy Protection Act. McMath said while there was no evidence that Google had misused the students personal information, he was concerned that the company might generate revenue from the data. In 2018, Balderas sued Google and a few other tech companies, accusing them of illegally collecting data from mobile apps made for children. In September, Googles YouTube video service was asked to pay the FTC $170 million to settle allegations that it broke federal law by collecting personal information about children.

REUTERS/Arnd Wiegmann(Reuters) - New Mexico Attorney General Hector Balderas on Thursday filed a lawsuit against Alphabet Incs Google, alleging that it acquired personal information from school children in the state violating their privacy rights. He said the collection of personal data was in violation of the Federal Childrens Online Privacy Protection Act and New Mexicos Unfair Practices Act. In 2018, Balderas filed a similar lawsuit against Google and few other tech companies alleging illegal data collection from mobile apps made for children. In September last year, Googles YouTube video service was asked to pay $170 million to the Federal Trade Commission to settle allegations that it broke federal law by collecting personal information about children. Social media companies have been facing regulatory scrutiny globally over their policies and data monitoring practices particularly for children.