Judge orders New Mexico Legislature to release records

SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — A state district court judge is ordering New Mexico’s Legislature to turn over 15 subpoenaed documents to prosecutors as they pursue fraud charges against a former senator.
The order was released Tuesday and resolves part of a standoff between the attorney general’s office and legal advisers to the Legislature who contend that recent subpoenas of documents and testimony may threaten the integrity of the law-making process. The order also says communication