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Two years ago, President Obama unveiled an initiative to give early release to potentially thousands of federal prisoners serving long sentences for low-level drug crimes. The initiative has barely made a dent, and a resignation letter from the president’s recently departed Pardon Attorney lays out at least one reason why. Continue Reading
No form of social contract, from so-called democracy to a totalitarian state, can exist and function unless people believe its tenets, be they true or not. Continue Reading
Even if Donald Trump is correct in his unproven charge that a super PAC obtained a racy photo of Melania Trump from the Ted Cruz campaign, it’s doubtful the FEC would do anything about it. Continue Reading
The 10 companies that benefit most from state subsidies in New Mexico have not been major contributors to state candidates and party committees. Continue Reading
We are working each day at the Land Office to optimize revenues for our beneficiaries while responsibly managing and conserving our land for future generations. Continue Reading
A few details still need to be worked out, but elections officials in New Mexico’s two most-populous counties say they expect to let some 17-year-olds vote in the upcoming June 7 primaries. Continue Reading
The demand for a DOJ investigation is picking up steam following last Tuesday’s debacle of ballot shortages and hours-long poll lines. Continue Reading
One thing has remained true during this political cycle, even as we all watch our early predictions sour: The disruption that has marked the Republican Party in Texas and the U.S. for the last decade is still blooming. Continue Reading
For New Mexicans fed up with the partisan paralyses of our government, non-partisan elections offer real hope for the future. Continue Reading
The result is that thousands of citizens may be turned away from the polls on April 5 simply because they did not understand what form of identification they needed to vote. Continue Reading
The result is fewer outpatient behavioral health agencies. Continue Reading
Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders’ supporters are fighting an uphill battle. But in New Mexico they aren’t giving up. Continue Reading
It’s disheartening to me that there are voters who support a potential commander-in-chief who, with intent, broke the law, ignored the policies of her own agency that others would have been fired for doing, and displayed a habit of being careless with critical information. Continue Reading
For more than three months, Miriam Delgado and her friends have struggled to get their jobs back at Lexmark International, a U.S.-based company that manufactures printer cartridges at its large plant in Ciudad Juárez, Mexico. Continue Reading
Sending more of New Mexico’s high-school graduates off to college, while providing insufficient employment opportunities for them after graduation, is profoundly unwise policy. Continue Reading