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Student panelists prep for Q&A sessions with Domenici Conference speakers

By Amanda Bradford, NMSU University Communications | September 2, 2016

The students, who come from universities around New Mexico, have worked in teams all summer, researching the conference’s topics and preparing thoughtful questions for each speaker. Continue Reading

Too many child deaths, too little progress

By Barbara Alvarez | September 1, 2016

Where are we failing our state’s children? What are we missing? Continue Reading

James Jimenez

How tax cuts for the powerful are behind the backlogs

By James Jimenez | September 1, 2016

It seems that every week there is a new story in the newspaper showing the consequences of choosing tax cuts for the powerful over public investment. Continue Reading

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NMSU is preparing for another state funding cut

By Heath Haussamen, NMPolitics.net | August 31, 2016

New Mexico State University is preparing for an increasingly likely additional reduction in state funding that could necessitate more budget cuts — or increases in tuition and fees. Continue Reading

J.R. Lonsway

An explanation of why police officers use deadly force

By J.R. Lonsway | August 31, 2016

Police officers would much rather resolve a situation peacefully, but unfortunately they are sometimes put into a position by a suspect who affords them no other option but to use deadly force. Continue Reading

The Las Cruces Public Schools administration building.

Las Cruces school district releases superintendent applications

By Heath Haussamen, NMPolitics.net | August 30, 2016

The Las Cruces Public Schools released all 26 applications for the district’s open superintendent job — 14 submitted by candidates who were deemed to meet the qualifications for the position and 12 who were not. Continue Reading

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NMSU Regents violated Open Meetings Act, sunshine group says

By Heath Haussamen, NMPolitics.net | August 30, 2016

Meeting privately with the chancellor in small groups to hear about his plan to eliminate an academic program constituted a rolling quorum, the N.M. Foundation for Open Government says. The university disagrees. Continue Reading

South Texas Family Residential Center

Feds consider closing private, for-profit immigrant detention centers

By Julián Aguilar, The Texas Tribune | August 29, 2016

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security on Monday called for a review of its current policy of detaining undocumented immigrants in private, for-profit facilities. Continue Reading

Bill Jordan

Lawmakers can’t invest in New Mexico’s future without all the facts

By Bill Jordan | August 26, 2016

A good tax expenditure budget — which New Mexico needs — would list all the tax breaks, add up how much they cost, and analyze them to determine if they are doing what they were expected to do. Continue Reading

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NMSU has kept students’ costs in check better than other NM schools

By Heath Haussamen, NMPolitics.net | August 25, 2016

When the New Mexico State University Board of Regents rejected a proposed 5 percent tuition increase in April, Student Regent Amanda López Askin called it “a very deliberate breaking of a cycle.” Continue Reading

A statue outside the Roundhouse in Santa Fe.

NM needs to raise teacher pay, not cut education funding

By Bill Soules, Carlos Cisneros, Linda Lopez, Michael Padilla, Patricia Roybal-Caballero and Christine Trujillo | August 25, 2016

There’s no place else to cut, so we must raise revenue. Continue Reading

Chris Saeger

Land commissioner’s ‘I’m for the kids’ guise is easy to see through

By Chris Saeger | August 24, 2016

Don’t let Dunn’s ruse of “I’m for the kids” fool you — because if he was, he’d support the BLM rule and the millions it would generate for the children of New Mexico. Continue Reading

Donald Trump

Now Trump says he’s open to ‘softening’ in immigration laws

By Patrick Svitek, The Texas Tribune | August 23, 2016

Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump says he is open to a “softening” in laws dealing with people who are in the country illegally, offering a pivot away from the hardline immigration views he espoused throughout the primaries. Continue Reading

Heath Haussamen

We must commit to understanding each other, even online

By Heath Haussamen, NMPolitics.net | August 23, 2016

It’s so important to share our stories and listen to others. Continue Reading

Martin Heinrich

Federal government must help safeguard tribal artifacts

By Martin Heinrich | August 22, 2016

My legislation will increase penalties for stealing and illegally trafficking tribal cultural patrimony. It will also prohibit exporting these objects and create a tribal working group to help federal agencies better understand the scope of the problem and how to solve it. Continue Reading

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