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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
Where are we failing our state’s children? What are we missing? Continue Reading
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
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
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 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
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
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
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
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
There’s no place else to cut, so we must raise revenue. Continue Reading
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
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
It’s so important to share our stories and listen to others. Continue Reading
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