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Deported to his native Mexico for sexually assaulting a 12-year-old girl, Juan Leonardo Quintero returned to Houston and easily resumed his life. When he killed a police officer in 2006, Quintero became a poster child for loose border enforcement. Continue Reading
Ted Cruz’s campaign is turning west, providing an opportunity to test out a libertarian-tinged message for a new part of the country. Continue Reading
There is no legitimate agenda for state government that does not move forward on the day that politicians and public servants find themselves honestly and transparently accountable to meaningful standards of conduct and competence within their public service. Continue Reading
New financial filings are filled with curiosities and surprises. Continue Reading
COMMENTARY: “Secrecy does breed suspicion,” and the deeply corrupt system that exists in our state is one of the reasons why my people — no, scratch that — why a lot of people choose to opt-out of participating in civic life. Continue Reading
Almost seven years ago, former University of Texas student Raul Zamora’s broken taillight landed him in a South Texas detention facility on the brink of deportation. Continue Reading
In Houston, Hillary Clinton celebrates a win in Nevada and sets her sights on Texas, a firewall in her campaign for the Democratic presidential nomination. Continue Reading
The Senate majority leader’s blunt declaration — “This vacancy should not be filled until we have a new president” — was taken as the starkest exhibition yet of the obstructionism that has characterized the Kentucky senator’s stance toward President Obama and congressional Democrats. Continue Reading
Plenty of political observers faulted Jeb Bush’s performance as a candidate, often coming off as awkward on the campaign trail. Continue Reading
There are serious challenges to diversifying New Mexico’s economy: the bulky and complicated structure of the gross receipts tax laws, schools, public infrastructure and the workforce among them. Continue Reading
New Mexico lawmakers ended their 30-day session Thursday with high-profile compromises to boast about but still clashing over priorities in a state with a declining population and the nation’s highest unemployment rate. Continue Reading
A change in state law that would allow better distribution for an overdose reversal drug known as Narcan passed the Legislature late Wednesday night. Continue Reading
A leading state Senate Democrat is blasting Republican leaders in the Legislature for leaving a bill hanging that could have increased funding for the state’s K-12 public schools by about $100 million a year. Continue Reading
Lyft, a ride-booking company and competitor of Uber, could return to New Mexico if a bill that passed the Legislature during its last hours Thursday morning becomes law, says a sponsor of the measure. Continue Reading
Senate Democrats worked – frequently in a bipartisan way – to do what is best for the people while being fiscally responsible with the taxpayers’ dollars. Continue Reading