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Undetonated bomb connected to earlier church explosions, police believe

By Heath Haussamen, NMPolitics.net | August 20, 2015

Investigators believe a bomb found undetonated last week near the entrance to First Presbyterian Church in Las Cruces was placed by the same person or people who set off two bombs at churches here earlier this month. Continue Reading

Gold King Mine spill

After river disaster, is it time to re-evaluate EPA?

By Rob Nikolewski, Watchdog.org | August 18, 2015

Exxon had its Valdez, BP had its Deepwater Horizon and now the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has its Animas River disaster with which to contend. Continue Reading

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Navajos refuse ‘tainted’ water from EPA; ‘crops are getting thirsty’

By Heath Haussamen, NMPolitics.net | August 18, 2015

Farmers on the Navajo Nation continue to have problems in the wake of the recent spill of 3 million gallons of toxic waste into the Animas River. Continue Reading

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Can we please stop the tabloid journalism and offensive politicking?

By Heath Haussamen, NMPolitics.net | August 17, 2015

The arrest of a state representative’s son in the devastating shooting death of a high-school student presents another opportunity for a substantive discussion about the ills that plague us. Continue Reading

Use it or lose it: Across the West, exercising one’s right to waste water

By Abrahm Lustgarten, ProPublica | August 17, 2015

“Use it or lose it” clauses give farmers, ranchers and governments holding water rights a powerful incentive to use more water than they need. Continue Reading

Thirteen years and counting: anatomy of an EPA civil rights investigation

By Talia Buford, Center for Public Integrity | August 13, 2015

Deborah Reade filed a complaint with the EPA’s Office of Civil Rights in 2002. It still hasn’t been resolved. Continue Reading

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Gold King Mine spill hits Navajo Nation hard

By Heath Haussamen, NMPolitics.net | August 12, 2015

While the Colorado governor drank water from the Animas River on Wednesday to demonstrate that conditions are improving, downstream, people on the Navajo Nation continue to deal with the very real effects of an environmental disaster. Continue Reading

Max Mastellone

Bernie Sanders: The presidential candidate we’ve all been waiting for (really)

By Max Mastellone | August 12, 2015

A President Sanders would enter the White House with a plan to shake up the status quo for the benefit of the 99 percent. Continue Reading

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Auditor Keller should stop using Gmail for public business

By Heath Haussamen, NMPolitics.net | August 12, 2015

Using a private email account – especially when you also have a government account, as Tim Keller does – creates the appearance that you are trying to hide something. Continue Reading

Money

Cities consider whether public financing combats big money

By Heath Haussamen, NMPolitics.net | August 10, 2015

In Las Cruces, city policymakers are considering creating a brand-new public financing system. Common Cause New Mexico is also pushing for improvements to existing programs in Santa Fe and Albuquerque. Not all believe their efforts will help combat big money. Continue Reading

Gold King Mine spill

Officials pledge to ‘make the EPA pay’ for Animas River spill

By Heath Haussamen, NMPolitics.net | August 9, 2015

Government officials from New Mexico and the Navajo Nation were among those working through the weekend to try to understand and respond to the Environmental Protection Agency’s inadvertent triggering of the spill of an estimated 3 million gallons of toxic waste into the Animas River last week. Continue Reading

Agriculture’s role in our state economy, culture, and water cycle

By Jeff Witte | August 9, 2015

National Farmers Market Week last week got me thinking about the economic and cultural importance of not just the state’s 75 farmers markets, but of New Mexico agriculture more broadly. Continue Reading

Donald Trump

In Republican debate, little talk about big money

By Dave Levinthal, Center for Public Integrity | August 7, 2015

Donald Trump says the nation’s campaign funding system is ‘broken,’ but other presidential hopefuls largely avoid the issue. Continue Reading

Tim Keller

State auditor uses Gmail account for public business

By Heath Haussamen, NMPolitics.net | August 6, 2015

It’s legal, but that doesn’t mean using private email is a good idea. The N.M. Foundation for Open Government has concerns about Tim Keller’s Gmail account. Continue Reading

Las Crucens sound off about church blasts

By Heath Haussamen, NMPolitics.net | August 6, 2015

Explosions outside Calvary Baptist Church and Holy Cross Catholic Church in Las Cruces have had a significant impact on many people. Some have shared their personal stories, thoughts, and feelings with NMPolitics.net on Facebook. We decided to republish many of their comments here. Continue Reading

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