Coming Monday: NMPolitics.net examines Spaceport America
|
Is Spaceport America taking flight? Heath Haussamen discusses NMPolitics.net’s upcoming series, which publishes starting Monday. Continue Reading
They got hurt at work. Then they got deported.
|
How insurance companies use a Florida law to get undocumented immigrants arrested and deported when they get injured on the job — and what it means in Trump’s America. Continue Reading
Jimenez resigns from Doña Ana County GOP leadership post
|
Roman Jimenez had been under fire for saying “violent, leftist protesters” were “getting exactly what they asked for” a day after the violence in Virginia. Continue Reading
Real ID driver’s license law is a Catch-22
|
Wasn’t the whole purpose of Real ID to keep out those sneaky foreigners who might do harm to our country? Continue Reading
A day after Charlottesville, county GOP chair blasts ‘violent, leftist protesters’
|
The criticism was swift and harsh and included calls for Roman Jimenez to resign from his GOP leadership post. Continue Reading
Police stood by as mayhem mounted in Charlottesville
|
State police and National Guardsmen watched passively for hours as self-proclaimed Nazis engaged in street battles with counter-protesters. Continue Reading
Judge rules 10 vetoed bills should become law; Martinez could appeal
|
The judge ruled that Gov. Susana Martinez didn’t provide an explanation for her disapproval in the time required by the N.M. Constitution. Continue Reading
Men and women of honor must step forward
|
We must strive together to succeed individually and as a community, state and country. Continue Reading
Foundation’s argument for donor secrecy is laughable
|
What the Rio Grande Foundation has done, through its actions, is prove why campaign finance and transparency laws are necessary. Continue Reading
Secretary Zinke’s monument review was fair
|
It is time to wait for the decision, not to complain about the process that has occurred. Continue Reading
Police are on front lines in dealing with behavioral health issues
|
Many people experiencing behavioral health problems end up in prisons and jails instead of mental health facilities. Continue Reading
Does poorly educating students violate the NM constitution? A judge will decide
|
A trial before First Judicial District Judge Sarah Singleton in Santa Fe boiled down to dueling worldviews. Continue Reading
The borderlands are three states, two nations, one people
|
I don’t see how militarization and hard lines have ever made people here safer. Continue Reading
Hobbs should keep webcasting commission meetings
|
Though I wish we could pull out the party hats to celebrate the upcoming one-year anniversary of webcasting, our beloved portal to remotely watch government at work is already under threat of termination. Continue Reading
Santolina development is fool’s gold
|
The fatal flaw in the deal is so obvious that it’s laughable. Continue Reading