States passed 67 new gun control laws in 2018
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Before this year, such success in passing gun control legislation was not the trend in U.S. politics. Continue Reading
Priests abused people in Native villages for years, then retired on college campus
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Gonzaga University served as a retirement repository for Jesuit priests accused of sexual abuse in Alaska Native villages and on reservations. Continue Reading
Democrats seek congressional probe into Guatemalan child’s death
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Lawmakers said they had more questions than answers after touring Border Patrol facilities in New Mexico where a 7-year-old Guatemalan girl was held before her death. Continue Reading
Agency policing Tornillo tent city lacks experience investigating sex crimes involving children
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The Federal Protective Service, which primarily secures federal buildings, has been charged with responding to incidents at the shelter with 2,800 immigrant children in Tornillo, Texas. Continue Reading
6-year-old separated from father tells judge he wants to go home
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The law puts the decision to return to his family in the boy’s small hands. Continue Reading
Family of Guatemalan girl who died in federal custody calls for ‘objective and thorough investigation’
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‘Premature and inaccurate statements undermine the integrity of the investigation,’ attorneys for the family of Jakelin Caal Maquin said Saturday. Continue Reading
Revised Clean Water Rule leaves out most of NM’s waterways
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The rule could leave most of New Mexico’s streams and wetlands without clean water protections. Continue Reading
The U.S. is helping the natural gas industry profit — at the expense of the environment
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The U.S. government has become a pitchman for the natural gas industry. That could raise profits — and temperatures. Continue Reading
O’Rourke, other Dems urge public to keep Tornillo migrant facility in spotlight
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The population at the detention center for migrant children has swelled from a few hundred to about 2,800 in about six months. Continue Reading
Border-area officials could get a funding boost to help ID human remains
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The Missing Persons and Unidentified Remains Act of 2018 would allow border counties to apply for federal grants to help identify bodies of undocumented immigrants. Continue Reading
Government reverses course, sends migrant boy back to his father
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More than 11 weeks after separating a young Salvadoran boy from his father and claiming, without evidence, that his father was a gang member, the Department of Homeland Security returned the boy. Continue Reading
Finally! Virgin Galactic reached space Thursday. Here’s what it means for NM.
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Thursday’s successful test flight is the closest New Mexico has been to realizing the dream it bet on when it funded Spaceport America more than a decade ago. Continue Reading
Meet the craft distillers of Native America
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One of the last relics of federal prohibition may soon come to an end, after Congress two weeks ago voted to lift a 184-year-old ban that prohibited distilleries on tribal lands. Continue Reading
Who will lead New Mexico’s Public Education Department?
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In the coming days, governor-elect Michelle Lujan Grisham will take the first major step to fulfill her sweeping campaign promises on education. Continue Reading
Working families deserve a dignified wage
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New Mexico should raise the minimum wage because it is the right thing to do for workers, families and communities. Continue Reading