The challenge of growing a business on the Navajo reservation
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Starting a business is always challenging — but Native American entrepreneurs face unique challenges on tribal lands. Continue Reading
NMPolitics.net asks AG to investigate spaceport’s secrecy
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The news organization’s recent investigation found serious transparency problems at Spaceport America. Continue Reading
Watch KRWG’s TV forum on Spaceport America
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NMPolitics.net’s Heath Haussamen joined the televised discussion a week after we published his investigative series on Spaceport America. Continue Reading
NMSU’s Carruthers to retire next year
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New Mexico State University Chancellor Garrey Carruthers plans to retire on July 1, 2018, when his current contract ends. Continue Reading
Haussamen discusses investigation of behavioral health system
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NMPolitics.net’s editor and publisher appeared on KRWG this week to discuss an ongoing journalistic collaboration to investigate southern New Mexico’s struggling behavioral health system. Continue Reading
Expect long lines to vote in Tuesday’s Doña Ana Soil and Water Conservation District election
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The county clerk expects thousands of voters to turn out for the Doña Ana Soil and Water Conservation District election on Tuesday. Continue Reading
NMPolitics.net wins five awards in state journalism competition
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They include a first-place award for a feature story about a multi-ethnic family that’s working to make ends meet and get along in a complicated world. Continue Reading
Haussamen wins first-place award for commentary writing
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The award came in the annual multi-state Top of the Rockies contest. NMPolitics.net was also recognized for the strength of its website. Continue Reading
Haussamen’s Border Patrol encounter featured in article about journalism in the borderlands
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An article published by Columbia Journalism Review details how an experience Haussamen and his girlfriend had at a U.S. Border Patrol checkpoint served as “a professional wake-up call for Haussamen.” Continue Reading
Haussamen on Trump’s borderland impact, the legislative session
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NMPolitics.net editor and publisher Heath Haussamen joined others on the television show New Mexico Now this week. Continue Reading
Haussamen analyzes the upcoming legislative session
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The big topic on the KUNM Call in Show, of course, was the budget — and Haussamen shared his analysis of what’s at stake and where the lines will be drawn. Continue Reading
Grant will help NMPolitics.net investigate behavioral health system
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NMPolitics.net has been awarded a $5,000 grant from the Fund for Investigative Journalism to examine Southern New Mexico’s inadequate behavioral health system and explore solutions. Continue Reading
NMPolitics.net opposes dismissal or ruling against public-records lawsuit
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State law says all people are entitled to the greatest information possible about their government. A judge would set a contradictory precedent if he dismissed a lawsuit seeking release of Las Cruces city manager applications or ruled against it. Continue Reading
City manager search firm also seeks dismissal of NMPolitics.net’s lawsuit
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The private company running Las Cruces’ city manager search has filed a motion to dismiss NMPolitics.net’s lawsuit that seeks the release of dozens of applications for the job. Continue Reading
City wants NMPolitics.net’s public records lawsuit dismissed
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The City of Las Cruces is digging in its heels on its assertion that the public doesn’t have a right to see city manager applications that are in the hands of a private company running the job search. Continue Reading