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Wind turbines on state trust land.

Land commissioner candidates offer differing visions for solar and wind power

By Elizabeth Miller, New Mexico In Depth | September 19, 2018

National trends show solar and wind on the rise. Continue Reading

Money

Industry showers campaign funds on Lyons, who may be their future landlord

By Elizabeth Miller, New Mexico In Depth | September 19, 2018

The campaign accounts of state land commissioner candidates Pat Lyons, a Republican, and Stephanie Garcia Richard, a Democrat, tell remarkably different stories. Continue Reading

Aubrey Dunn

Dunn doesn’t believe land commissioner candidates will hold oil and gas accountable

By Elizabeth Miller, New Mexico In Depth | September 19, 2018

Of those running to replace him, he says, ‘To be honest with you, I’m not happy with either candidate.’ Continue Reading

Veterans on Patrol volunteers

Conspiracy theories inspire vigilante justice in Tucson

By Tay Wiles, High Country News | September 18, 2018

How one man’s imagined discovery of a sex-trafficking camp in the Sonoran Desert gained life online — and in the real world. Continue Reading

Voter turnout

Journal polls reveal the state of races at the top of ballot

By Heath Haussamen, NMPolitics.net | September 17, 2018

See who’s ahead in the races for governor, U.S. Senate and two of the state’s three U.S. House seats. Continue Reading

A gas well in Rio Arriba County

Oil Conservation Commission will take up well density issue this fall

By Laura Paskus, New Mexico Political Report | September 15, 2018

The New Mexico Oil Conservation Commission delayed a decision to approve an energy company’s request to increase well density in two northern New Mexico counties. Continue Reading

Emilia’s story: Family, tradition, addiction

By Don Usner, Searchlight New Mexico | September 13, 2018

PHOTO ESSAY: In Northern New Mexico, family roots and troubled histories run deep. Continue Reading

A statue outside the Roundhouse in Santa Fe.

NM, other states see energy boom along with economic expansion

By Tim Henderson, Stateline | September 13, 2018

An oil and gas bonanza in Southwestern states may be helping to drive the continuing national economic boom. Continue Reading

Voting

No straight-party voting on general election ballot, Supreme Court rules

By Heath Haussamen, NMPolitics.net | September 12, 2018

The unanimous decision makes clear that the secretary of state does not have the authority to include straight-party voting on the ballot. Continue Reading

Immigrant children

Here’s what happened to the 99 immigrant children separated from their parents and sent to Chicago

By Jodi S. Cohen, Melissa Sanchez and Duaa Eldeib, ProPublica Illinois | September 12, 2018

Confidential records reveal details about struggles to find parents and traumatic experiences during the Trump administration’s zero-tolerance crackdown. Continue Reading

Immigrant children

As months pass in Chicago shelters, immigrant children contemplate escape, even suicide

By Melissa Sanchez, Duaa Eldeib and Jodi S. Cohen, ProPublica Illinois | September 12, 2018

Internal documents reveal despair and tedium in one of the nation’s largest shelter networks for unaccompanied minors. Continue Reading

A gas well in Rio Arriba County

State will consider boosting gas well density in northern NM

By Laura Paskus, New Mexico Political Report | September 12, 2018

At its meeting on Thursday, the New Mexico Oil Conservation Committee will hear from an energy company that wants to double the density of gas wells in northwestern New Mexico. Continue Reading

Amanda López Askin

Meet the new Doña Ana County clerk, Amanda López Askin

By Heath Haussamen, NMPolitics.net | September 11, 2018

López Askin replaces Scott Krahling, who resigned after an internal investigation determined that his ‘intimate relationship’ with an employee violated county policies and had a ‘negative impact’ on the office. Continue Reading

Tent city

Feds to greatly expand Tornillo shelter for unaccompanied minors

By Julián Aguilar, The Texas Tribune | September 11, 2018

The shelter will grow to 3,800 beds and will now stay open through at least the end of the year, the federal government says. Continue Reading

Colorado River

Colorado River declines due to warming, new study finds

By Laura Paskus, New Mexico Political Report | September 11, 2018

The Colorado River supplies water to seven states, including New Mexico, before crossing the border into Mexico. Continue Reading

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