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Lawmakers are hopeful that 2019 brings an opportunity to significantly overhaul major parts of the New Mexico criminal justice system after what one key state senator called a ‘lost decade’ that saw myriad ideas but scant action. Continue Reading
Each year, a small group of lawmakers doggedly push for improvements in the state’s disclosure laws related to campaign finance, lobbying, and discretionary infrastructure money available to lawmakers. Continue Reading
A perfect storm of happenstance, jurisprudence, statistics and electoral math will fuel what many people agree is the biggest issue facing the state. Continue Reading
‘This tent city should never have stood in the first place,’ U.S. Rep. Will Hurd said Friday on Twitter. Continue Reading
Unions are pushing for higher teacher pay, initiatives to get more college students enrolled in teacher-preparation programs, expanded prekindergarten programs, and extra counselors, social workers and nurses. Continue Reading
Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham has said she would impose a moratorium on opening new charter schools until state leaders reviewed how those already in place were performing. Continue Reading
Expensive, bug-riddled software has resulted in needy families being improperly denied benefits throughout the state. Continue Reading
Hanging over the debate about teachers’ salaries and envisioning schools for the 21st century will be a court ruling that New Mexico has violated the state Constitution by not adequately educating at-risk students. Continue Reading
While New Mexicans orchestrated New Year’s Eve celebrations around snowstorm warnings from the National Weather Service, the agency’s meteorologists and forecasters were working without pay. Continue Reading
We’ve spent decades and billions of dollars increasing security — and gotten results. Now there appears to be a capacity and processing issue, not a security issue, created by the flood of families seeking asylum here. Continue Reading
After six months of controversy and protests, the tent city erected near a desert port of entry will close after federal officials can find new accommodations for more than 800 unaccompanied minors who crossed the border illegally. Continue Reading
The Republican’s announcement sets up a possible rematch with Democrat Xochitl Torres Small, who took office last week. Continue Reading
The Trump administration’s zero-tolerance policy separated kids and parents, putting the children in foster care, where many of them got a taste of a life much better than the one they left. What happens when they land back home? Continue Reading
The Republican announced the news Monday, the deadline to challenge the results. Continue Reading
A new video shows how 6-year-old Alison Jimena Valencia Madrid and her mom are coping with their life in Texas. Continue Reading