Does poorly educating students violate the NM constitution? A judge will decide
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A trial before First Judicial District Judge Sarah Singleton in Santa Fe boiled down to dueling worldviews. 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
Nuclear weapons contractors repeatedly violate shipping rules for dangerous materials
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Los Alamos laboratory’s recent mistakes in shipping plutonium were among dozens of incidents involving mislabeled or wrongly shipped materials associated with the nuclear weapons program. Continue Reading
‘How can you work … for a president that undermines your work?’
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Internal talking points from Donald Trump’s spy chief reveal tensions between Trump and the intelligence community. Continue Reading
Border agency set to jumpstart Trump’s wall in a Texas wildlife refuge
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Customs and Border Protection indicates it will use its own funds to build 3-mile segment of wall amid one of the nation’s most cherished bird-watching locales. Continue Reading
Big money dwarfs public finance in Albuquerque mayor’s race
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The public financing system is teetering, at least when it comes to citywide races, largely due to the small amount of funds it provides compared to what competitors are able to raise or self-finance. Continue Reading
McCain’s brain cancer draws renewed attention to possible Agent Orange connection
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For years, Vietnam vets and their widows have been pushing the VA to extend benefits to those exposed to the toxic herbicide and later stricken with glioblastoma. The VA has said no, but advocates hope the agency will now revisit the issue. Continue Reading
Has the moment for environmental justice been lost?
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Facing Trump’s proposals for cutting programs that help minorities and the poor, Democrats scramble to make up for missed opportunities to protect them. Continue Reading
Singing the Central Avenue blues in Albuquerque
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These days a Central Avenue excursion gives a sense of a city simultaneously in the throes of death and rebirth, or perhaps stillbirth. Continue Reading
Dunn will run for U.S. House instead of land commissioner
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State Land Commissioner Aubrey Dunn will run for the open 2nd Congressional District seat in the U.S. House instead of seeking re-election to his current job. Continue Reading
With agreement in hand, behavioral health CEO believed vindication was inevitable
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Even in his final days of battling leukemia in early 2016, Jose Frietze was fighting for the youth services agency he founded in 1977. Continue Reading
ABQ mayor’s race tops $2 million
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The fundraising sets the stage for the most expensive mayor’s race ever in the city. Continue Reading
Feds agree to meet with ABQ black leaders about controversial sting
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The acting U.S. Attorney in Albuquerque will hear out local black leaders and their concerns over a massive, 2016 undercover sting operation that “sent shockwaves” through the city’s black community. Continue Reading
Trump has secretive teams to roll back regulations, led by hires with deep industry ties
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An investigation found many appointees with potential conflicts of interest, including two who might personally profit if particular regulations are undone. Continue Reading
NM high court rejects Albuquerque ballot-access challenge
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The decision let stand a lower court ruling that only people whose petition signatures were disqualified — not Stella Padilla, the potential mayoral candidate whose forms they signed — had standing to sue. Continue Reading