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An undercover congressional operation exposes gaps in U.S. regulations and undermines Washington’s claim to be the best in the world at blocking this potential terrorist threat. Continue Reading
NMSU’s administration is moving forward with plans to cut the Surveying Engineering program anyway, though the proposal still requires a recommendation from the Faculty Senate and approval of the university’s governing body, the Board of Regents. Continue Reading
John Hummer says New Mexico’s new medical school in Las Cruces will help address the region’s doctor shortage and have a significant economic impact. He also says real change will require that the state’s elected leaders do a better job of working together. Continue Reading
The Philadelphia convention showcased how politicos and special interests schmooze. Continue Reading
The study builds on Dr. Luzma Fabiola Nava’s years of researching and probing the often-thorny management of the Rio Grande. Continue Reading
With a special session of the Legislature looking increasingly necessary to address budget shortfalls, the state’s leading transparency group is urging lawmakers to open all meetings to the public. Continue Reading
The university hasn’t yet finalized a plan to offer another way for employees to receive expedited health services. Continue Reading
Professors. Research assistants. A payroll clerk. Painters. Doctors and nurses. An emergency dispatcher. An assistant dean. Continue Reading
Heath Haussamen recently visited the 36-foot-tall statue of Spanish conquistador Don Juan de Oñate in El Paso, Texas that inspired his 2015 commentary. He filmed a video to show you the Texas-sized memorial that greets visitors to the Borderlands and talk about the issue again. Continue Reading
The student body president favors a merger, while staff at the Counseling Center do not. “A medical operation and a counseling operation are fundamentally different things,” said Corey Vas, the Counseling Center’s associate director. Continue Reading
When Charles Whitman went to the top of the University of Texas Tower and started shooting on Aug. 1, 1966, dozens of people grabbed their rifles and tried to stop him. But only Allen Crum made it to the top of the tower with police that day. Continue Reading
Kurt Wurm believed the decision to cut his job as a professor in New Mexico State University’s Surveying Engineering program had already been made — until this reporter told him otherwise last week. Continue Reading
David Cruz joined the U.S. Border Patrol because he wanted to be “part of the best.” But family pressures, disillusionment, love and greed drove him to begin taking bribes to help immigrants enter the country illegally. Continue Reading
The assessment was a critical portrait of a public utility entrusted with delivering safe drinking water to an estimated 21,000 people and performing competent wastewater treatment and disposal services that impact the Rio Grande, which is shared by the U.S. and Mexico. Continue Reading
Here’s an inside look at the influence-peddling in Philadelphia. Check back on this post for updates throughout the week. Continue Reading