Getting to know NM’s first college of osteopathic medicine
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The Burrell College of Osteopathic Medicine, Southern New Mexico’s first medical school, will open this fall. Continue Reading
Bush 41, 43 have no plans to endorse Trump
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For the first time since his own presidency, George H.W. Bush is planning to stay silent in the race for the Oval Office — and the younger former president Bush plans to stay silent as well. Continue Reading
Ted Cruz and friends spent $10 per vote in Indiana. Trump won anyway.
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Republican presidential candidate Ted Cruz and his super PAC allies spent more than $10 per vote on advertising ahead of Indiana’s primary Tuesday. Continue Reading
Las Cruces doesn’t want to release names of city manager applicants
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A high-profile case involving the City of Farmington established years ago that the public has the right to see all applications for a city manager job in New Mexico. Continue Reading
A quick change of mind: Kasich drops out; Trump is apparent GOP nominee
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John Kasich tried to convince us on Tuesday night that he still had a path to a contested GOP presidential primary convention battle with Donald Trump. Or maybe he was trying to convince himself. Continue Reading
Most ready to crown Trump the GOP nominee, but Kasich stays in race
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New Mexico’s June 7 Republican presidential primary may not matter after all. Continue Reading
Participate in NMPolitics.net’s presidential straw poll
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There’s been little polling of the New Mexico contests made public, so we’ve decided to run a very short straw poll. Not because it’s scientific in any way. It’s not. But just to see what results we get. For fun! Continue Reading
Donald Trump steamrolling toward nomination despite negative ad blitz
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About 60,000 TV ads — roughly one-fifth of all ads aired in the Republican presidential primary — have been critical of Donald Trump in some fashion. Continue Reading
In Texas, Rio Grande Valley residents have been eating toxic fish for decades
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For more than two decades, federal and state health officials have known that residents of a poor community in the Rio Grande Valley are eating fish laced with unsafe levels of toxic chemicals, but they haven’t found a way to stop it. Continue Reading
Clinton hires staff in NM ahead of state’s June 7 primary
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Hillary Clinton appears to be planning to aggressively go after New Mexico’s Democratic Party delegates. Continue Reading
Cruz-Kasich deal to stop Trump may not mean much
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Joy Gruben of Las Cruces is planning to vote for Ted Cruz in New Mexico’s Republican presidential primary in spite of a deal Cruz has with opponent John Kasich to not compete here. Continue Reading
Candidates’ deal to stop Trump could bring attention to New Mexico
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A deal announced Sunday between Republican presidential candidates Ted Cruz and John Kasich, aimed at stopping Donald Trump from securing the GOP nomination before the party’s convention in July, could make New Mexico’s upcoming primary more important. Continue Reading
Ciudad Juárez commercial district bounces back
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Millions of dollars are being invested in redevelopment and business is starting to pick up in an area that was ravaged by the great violence of 2008-2012. Continue Reading
‘The army to set our nation free’
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Former Sheriff Richard Mack has a plan to roll back gun control, tax laws and land-use constraints, one defiant local law enforcement official at a time. Continue Reading
$1 billion spent in 2016 presidential race — and other numbers to know
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Big money, and plenty of oddities, mark the latest round of campaign disclosures. Continue Reading