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Deborah Reade filed a complaint with the EPA’s Office of Civil Rights in 2002. It still hasn’t been resolved. Continue Reading
While the Colorado governor drank water from the Animas River on Wednesday to demonstrate that conditions are improving, downstream, people on the Navajo Nation continue to deal with the very real effects of an environmental disaster. Continue Reading
A President Sanders would enter the White House with a plan to shake up the status quo for the benefit of the 99 percent. Continue Reading
Using a private email account – especially when you also have a government account, as Tim Keller does – creates the appearance that you are trying to hide something. Continue Reading
In Las Cruces, city policymakers are considering creating a brand-new public financing system. Common Cause New Mexico is also pushing for improvements to existing programs in Santa Fe and Albuquerque. Not all believe their efforts will help combat big money. Continue Reading
Government officials from New Mexico and the Navajo Nation were among those working through the weekend to try to understand and respond to the Environmental Protection Agency’s inadvertent triggering of the spill of an estimated 3 million gallons of toxic waste into the Animas River last week. Continue Reading
National Farmers Market Week last week got me thinking about the economic and cultural importance of not just the state’s 75 farmers markets, but of New Mexico agriculture more broadly. Continue Reading
Donald Trump says the nation’s campaign funding system is ‘broken,’ but other presidential hopefuls largely avoid the issue. Continue Reading
It’s legal, but that doesn’t mean using private email is a good idea. The N.M. Foundation for Open Government has concerns about Tim Keller’s Gmail account. Continue Reading
Explosions outside Calvary Baptist Church and Holy Cross Catholic Church in Las Cruces have had a significant impact on many people. Some have shared their personal stories, thoughts, and feelings with NMPolitics.net on Facebook. We decided to republish many of their comments here. Continue Reading
Gov. Martinez is wise to impose some form of requirements on able-bodied adults. It is a necessary first step toward ending New Mexico’s culture of dependency. Continue Reading
The Pentagon’s top contractors sent an army of more than 400 lobbyists to Capitol Hill this spring to press their case for increasing the nation’s spending on military hardware, in a massive effort costing tens of millions of dollars of their own funds from April to June alone, according to an analysis of public lobbying data by the Center for Public Integrity. Continue Reading
The numbers indicate that our efforts to do journalism that informs and engages people are working. Continue Reading
The very best in people came to the surface in response to this act of violence. It has been uplifting to see everyone coming together to help and support each other. Continue Reading
Starting with this year’s Nov. 3 election, the Las Cruces City Clerk’s Office plans to make campaign finance reports available on its website free of charge. Continue Reading