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Trying to improve education is quite slippery since it depends on what you mean by success when you are looking to find it in the schools. It is very different for political leaders than for citizens. Continue Reading
Has the City of Sunland Park been providing utility services to some residents for free or at a reduced rate? Investigators aren’t confirming that but say they are looking into allegations. Continue Reading
The Attorney General’s Office asks for confirmation by May 4 that the Sunland Park City Council has met to re-deliberate the appointment of a mayor – unless the council wants to instead argue that it didn’t violate the law. Continue Reading
With the Federal Communications Commission set to vote today on whether to require broadcasters to post political ad data online, the industry has been scrambling to water down the proposed rule. Continue Reading
There’s more work to be done to ensure that the earth we leave behind to our children is better than the one we inherited. Continue Reading
Bernalillo County Commissioner Michael Wiener, a Republican, is in the hot seat after being photographed posing with several scantily-clad women in a sex-tourism area in the Philippines. Continue Reading
Though Mitt Romney has pretty much locked up the GOP nomination for president, Ron Paul is still running for president, and he was in El Paso on Wednesday. Continue Reading
Former N.M. Gov. Gary Johnson “appears to have locked up the Libertarian Party’s nomination for president,” the Las Cruces Sun-News is reporting. Continue Reading
Both sides of the debate seem to wish for more highly qualified teachers to be placed in the most difficult teaching positions. Continue Reading
Jesus “Ruben” Segura’s 12-year tenure as mayor does not represent the good old days in Sunland Park. It’s just another page in a scandal-plagued chapter in the city’s history that needs to come to an end. Continue Reading
Would you buy a car welded together by a blacksmith? You’d have to be crazy. But when it comes to pretending to be more organic in the food and wine biz, outmoded methods are all the rage, at least for some. Continue Reading
The left-leaning company does lots of polling in New Mexico and gets hammered by Republicans frequently. I decided to ask about its methodology and funding to better understand the company and its work. Continue Reading
Martin Heinrich supports pay-as-you-go budgeting and more transparency and accountability in spending to deal with the nation’s deficit, while Hector Balderas says the United States must invest in education and other programs to boost the economy before working to reduce the deficit. Continue Reading
I am not an expert on women, but I see no virtue in pitting American women of any party, race, age, social status or ethnic group against each other, nor do I see any gains to be made from using our differences as a weapon to bloody the opposition. Continue Reading
The attorney general has also been asked to consider whether the city violated the Open Meetings Act by appointing Javier Perea to be mayor without letting everyone who sought to attend – including two others who wanted the job – into its meeting. Continue Reading