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One of her projects, said the recently hired legislative aide, is to track the capital outlay projects for her district that were passed before her senator was in office. This legislative aide works for a first-term senator. The project is … Continue reading →

The doctor is thinking seriously about leaving New Mexico. He is not willing to risk losing his home, his life savings, or everything else he owns. He is an emergency room doctor. His wife is a family practice doctor. He … Continue reading →

New Mexicans, it’s time to focus attention on your own local community. Statewide local elections are coming in a few weeks: November 4, the first Tuesday in November. Local elections are usually more important than most of us realize, especially … Continue reading →

Many New Mexicans watched with emotions from concern to dismay as the 900-plus page federal budget reconciliation bill – what the president called the One Big Beautiful Bill — was passed a few weeks ago. We knew provisions of that … Continue reading →

President Joe Biden proposed to protect 30% of all the land in America from development. The proposal was expressed as an executive order, but it was more like a goal, because the intention was to reach the goal by the … Continue reading →

A dairy farm in southeastern New Mexico was more or less put out of business a few weeks ago when 11 workers were arrested for alleged immigration violations and the farmer had to fire an additional 24 workers. The workers … Continue reading →

New Mexico is about to have a school of dentistry. That is potentially very big news. Meanwhile, New Mexico has done apparently nothing to develop a program that was supposed to provide dental care around the state. The dental therapy … Continue reading →

The American system of paying for healthcare is absurd. It’s complex, it’s confusing, it wastes enormous resources on administration, and it doesn’t necessarily get patients the services they need. But it can be be made worse. Republicans in Congress are … Continue reading →