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Hall of Fame and Hall of Shame Measure Legislators’ Votes on Medical Malpractice Reform

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I keep hearing about how the Legislature “fixed” the medical malpractice law that’s sent doctors running like they’re in a theater fire. As my own doctor just told me about this year’s reform, “It was a...

Get The Information You Need to Vote on Judges Standing for Retention

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A 2024 survey by the Pew Charitable Trusts found that about 35 percent of adults report they or someone in their household has been part of a legal case in a local or state court.That means...

Support N.M.’s Public Colleges, Universities and a Specialty School

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In 2026, earning a certificate, two-year or four-year college degree is not a luxury — it’s an economic necessity. General Obligation Bond 3 will...

Haaland and Too Many Dems are Beholden to Trial Lawyers

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Rep. Marian Matthews, a champion of medical malpractice reform and healthcare compacts, has been a thorn in the side of trial lawyers. So they...

Accountability and Fair Pay Are Not Competing Values

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I have spent much of my career studying state legislatures: how they work, who serves in them, and how the rules governing legislative service...

We Love Coming Home to What We Know

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Christmas or Red and Green. How do you like it? More importantly, how do you say it? Many folks have grown accustomed to saying...

City Councilor Endorses Hull

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I have had the pleasure of knowing Gregg Hull since his early years as mayor of Rio Rancho. From the beginning, what stood out...

Reform Legislative Ethics Laws to Restore Trust in Government

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A 2025 poll by Research & Polling, Inc. for the Albuquerque-based Garrity Group found that only 19% of New Mexico residents trust state government...

Deb Haaland and Gregg Hull: Who Are They, Really?

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Watching social media chatter and newspaper letters to the editor, I see two questions dominating discussions of the governor’s race: Will she or won’t...

Remembering Sheriff Naranjo

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I learned only recently that lawyer and one-time Río Arriba County sheriff, Benny Naranjo, had died. I promptly thought of a chance conversation, an...

Preparing for a Changing Wildfire Landscape

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The Northern Rio Arriba Electric Cooperative (NORA) has been a part of our Northern New Mexico community for nearly 80 years. Since 1948, we...

The PRC Works for the Public. The Public Should Have a Voice.

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I served on the New Mexico Public Regulation Commission. I know its work can be complicated. But the basic idea behind the PRC is...

Amendment 4: Legislative Cash Grab, not Reform

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By Paul Gessing This November New Mexico voters will be vote on a constitutional amendment to pay each of the State’s 112 legislators an annual...

Acts of Kindness Aren’t All That Define Altruism

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Is altruism dead? Can we do things for the sake of others without taking ourselves into account? Is there such a thing as a...
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