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Paid Family Leave Backers Ignore Employers

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The family leave bill is another great idea New Mexico can’t afford. Progressive Democrats passed House Bill 11 through two committees and the House, changing...

Some Mythologies About Elon Musk

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Here are some of the untruths told about Elon Musk and DOGE: “Musk has no right to cut USAID.” Elon Musk and his team are not...

Patients Sound Off About Malpractice Costs

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This is how bad New Mexico’s medical malpractice problem is. Reader Carl Hester, of Hobbs, writes that when he went to a doctor in Lubbock,...

Moving Fast and Breaking Things

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I’ve witnessed extreme cases of hubris in my years as a political reporter and editor. There’s the governor of Connecticut who thought he was untouchable,...

Rube and N.M. Residents Should be Confused by This Bad Bill

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By Bill Church The dynamics of a legislative body — especially one trying to find its identity — are similar to the junior year of...

A Bigger Conversation About Water

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For the two sponsors of the Strategic Water Supply bill now before the Legislature, this is personal. Rep. Susan Herrera, D-Española, said she gets asked...

Rely Only on Yourself and Family

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Every Sunday after church my mom and dad would take us to visit our grandparents. We’d first visit my grandpa and when we’d get...

N.M. needs a 5-Year Strategic Plan

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As we welcome the new year, I would like to extend my warmest greetings to the 70 state representatives and 42 state senators joining...

Bill that Will Kill N.M. Health Investment

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50th in education, #48th in Crime and Corrections, #45th in Economy. As it stands today New Mexico is in the bottom five nationally in...

A Win for the Environment and Industry

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The first week of the Legislature is complete and the work of Committees looks to be set. Let me give you a hint of...

What Does Democracy Mean to You?

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Democracy means different things to different people. There are forces at work that sway, like the wake of a harbor on docked boats. Undulating...

Trump Doesn’t Measure Up Well to MLK Jr.

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It is hard for me to think of a greater distillation of who we are as a nation and the moment we are living...
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