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California Hastening its Own Demise as Residents Flee

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The state of California, once a place where people moved to find beauty, prosperity, and great weather (earthquakes and fires aside), is rapidly becoming...

Lawmakers Relieve Educational Assistants But Not College Adjunct Faculty

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In a year with lots of money to spend, legislators tried to lift up two long-neglected groups of educators – educational assistants in schools...

NM Politicians Can’t Squander Surplus Opportunity

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With $3.6 billion at its disposal the New Mexico Legislature had the chance of the century (and possibly the last century) to enact sweeping...

American Preeminence No Guarantee in Age of Dysfunction

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When Constantinople finally fell to the Ottomans on Tuesday, May 29, 1453, the Byzantine Empire and its capital had up to that point survived...

How the Language is Shifting on Abortion

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“A person’s a person, no matter how small.” The great humanitarian, cartoonist and children’s author Dr. Suess scripted out a few phrases of wisdom on...

¡Feliz Año Nuevo!

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Roundhouse Rumors Governor Lujan Grisham’s schedule, according to insider gossip, suggests she, like her predecessors Richardson and Martinez, will travel frequently out of state in...

Embarrassing Situation for Albuquerque Public Schools

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Five weeks into the football season, there is still no way to watch most Albuquerque Public Schools games via broadcast. The only way to...

‘The Very Best That Española Has to Offer’

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Editor’s Note: Today’s edition of the Rio Grande Sun welcomes former Española Mayor Javier Sanchez as a twice-monthly opinion columnist. Normally his columns will...

Commissioners: Show us What You’re Doing

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Fetid patronage  What a great phrase. It was used in this paper’s editorial column last week to describe Rio Arriba County’s reputation. It simply means,...

Transparency Breeds Trust in Voting

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Transparency fosters trust. That’s why we read food labels and check out the deed to the house we’re buying. And, in New Mexico’s election...

Northern New Mexicans Will Follow Their Own Path

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Last week’s historic decision by the Supreme Court to overturn Roe v. Wade will be examined everywhere by proponents and opponents of the decision. ...

Progressives Still on Top in El Norte

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(Editor’s note: This is the first of two analyses by Jose Garcia on primary results. Today he focuses on the results and Rio Arriba...
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