Opinion

Green New Deal an Opportunity

   Extreme weather events have been giving us just a taste of things to come with regard to climate change, from the 120 degree...

Jemez Co-op’s Updated Solar Policy Needs Work

    The Jemez Mountains Electric Cooperative Board of trustees approved a strange operation policy, considering trustees tout themselves as green.     The policy regards net...

Sheriff, Senator Amends Will Be Difficult

    It’s a little difficult to become upset with State Sen. Richard Martinez, D-Rio Arriba, over his remark on the Senate floor about Rio...

Senators Addicted to Pork Sink Accountability Bill

    Fred Nathan and the good people at Think New Mexico are again taking up the cause of exposing how denizens of the Roundhouse...

Time to Tinker with Lottery Scholarship Fund

    It’s become a perennial expectation that a senator or representative feels the need to tweak the lottery scholarship formula. They can’t stand to...

Grand Jury Must Look at Solid Waste Authority

    I am writing in response to Brigit McGaughey’s letter to the editor (Rio Grande SUN, “Time for State to Fix Authority,” Jan. 10,...

New Representative Tables Self-Serving Bill

    Undo the news. That’s what state Rep. Andrea Romero, D-Santa Fe, would like online publishers to do.     She wasted little time once her...

Community Lost an Advocate in Thompson

The Española Valley lost another great advocate last week. Brian Thompson died Jan. 29 at the age of 68. He was a truly community-focused...

Speak up, Community

   Hats off to Carmela Roybal and Miranda Lopez for speaking up about the violence problem in our community(ies) stemming from drug addiction, gangs...

Jemez Co-op Remains Stranger to Change

    We’re seeing some great work and ideas come out of Luis Torres’ and the Conservation Voters of New Mexico Education Fund, a group...

Public Must Know All Applicants’ Names

    Editor’s note: this editorial was published Sept. 27, 2018. Senate Bill 259 is now moving through the legislature. It would make secret all...

Need More Public Transportation

    Living near Glorieta and working in Los Alamos, I am a regular public transit user. I choose to take transit for economics, environmental...

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