Opinion

Advocates: Child Welfare Crisis is Not a Priority

It was a rough week for CYFD. Already in the hot seat before exasperated legislators, the Children, Youth and Families Department was in the...

Letters to the editor 2/1/24

Setting the Record Straight This letter will be the last response I make in reference to your reporting. In fact I have spent my last...

Crime Needs to Be Addressed Now

Crime in New Mexico is becoming harder and harder for people even in the most comfortable places in this state to ignore. I can’t...

Wedge Issues for New Mexicans

SANTA ROSA, N.M. — As this year’s legislative session gets underway, there’s one wedge issue already getting lots of attention. Rest assured that any...

HB133 is Not Small Business Friendly

    New Mexico Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham and her political appointees in the New Mexico Energy, Minerals, and Natural Resources Department announced last summer...

The Hysterical Style in American Politics

The post-Joe McCarthy era and the candidacy of Barry Goldwater once prompted liberal political scientist Richard Hofstadter to chronicle a supposedly long-standing right-wing “paranoid...

It’s Up to Voters to Clean Up Rio Arriba County

Waste again. The recent dismissal of perjury indictments against County Commission Board Chair Alex Naranjo and Rio Arriba County Manager Tomas Campos is yet another...

Letter to the editor

Española needs help I am writing in hopes you will bring attention to a dangerous problem we have developing here in Española. There is uncontrolled store...

Putting a Wedge in the Revolving Door of Justice

Devin Munford should have stayed in jail. He was a repeat offender, arrested for shooting from a vehicle with a stolen gun. The prosecutor...

The More I Know, the More I Know How Much I Don’t Know

A governor going to federal prison. A woman dying of anthrax. The collapse of Enron. The growth of female gangs in California. A governor...

Governor’s Call: The Budget, Gun Control and Crime

Our first legislative session of 2024 is known as the governor’s call, which is normally about budgets and spending. In addition to a 9.9% inrease...

Why does Financial Literacy Matter in Our schools?

By Laura M. Montoya State Treasurer Growing up in rural N.M., the eldest of three, I had no choice but to grow up fast. I helped...

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