Opinion

Hot Topics to Keep An Eye on This Legislative Session

Editorials
Beginning Wednesday the New Mexico Legislature begins its 30-day session and Santa Fe will be a hubbub of political activity, along with the corresponding...

Letters to the editor 1/18/24

Letters To Editor
New Ideas Are Great But Measurable Outcomes Must Be Ensured As we prepare for a new legislative session, I hope our Governor and Legislature consider...

How Do We Escape the Eternal Recurrence of the Same?

Columnists
As I bring the series of articles about light and darkness to an end, I am reminded of the story of Prometheus.   When I...

New Poll Finds Voters Support Smaller Elementary Classes

Columnists
The lawmaking season is upon us once again. The 30-day 2024 legislative sessionstarts next Tuesday at noon and as we have since 2013, New...

If it Acts Crazy and Quacks Like a Duck, It’s a Man on Drugs

Columnists
The police blotter is published to give readers an abridged look at criminal activity in their community and neighborhood. It is simply an illustration...

Gun Bills Make a Comeback in Legislative Crime Package

Columnists
 Guns are back on the governor’s priority list this year. She and the sponsors of several defeated bills from last year hope for a...

Saved by Jesus

Letters To Editor
I was traveling thru Espanola Deecember 22 to get to Texas from Taos. It was dark and cold out. I did not quite make...

A New Year and a little Northern New Mexico Magic … Turning $6 into $450,000

Opinion
    Growing up in New Mexico, looking back, I know I took a lot for granted. Simple things like the fall air filled with...

Governor Touts State Growth, But Population Stats are Grim

Opinion
    Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham touted in a press release Jan. 2 a stat from United Van Lines showing the national company helped more...

New Poll Finds Voters Support Smaller Elementary Classes

Opinion
A new poll of New Mexico voters found broad, bipartisan support for education reforms including capping the size of elementary school classes at 20...

State Transportation Czar Wants Stable Revenues

Opinion
    In a big state with a small population, paying for roads has always been tough, even during boom years. We simply have needs...

First: Do No Harm

Opinion
    With yet another massive budget surplus awaiting the New Mexico Legislature as they convene in Santa Fe for the 2024 30-day legislative session,...
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