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    • Lawmakers raise concerns over recent departures from governor’s Cabinet
      By Santa Fe New Mexican | 3 hours ago

      By Daniel J. Chacón, The Santa Fe New Mexican Outgoing General Services Department Secretary John A. Garcia said Monday he and his boss, Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham, are both stubborn.

    • Activists, political scientists say protest still a powerful tool
      By Santa Fe New Mexican | January 30, 2023

      By Robert Nott, The Santa Fe New Mexican Some in the crowd were fighting back tears as Darlene Peshlakai spoke.

    • Stansbury cosponsors legislation to improve wildland fire communication
      By Hannah Grover | January 30, 2023

      U.S. Rep. Melanie Stansbury, a New Mexico Democrat, said that a bill she is co-sponsoring builds upon her efforts in the state Legislature to modernize and standardize wildfire communication.

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    • Affirmative consent heads to House chamber next
      By Susan Dunlap | 8 hours ago

      A bill that will require New Mexico health classes to include instruction on affirmative consent before and during sexual activity passed the House Judiciary Committee unanimously, 9 to 0, on Monday.

    • Former inmates want voting rights restored
      By Santa Fe New Mexican | January 29, 2023

      By Robert Nott, The Santa Fe New Mexican Adam John Griego is dreaming of the day he can vote again.  The 50-year-old Santa Fean, who spent two years in prison for a felony drug possession charge, anticipates how it will feel when he can finally cast a ballot once more: "Liberating," he said.

    Recent Posts

    • Bill to provide free menstrual products at schools passes committee

      The House Education Committee unanimously passed a bill that will, if enacted, make menstrual products free in the public and charter schools in New Mexico.

    • Legislative roundup: Jan. 31, 2023

      Days remaining in session: 46 Committee considers San Juan cleanup: A bill to require state oversight of the cleanup of the San Juan Generating Station got its first hearing Saturday morning.

    • PRC commissioner says he is ‘taking every case one at a time’ when deciding on recusals

      An appointee to the New Mexico Public Regulation Commission said his past work for the advocacy groups Western Resource Advocates—which frequently intervenes in PRC cases—will likely not lead to many conflicts of interest that would require him to recuse himself from cases.

    About Laura Paskus

    Laura Paskus has been writing about New Mexico’s natural resources and communities since 2002, as an assistant editor of High Country News, a radio producer at KUNM-FM, managing editor of Tribal College Journal and a freelancer for a variety of publications including the Santa Fe Reporter, New Mexico In Depth and Indian Country Today. Her work has also appeared in Al Jazeera America, Ms. Magazine, National Geographic Online, The Nature Conservancy Magazine, The Progressive, Columbia Journalism Review, The Mountain Gazette, Audubon and Orion. She's a correspondent for New Mexico In Focus and a graduate student in the University of New Mexico’s Geography and Environmental Studies Department.

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