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Step Into the Future With Produced Water

When the legislative session ended in 2019, House Speaker Brian Egolf said, “The produced water bill, I think, is going to go down as one of the greatest environmental accomplishments to come out of the state Legislature of New Mexico. Just the quantity of fresh, potable water that’s going to be saved for agricultural and […]

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Letter to the Editor: Unbecoming Conduct by New Mexico State Senator

Submitted by Barbara V. Hall In the Santa Fe New Mexican, Senator Craig Brandt criticized Senate District 9 Republican candidate, Audrey Trujillo, with unfounded, defamatory accusations.  The purpose?  To promote Trujillo’s Republican opponent before the Primary.  Trujillo is ahead in the polls and Senator Brandt is scared. No matter how dirty politics can get, Senator Brandt […]

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AG Announces Legislative Priorities for Upcoming Special Session

Susan Dunlap, NM Political Report Attorney General Raúl Torrez announced on Thursday his legislative priorities for July’s special legislative session, including the creation of a crime victim’s unit to monitor crime victim’s rights. Torrez held a press conference to discuss three policies he hopes the legislature will address in the upcoming special session. Torrez also […]

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The Students Have a Point

By Darrell Allen It is easy to make fun of the student protesters who have vociferously made their voices heard in support of the Palestinian people, pretty much across the whole country.  Even here in Albuquerque at the University of New Mexico.  The front page of the May 16 Albuquerque Journal, perhaps inadvertently, did just […]

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AG Announces Legislative Priorities for Upcoming Special Session

By Susan Dunlap, New Mexico Political Report Attorney General Raúl Torrez announced his legislative priorities for July’s special legislative session, including the creation of a crime victim’s unit to monitor crime victims’ rights. Torrez held a press conference to discuss three policies he hopes the legislature will address in the upcoming special session. Torrez also […]