The New Mexico Foundation for Open Government’s (FOG) Board of Directors announced Thursday that Christine Barber will be the organization’s new executive director starting Nov. 25. FOG is a New Mexico nonprofit, nonpartisan organization that serves the open government interests of the public, business community, elected officials, journalists and lawyers. “Transparency and the public’s right […]
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Gov. MLG: New Mexico won’t cooperate in “inhumane, cruel, unfair, discriminate” Trump deportation policies
If President-elect Donald Trump makes good on his plan to deport millions of people living illegally in the country, he’ll have to do it without the help of New Mexico, says Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham. While President-elect Trump’s transition team has provided few details on how they would make good on his promise to identify, […]
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Gov. MLG: New Mexico won’t cooperate in “inhumane, cruel, unfair, discriminate” Trump deportation policies
If President-elect Donald Trump makes good on his plan to deport millions of people living illegally in the country, he’ll have to do it without the help of New Mexico, says Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham. While President-elect Trump’s transition team has provided few details on how they would make good on his promise to identify, […]
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New study shows voting for Native Americans is harder than ever
By Graham Lee Brewer, Associated Press OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla. (AP) — A new study has found that systemic barriers to voting on tribal lands contribute to substantial disparities in Native American turnout, particularly for presidential elections. The study, released Tuesday by the Brennan Center for Justice, looked at 21 states with federally recognized tribal lands that have […]
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New study shows voting for Native Americans is harder than ever
By Graham Lee Brewer, Associated Press OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla. (AP) — A new study has found that systemic barriers to voting on tribal lands contribute to substantial disparities in Native American turnout, particularly for presidential elections. The study, released Tuesday by the Brennan Center for Justice, looked at 21 states with federally recognized tribal lands that have […]
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Tent Rocks reopens under Pueblo management
By Alice Fordham, KUNM The striking rock formations known as Tent Rocks closed like most sites during the pandemic. But this national monument, close to Cochiti Pueblo, did not reopen. Now, after years of negotiations between the Bureau of Land Management and the tribe, a new way of visiting begins Thursday. The Kasha-Katuwe (white rocks, […]
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Tent Rocks reopens under Pueblo management
By Alice Fordham, KUNM The striking rock formations known as Tent Rocks closed like most sites during the pandemic. But this national monument, close to Cochiti Pueblo, did not reopen. Now, after years of negotiations between the Bureau of Land Management and the tribe, a new way of visiting begins Thursday. The Kasha-Katuwe (white rocks, […]
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Environmental group, feds and irrigation district reach settlement in silvery minnow suit
By Danielle Prokop, Source NM A big fight over a small, endangered fish that lives in the Rio Grande has come to a resolution, as a federal judge in New Mexico OK’d a settlement Tuesday proposed by the parties. U.S. District of New Mexico Magistrate Judge Gregory Fouratt approved an agreement between WildEarth Guardians, an […]
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Environmental group, feds and irrigation district reach settlement in silvery minnow suit
By Danielle Prokop, Source NM A big fight over a small, endangered fish that lives in the Rio Grande has come to a resolution, as a federal judge in New Mexico OK’d a settlement Tuesday proposed by the parties. U.S. District of New Mexico Magistrate Judge Gregory Fouratt approved an agreement between WildEarth Guardians, an […]
Posted inNew Mexico Statewide News
New Mexico Foundation for Open Government announces new executive director
The New Mexico Foundation for Open Government’s (FOG) Board of Directors announced Thursday that Christine Barber will be the organization’s new executive director starting Nov. 25. FOG is a New Mexico nonprofit, nonpartisan organization that serves the open government interests of the public, business community, elected officials, journalists and lawyers. “Transparency and the public’s right […]