Submitted by Rep. Kathleen Cates, District 44 We live in a time where nearly everything requires an app or an account on a website. But what would you do if you simply couldn’t access the resource you needed? Imagine you log in to a state-run website to update your health care information, but the website […]
Opinion & Analysis
Posted inCongress & Federal Gov., New Mexico Legislature #nmleg, Opinion & Analysis
Opinion: It’s time to take decisive action, streamline permitting processes, and maximize the economic potential of New Mexico
“It’s the economy stupid.” That was the catchphrase coined by Bill Clinton strategist James Carville during their successful 1992 run for President. At the time the country was just coming out of a recession with modest economic growth. State Senator Antonio “Moe” Maestas represents District 26 covering portions of the Westside of Albuquerque in the […]
Posted inSandoval County
Opinion: It’s time for Sandoval County to adopt an independent redistricting commission
Submitted by Frank James Smith Jr. Every ten years, following the U.S. Census, election district maps are redrawn to reflect population changes. Those boundaries determine who represents us on the Sandoval County Commission for the next decade, making the process one of local government’s most important responsibilities. In 2021, Sandoval County adopted new commission districts […]
Posted inBernalillo County, Elections & Politics, Opinion & Analysis
Opinion: County’s fast-tracked public financing bill isn’t ready for November ballot
At the last Bernalillo County Commission Meeting, June 27th, one of my fellow commissioners introduced an Administrative Resolution establishing the process by which the county will design an elections ordinance to provide voluntary public financing for qualifying county candidates which was approved by four commissioners. Walt Benson is a Bernalillo County Commissioner representing District 4. […]
Posted inColumns & Columnists
Commentary: Heinrich’s permit reform push is good for New Mexico innovation, industry
Running a gubernatorial campaign requires coalition-building between state and federal government and the private sector. Commentary Jon Lipshutz is a politcal consultant who most recently served as the campaign manager for Sam Bregman’s campaign for governor. It requires an understanding of where your state currently ranks economically, and a plan to take your state where […]
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Diane Denish: The new demographic reality in New Mexico
Corner to Corner by Columnist Diane D. Denish — New Mexico has just landed on another list. According to a recent report by Stateline, highlighted by the online publication The Candle, New Mexico is now one of 17 states where there are more people over age 65 than children under 18. I checked the source […]
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Worst 250th Birthday Party Ever!
Columnist Sasha Abramsky in The Paper. — When I was sixteen, I traveled with a friend from England to the East Coast of the United States. Relying on the hospitality of relatives and family friends, we dotted up and down the coasts, and a few places in between, in two months exploring this vast Country. We […]
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America’s next energy revolution is being built in New Mexico
Commentary by Andrew Holland — Commercial fusion energy is no longer a line on the horizon, with a timeline that stretches to the theoretical. It is now an emerging, multi-billion-dollar global industry transitioning from laboratory experiments to commercial reality – at a pace that will bring this clean, safe, sustainable energy to market soon. Fusion, […]
Posted inElections & Politics, Environment, Conservation & Climate, New Mexico Legislature #nmleg, Opinion & Analysis
Defending our public lands, from Teddy Roosevelt to Martin Heinrich
Commentary by New Mexico State Senator Carrie Hamblen — More than a century ago, Theodore Roosevelt pioneered the American conservation movement. Using the Antiquities Act of 1906, he declared vast tracts of land as national monuments, notably the El Chaco, Morro, and Gila Cliffs National Monuments in New Mexico (subsequent presidents would later add Bandelier, […]
Posted inThe Paper.
Puzzled by those who try to undo universal childcare
There is so much good news about Universal Free Child Care in New Mexico that I’m puzzled by the handful of people who seem determined to focus on why we can’t do it—whether through lawsuits or social media criticism. Corner to Corner Diane Denish is a former lieutenant governor of New Mexico. She is a […]
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