Reasonable Malpractice Reform Benefits Every New Mexican
By DAYMON ELY
Attorney
Former New Mexico Representative
At its heart, the debate over medical malpractice reform is not about trial lawyers or corporate profits – it is about our most basic values. Every New Mexican deserves access to quality health care. And every New Mexican deserves justice when that care falls tragically short.
Medical malpractice is rare. Fewer than 1% of medical providers are responsible for the vast majority of malpractice claims, but when tragedy strikes and a patient is harmed or killed, that patient or their family needs to know that they can get justice in a Read More
A Year Of Impact: DEA Recognizes Success In Combatting Drug Cartels And Saving Lives
DEA News:
WASHINGTON, D.C. — 2025 was a year of historic achievements for the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration highlighted by significant drug seizures, the capture of high-profile targets, and the confirmation of DEA Administrator Terrance C. Cole.
Appointed by President Donald Trump on Feb. 11, 2025, and sworn in on July 23, 2025, Administrator Cole became only the third Senate-confirmed DEA Special Agent to lead the agency. Administrator Cole is a career law enforcement officer who spent 22 years with DEA fighting the drug cartels and dismantling transnational criminal organizations. Read More
NMDOT Scam Alert: New Mexico Has No Toll Roads
NMDOT News:
SANTA FE —New Mexico has no toll roads, any message claiming you owe toll fees in our state is 100 percent fraudulent.
The New Mexico Department of Transportation (NMDOT) officials emphasize that New Mexico does not operate any toll roads within state boundaries and will never request toll payments from residents or visitors.
Current scam details:
- Scammers are sending urgent messages claiming that “enforcement action” will begin after Feb. 4, 2026. These sophisticated scams attempt to steal personal and financial information by:
- Sending text messages or emails demanding
County Employee Charged In Death Of Taos Man
Staff Report
Los Alamos County Facilities Manager Vicente Martinez, date of birth (DOB) 1980, has been charged with five criminal counts in an incident in Ranchos De Taos that resulted in great bodily injury to Adelio Issac Fernandez, DOB 1970, and the death of his brother Abraham Fernandez, DOB 1972.
Martinez is facing the following:
- Count #1 – Murder in the 1st degree (willful and deliberate);
- Count #2 – Aggravated battery (use of a deadly weapon);
- Count #3 – Aggravated battery (use of a deadly weapon);
- Count #4 – Aggravated assault (use of a deadly weapon); and
- Count #5 – Aggravated assault (use
Dannemann: Immigrant Prisons Are Immoral
By Merilee Dannemann
Triple Spaced Again
© 2026 by Merilee Dannemann
Some things simply should not be done by a for profit business. It’s inconsistent. It’s illogical.
One of those things is running a prison. If you are in business for profit, your job is making money for the owners of the business. If you are running a prison, the people you work with are not customers – they are prisoners. So it is only logical that you will save money by providing no more service than you have to. Another way of saying that is that you will do whatever you can get away with. If that means providing spoiled food or no food Read More
