Politics

State To Hold First Listening Session On Black Student Success In New Mexico June 11

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NMPED News:

SANTA FE — New Mexico will hold its first statewide community listening session June 11 to hear directly from students, families and community centers about how schools can better support Black education across the state.

Co-hosted by the New Mexico Public Education Department (NMPED) and the New Mexico Office of African American Affairs, the event will be held from 6-8 p.m. at the African American Performing Arts Center (AAPAC) in Albuquerque. All community members are invited. A virtual participation option will also be available.

The listening session is designed to identify Read More

Tales Of Our Times: ‘Context’ Improves Policymaking

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Tales Of Our Times

By JOHN BARTLIT
New Mexico Citizens
for Clean Air & Water

‘Context’ Improves Policymaking

“Facts” in the news depend hugely on context. Yet, news has little time for context (i.e., how facts relate). Through the years, many have observed that, at its core, the news is designed to lack context. In the early 1900s, famed newswriter Ben Hecht put it this way: “Trying to determine what is going on in the world by reading newspapers is like trying to tell the time by watching the second hand of a clock.”

Hecht reveals both the prime strength and weakness of news reporting. For quick Read More

Determan Endorses Katharine Clark For Secretary Of State

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By ANDREA DETERMAN
Former Chair
Los Alamos Democratic Party

The choice in New Mexico’s Secretary of State race is clear—competence or chaos.

Secretary of State is an operations job. It requires judgment, transparency, preparation, and leadership when pressure is highest.

On Monday, a State Auditor-directed special audit documented governance and transparency failures in Doña Ana County government, including findings involving the Clerk’s Office. Auditors identified incomplete official records, missing supporting documents, and transparency failures that reduced the public’s Read More

Oswald Endorses Melanee Hand For County Council

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By GENEVIEVE OSWALD
Town of Taos Councilor & Mayor Pro Tem

I am Genevieve Oswald, a Town of Taos Councilor. Now, not being from your community, I don’t really have much place to offer an opinion or endorsement in your local election — but after serving alongside Los Alamos County Councilor Melanee Hand on the North Central Regional Transit District Board (NCRTD Blue Bus) for the past two and a half years, I feel at least somewhat qualified to throw my voice out into the wind.

What’s important to know is that the Blue Bus doesn’t stop at county lines, and neither do the challenges our communities Read More

Heinrich Presses Army Corps & Reclamation On Water Allocation For Rio Grande, El Vado Dam Restoration, Projects In New Mexico

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U.S. Sen. Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), a member of the U.S. Senate Appropriations Committee, presses Trump administration officials at a subcommittee hearing to discuss President Trump’s FY27 budget request for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and Bureau of Reclamation, May 20, 2026. Courtesy photo

U.S. SENATE News:

WASHINGTON, D.C. — At a U.S. Senate Appropriations Subcommittee hearing to discuss President Trump’s Fiscal Year 2027 (FY27) budget request for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and the Bureau of Reclamation, U.S. Sen. Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) pressed Chief of Engineers and Read More

House Republicans Raise Concerns After New Reports Show Homelessness Crisis Worsening Despite Massive Spending

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NMHR News:

SANTA FE — New reports showing New Mexico spent over half a billion taxpayer dollars on homelessness programs in just three years while the crisis continued to worsen are raising serious concerns about accountability and results.

Last year, Rep. Nicole Chavez sent a formal letter to Albuquerque Mayor Tim Keller demanding answers about the city’s homelessness programs, where taxpayer money was going, and whether the programs were actually working. No response was ever provided.

A recent Legislative Finance Committee report found homelessness in New Mexico has continued to rise Read More

DPNM Makes Pitch To DNC To Be An Early Primary State

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DPNM News:

ALBUQUERQUE — Today, the Rules and Bylaws Committee of the Democratic National Committee heard the Democratic Party of New Mexico’s pitch to move up its primary date, as part of a meeting of the Committee from May 27–29 at the Washington Hilton in Washington, D.C. You can watch the presentation here.

Speaking during the presentation and highlighting key reasons the Democratic Party would benefit from New Mexico being an early primary state were DPNM Chair Sara Attleson; Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham; Michelle Mayorga, a leading expert in Latino public opinion and Partner at the Democratic Read More

Storey Endorses Katharine E. Clark For Secretary of State 

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By AMY STOREY
Los Alamos

Katharine E. Clark (D) is the only candidate in this Secretary of State primary who has sued Donald Trump over election interference.

A graduate of the University of California, Berkeley in Cognitive Neuroscience and Moral Psychology and an MBA in Strategic Management and Public Policy, Clark combines academic rigor with real-world executive experience.

As County Clerk for Santa Fe, she has modernized one of New Mexico’s most complex election jurisdictions, and earned national recognition many times for election administration, and built a reputation Read More

Heinrich, Luján Secure Senate Passage Of Legislation To Keep Rural Community Hospitals Open, Improve New Mexicans’ Access To Healthcare

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U.S. SENATE News:

WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Sens. Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) and Ben Ray Luján (D-N.M.) secured Senate passage of the Rural Community Hospital Demonstration Reauthorization Act, legislation they cosponsored to improve New Mexicans’ access to healthcare and keep rural hospitals open by extending the Rural Community Hospital Demonstration (RCHD) program for another five years.

Many small rural community hospitals are too large to qualify for Critical Access Hospital status, but still struggle to stay open under Medicare’s current payment system. The Rural Community Hospital Read More

‘The Arts Of Democracy’ Mobile Museum Exhibit Visits Libraries Throughout New Mexico This June

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NMDCA News:

This June the Wonders on Wheels Mobile Museum brings its exhibit, “The Arts of Democracy in New Mexico” to libraries across the state.

The exhibition honors the 250th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence and highlights ideals of freedom and self-government and how they have been expressed in art forms, particularly in New Mexico.

Visitors can see the exhibit and participate in hands-on learning activities at public libraries, as well as a few community events, for free.

When & Where:

  • Wednesday, June 3, 2:30 – 4:30 p.m., Los Luceros Historic Site, 253
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