Session balances budget, but just barely
Lawmakers are returning to Santa Fe on Tuesday, May 30, two days before my filing deadline for...
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Borehole drilling hits grassroots opposition
There’s an issue rising to the surface in New Mexico, over some boreholes the Department of Energy...
Read More Underachieving session shows ineffective governor
A few weeks back, in the depths of New Mexico’s legislative session, I wrote that the governor and...
Read More A primer on politics and government
Gather ‘round, young’uns, for a lesson in politics and government. Now is a good time, since our...
Read More Going down to the legislative wire
Hold on to your hat, we’re closing in on the final couple of weeks of this 2017 New Mexico...
Read More Hamilton, the man and the musical, worthy of the hype
Alexander Hamilton was a great American. How do I know? Hip-hop, baby! I haven’t felt this cool in...
Read More Could this be the year for capital reform?
Buried inside nearly a thousand proposals introduced so far this legislative session is a measure...
Read More Tale of two universities and their protests
Before Berkeley, there was University of New Mexico. Same scheduled speaker, very different...
Read More Making a newspaper kind of living
Since we’re now entering the dubious era of President Donald Trump, and since my profession is now...
Read More Donald Trump’s unpopular inauguration
Forget the honeymoon, Donald Trump is already unpopular. According to Gallup in a poll taken in...
Read More Dispatch New Mexico: Legislative session promises to be lively
Lock up your cash, bar the doors and hide the booze: The Legislature is about to come to order....
Read More Stories in small town newspapers say a lot
Every weekend, I (or a proxy, if I want the weekend off) go through well over a dozen New Mexico...
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