New Mexico Adopts Straight Party Ballot Option This Fall
By Madison Spratto / NM News Port / New Mexico Secretary of State Maggie Toulouse Oliver announced Wednesday, Aug. 30, that straight-party voting will be an o... Read more.
Years of frustration lie behind landmark school lawsuit
TIRED OF HEARING ‘NO,’ PLAINTIFF SAYS, TAKING NM TO COURT WAS HER ONLY OPTION By Amy Linn / Searchlight NM For Wilhelmina Yazzie, join... Read more.
How the Yazzie case could be a ‘game-changer’ for NM
JUDGE’S LANDMARK RULING IS A CHANCE FOR REFORM, EXPERTS SAY. By Amy Linn / Searchlight NM Behind the recent ruling in the New Mexico school ... Read more.
College-focused charter network eyes New Mexico
By Lauren Villagran / Searchlight NM / EL PASO, Texas – The kindergarteners of IDEA Edgemere walked quietly single-file down the hall, their uniforms embroide... Read more.
Charter schools target N.M.’s at-risk students
By Ed Williams / Searchlight NM/ Sara Tafoya never pictured herself as one of New Mexico’s at-risk students. She came from a supportive, college-educated fami... Read more.
Underfunded, undercounted
NEW MEXICO AT RISK IN THE 2020 CENSUS By Christian Marquez / Searchlight NM / You won’t find James Ironmoccasin’s house on Google Maps. To get to his... Read more.
Native communities harnessing the power of data
By Sara Solovitch / Searchlight NM / Marriages and births. Allies and enemies. Wild game, migration patterns, the number of days of rainfall. For hundreds, if n... Read more.
Where trust counts
The census and NM’s border cities By Ed Williams / Searchlight NM / According to the state tourism bureau, Sunland Park is one of the last towns of... Read more.
The great divide
DEPORTATIONS FORCE FATHER TO LIVE APART FROM HIS FAMILY By Lauren Villagran / Searchlight NM / EL PASO, Texas and VALLE DE JUÁREZ, Mexico – Gabriela C... Read more.
Here’s how we learned where New Mexico’s vendors are located
By John R. Roby / Searchlight NM Legislators, auditors and business groups have tried for years to answer the question: Where does the state of New Mexico spend... Read more.