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 not... 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 Castañeda... 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.
New Mexico is ignoring its own rules on vendor transparency
By John R. Roby / Searchlight NM New Mexico is over a year late in following a law that compels greater transparency in vendor contracts. In 2015, the legislature... Read more.
For contracts, New Mexico increasingly looks elsewhere
SEARCHLIGHT ANALYSIS FINDS GROWING RELIANCE ON OUT-OF-STATE VENDORS By John R. Roby / Searchlight NM Billions of taxpayer dollars have flowed out of state... Read more.
‘I felt like I was dying’
By Lauren Villagran / Searchlight NM They told me they were going to handcuff me, and I begged them not to do it in front of my daughter. I said goodbye to my daughter... Read more.
New Mexico lawyer faces death threat over work for immigrants
By Lauren Villagran / Searchlight NM SANTA FE — A death threat against immigration attorney Allegra Love launched an FBI investigation and forced the Santa... Read more.
New Mexico’s brain drain
EDUCATED WORKERS ARE LEAVING THE STAE IN SEARCH OF A BRIGHT FUTURE By Amy Linn / Searchlight NM Leaving New Mexico wasn’t a maybe — it was a have-to... Read more.
New Mexico ranks last in national survey of child well-being
ADVOCATES CALL ON POLICYMAKERS TO PUT KIDS FIRST By John R. Roby / Searchlight NM Editor’s note: Searchlight New Mexico receives funding support from the... Read more.