By Trip Jennings/NM In DepthA nearly $1 billion tax package cleared the House Taxation and Revenue Committee on Monday with…
Lawmakers tackle raising the alcohol tax
By Trip Jennings/NM In DepthNew Mexicans die of alcohol-related causes at nearly three times the national average and alcohol is…
Where have all the doctors (and nurses) gone?
By Vanessa G. Sanchez/Searchlight NMA dire scarcity of providers leaves New Mexicans without health care.
State Dems push to protect reproductive & trans health care
By Elizabeth SecorFive female state representatives, all women, want to make sure New Mexicans have full access to birth control,…
Clemency for Leonard Peltier demanded decades after his incarceration
By Maddie Pukite/Source NMPeople in Albuquerque joined others across the country demanding the release of Leonard Peltier from federal prison.…
Can a mine near the Pecos river be stopped
By Alicia Inez Guzman/Searchlight NMA unique NM coalition is battling the project to prevent widespread harm — and deja vu.
Proposed office of alcohol prevention steps up ambition, but is short on vision
By Ted Alcorn/NM In DepthNew Mexico Department of Health asked the legislature for $5 million to build an Office of…
No eyes on the skies
By Lindsay Fendt/Searchlight NMNew Mexico’s tough new pollution rules rely on oil and gas operators to report their methane emissions.…
Climate Crisis in New Mexico: Fast Profits, Slow Policies
By Aldo Jurado, Andres Torres, Brigid Driscoll, Joaquin Gonzalez, Joey Wagner, Lara Sullivan, Taylor GibsonNew Mexico produces more oil and…