By Azure Mitchell, New Mexico In Depth Trinidad Malone, a local Artesia businessman running to represent District 66 as state representative, exceeded the amount of …
Mescalero Apache teens are building wildfire and flood sensors to protect their community
By Bella Davis, New Mexico In Depth This is the latest story from Indigenously Positive, a collaborative series by New Mexico In Depth and NMPBS. Both …
Yazzie/Martinez plaintiffs ask to rewrite education reform plan themselves
Fed up with the state’s repeated failures to fix an education system that a court found in 2018 was failing most of New Mexico’s students, …
Over campaign contribution limits? Miyagishima just crossed them out
After New Mexico In Depth reported in February that gubernatorial candidate Ken Miyagishima had exceeded limits by more than $125,000 on the amount of donated goods and …
Rodriguez calls for no state income tax, retail GRT in bid for governor
Republican gubernatorial candidate, Duke Rodriguez, said his campaign is rooted in what he calls “the true New Mexico experience.” From growing up in a rural …
Education department pushes back on plaintiffs’ call to scrap reform plan
The state Public Education Department is asking a state judge to keep its court-ordered plan for improving education for at-risk students and deny a request …
Tribal libraries fill critical gaps in communities, despite limited staff
Growing up in Zuni Pueblo in northwest New Mexico, Valarie Bellson remembers walking to the tribe’s public library when she needed a place to hang …
Miyagishima says Secretary of State guidance led to $125K in excess campaign contributions
Former Las Cruces Mayor Ken Miyagishima’s campaign for governor exceeded New Mexico’s campaign contribution limits by more than $125,000 in in-kind contributions last year.
After exiting the Democratic party, former Las Cruces mayor makes his case as an Independent
By Azure Mitchell, New Mexico In Depth Ken Miyagishima served as mayor of Las Cruces from 2007 through 2023, becoming the longest-serving mayor in the city’s …