Jan 14, 2025 · According to experts who analyzed the U.S. Census data on the request of New Mexico In Depth, those changes in tax and fiscal policy deserve credit for the decline in the state’s supplemental poverty rate.. Danielle Wilson, a researcher at the Center on Poverty and Social Policy at Columbia University, said she is “confident” that without even a handful of the policies …

Sep 13, 2024 · Calls for justice for a 17-year-old Mescalero Apache boy killed by a sheriff’s deputy in June rang out Sept. 7 as the sun disappeared behind the hills bordering the tribe’s reservation in southern New Mexico. Drivers sped past, some honking to show support for the dozens of people walking along U.S. Highway 70 to honor […]

Nov 24, 2024 · ‘Enthusiasm gap’ benefited Trump in New Mexico By Marjorie Childress, Bella Davis, and Trip Jennings | November 24, 2024. Since the November 6 election, a debate has played out nationally about the degree to which Donald Trump won a mandate to enact his plans to deport millions of immigrants, drastically reduce the federal budget, and eliminate his …

Aug 19, 2024 · On a vast shrubby mesa in Southeast Albuquerque, local politicians and developers for years have envisioned a master-planned urban community with more than 10,000 homes in close proximity to a jobs center with high-tech factories, film production facilities, and retail businesses. They named the development Mesa del Sol. After fits and starts over …

Jan 9, 2025 · For the third straight year, lawmakers are trying to raise taxes on alcoholic drinks, in an attempt to reduce New Mexico’s worst-in-the-nation alcohol-related death rate. This time, they just might succeed. New Mexico has the highest rate of alcohol-related deaths in the country. In 2023 excessive drinking killed just under 1,900 people in the state, […]

As we close in on a second Trump administration, it is difficult to predict whether the president-elect will deliver on his promise to deport the country’s undocumented immigrant population estimated at between 11 million and 13 million, including 53,000 people in New Mexico. There are so many questions. Does the federal government have the resources […]

Sep 23, 2024 · A dark money group that ran political advertising in the weeks before the June primary election and has fought divulging the source of its money and the details of its spending for months will disclose both by next week. News of the settlement with The New Mexico Project came Monday afternoon in a press release […]

Dec 6, 2024 · There are 194 Indigenous people listed as missing from New Mexico and the Navajo Nation in an online portal run by the New Mexico Department of Justice. The portal provides “a comprehensive database for reporting and searching” cases, the homepage reads. But click on any of the individual names and, for the most part, all […]

6 days ago · New Mexico’s law that governs money spent to influence the outcome of elections seems straightforward. Contribution limits are meant to level the playing field between big-moneyed interests and regular people not in the habit of giving thousands of dollars to political candidates. Requiring candidates and political groups to file public reports detailing who gives …

A new state task force focused on a crisis of missing and murdered Indigenous people will meet for the first time Friday in Albuquerque, the New Mexico Department of Justice announced Wednesday. The 32-member group — which includes advocates, lawmakers, service providers and law enforcement — will approve bylaws and set meeting guidelines, then hear […]