The Duke leads research and writing for our State News division. He hails from New Mexico, is a veteran, and holds a masters degree. He also has a background in leadership, talent management, human resources, and strategic planning.
America’s official poverty rate has fallen to its lowest recorded level. New Mexico’s map still looks like a warning label.
The U.S. official poverty rate fell to
New Mexico has joined 21 other states and the District of Columbia in a lawsuit challenging the Trump administration’s revised “public charge” rule. The policy would allow immigration officers
A targeted recruitment package for certain professions may be legitimate. Calling taxpayer help with selected workers’ mortgages an affordability plan is not. Especially when New Mexico is short nearly 40,
Deb Haaland's two headline housing promises have both been tried. Neither has a success story anywhere in America — including here.
Deb Haaland's affordability agenda opens its
On Friday, four months from the end of her second term and in the middle of a run for lieutenant governor, State Land Commissioner Stephanie Garcia Richard signed an executive
The Navajo Nation has secured federal approval for one of the most consequential energy decisions in modern New Mexico: a mining permit potentially opening 503 million tons of Navajo-owned
New Mexico's Democratic leadership discovered something remarkable in the Epstein scandal — the ability to move fast. The Legislature stood up a Truth Commission. Attorney General Raúl Torrez reopened
The world is pulling back from costly hydrogen projects. New Mexico is pushing ahead with a $231 million energy package near a Superfund site—and local acequias are suing to stop it.
The debate over the federal Roadless Rule is too often presented as a choice between protecting forests and exploiting them. That framing misses the real opportunity before New Mexico.
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The climate agenda was not defeated in one election, one boardroom or one press release. It was overcome by events. Big Tech, Big Energy, Washington and the wider economy are
