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.
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
Here is the fact that should end the debate about who is being careful and who is being obstructive.
A company first applied to the Nuclear Regulatory Commission in April
Two federal changes in eight months have altered what the United States government recommends for a child's immunizations. New Mexico has rejected both.
The state may well be
New Mexico just did something no other state has done. A Santa Fe jury ordered Meta to pay $375 million for misleading users about the safety of Facebook, Instagram, and
The Teamsters move is not a novelty story
Teachers at South Valley Academy in Albuquerque voted to join Teamsters Local 492, making the school the first charter workforce in New
Deb Haaland is the Democratic nominee for governor of New Mexico, having won the June 2026 primary with 72% of the vote against Bernalillo County District Attorney Sam Bregman, and
Overdose deaths have fallen across America for three straight years. New Mexico recorded the nation’s largest increase for the second year in a row. The state did not run
New Mexico just joined a dozen states trying to block the biggest media merger in a generation — even as it spends hundreds of millions of taxpayer dollars a year begging
