Reid is the Editor-in-Chief and also leads our National and Financial Divisions. He's a proud New Mexico Native, a veteran, and holds a grad degree. He also has experience in executive leadership, mentorship, and organizational management.
New Mexico should stop acting like the AI and data-center boom is something to fear and start treating it as a strategic opening. The national fight over data centers
Follow the money
New Mexico should stop pretending these trail and outdoor-equity programs exist in some political vacuum. The state’s own budget documents say New Mexico relies heavily
Walk into any convenience store in a low-income neighborhood in Roswell, Española, Albuquerque's South Valley, or Gallup. Past the energy drinks and the phone chargers, next to
If you want to know what a city looks like when its leaders swallow their political pride and actually focus on public safety, look at Memphis. If you want to
The U.S. Department of Justice just sued Harvard. New Mexico schools got a preview of exactly why—and the price tag for inaction is in the billions.
On March
New Mexico is a military state. DoD employs roughly 24,600 active-duty personnel, civilians, Guard, and Reserve across Kirtland AFB, Holloman AFB, Cannon AFB, White Sands Missile Range, Air
New Mexico deserves credit for finally moving on several health care problems that have been obvious for years. But if state leaders want real progress, they have to admit a
As we gear up for America's 250th birthday, we're taking a break from our usual programming of satirizing local politics and financial doom-scrolling to celebrate
Americans expect leadership on security, not ideological crusades that leave airports chaotic, cyber defenses weakened, and borders vulnerable. New Mexico's Democratic congressional delegation—Sens. Martin Heinrich and Ben
Michael Perry’s argument should be read as a warning, not a narrow utility dispute. Southeast New Mexico is not just another region asking for infrastructure; it is one of
Yes, the farm bill is in major debate now: the House has already advanced a 2026 version, but the Senate path remains uncertain and the biggest fights are over SNAP,