The same ecosystem that pushed HB 9 through Santa Fe also shows up in endorsements, outside spending, and donor pipelines around the lawmakers who carried it.
Part 1 of an ongoing New Mexico Madness investigation into HB 9, the officials defending it, and the political network behind it. For earlier reporting that helped set the table, see our earlier piece regarding the SPLC (Apr '26).
Long before flight became ordinary, it seemed almost mythic. For centuries, human beings looked upward with the same mix of wonder and frustration, imagining what it would mean to leave
New Mexico opened the door to independents. The state still did not move.
That is the cleanest takeaway from the first semi-open primary in state history. Reformers promised a
Summer concert season is finally doing what it is supposed to do: giving New Mexicans a decent excuse to leave the house, burn some gas, buy an overpriced drink, and
Part 1 followed the money after it was already moving. Part 2 turns to the front gate of the same system: who gets verified, how long that verification can drag,
New Mexico does not need California or Minnesota to understand what a public-benefits accountability problem looks like. The state already has its own record of federal audit findings, legislative
The Supreme Court’s decision in Louisiana v. Callais did more than settle one dispute in one state. It sharpened a much larger fight over redistricting, political power, and how
Chapter 5: The Captured Capital and the Path Forward
The previous chapters of this investigation have laid bare a structural machinery that operates with mathematical precision. We have traced how
