Rep. Teresa Leger Fernández demands accountability from law enforcement officers. Her recent public rhetoric gives too little consideration to the officers themselves—or the laws they are charged with enforcing.
New Mexico has the highest share of residents on SNAP in the country. Here's what that means for families, for taxpayers and for the corner store, and why the rules just changed.
Nearly 18 years in Congress, a seat in House leadership and five Senate committees. New Mexico is still near the bottom on almost every quality-of-life measure.
New Mexico employers recruit engineers, programmers, teachers, doctors and scientists for jobs here. Meanwhile, 30 of 33 counties are poorer than the country around them. State leaders and major employers owe New Mexicans an explanation.
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’s candidate for governor wants to halt new large-scale data centers until state government catches up. That is not caution. It is an admission that our political leadership failed to prepare for the largest infrastructure race in generations.
