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How We’re Covering Crowded Fields in Mayoral Races

By Jeff Proctor | September 12, 2025

Many of you have likely noticed that New Mexico in Focus is no longer in the debate-hosting game when election…

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A group of people stand outdoors holding signs protesting for clean water and against wastewater, including messages like “Honk for Clean Water” and “NMED Do Your Job.”.

NM environment official recommends Bishop’s Lodge receive controversial sewage permit

By Danielle Prokop | September 12, 2025

Final approval by department secretary required by Danielle Prokop, Source New Mexico This story was originally published at Source New…

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NMiF Takes a First Glance at the Albuquerque Mayoral Race

By Nash Jones | September 5, 2025

While the midterm elections aren’t until next year, which will also see a governor’s race in New Mexico, local elections…

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Two men walk down a brightly lit hallway labeled “Food Service”; two more people stand at the end of the hall near a door.

ACLU-NM sues over detention of DACA recipient held in New Mexico ICE detention center

By Patrick Lohmann, Source New Mexico | September 5, 2025

by Patrick Lohmann, Source New Mexico This story was originally published at Source New Mexico, a NMPBS partner. A 28-year-old…

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A yellow outline of New Mexico’s state flag is centered between a blue Democratic donkey and a red Republican elephant, both decorated with stars, against a colorful cosmic background.

Redistricting Red and Blue

By Lou DiVizio | August 29, 2025

Here at New Mexico in Focus, we have the privilege and challenge of analyzing complex governmental systems and processes that…

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A person wearing a blue shirt and jeans holds a handgun behind their back, with the weapon partially concealed from view.

American children have more access to firearms and they’re bringing them to school

By Mia Casas, KUNM News | August 29, 2025

by Mia Casas, KUNM News This story was originally published at KUNM, a NMPBS partner. Last Thursday, five guns were…

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Oil and Gas Forecast for New Mexico’s San Juan Basin: Going, Going …

By Jerry Redfern, Capital & Main | August 25, 2025

An updated Bureau of Land Management report offers a mixed outlook for oil and gas production in the state’s second…

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Hospitals on the brink

By Ed Williams, Searchlight New Mexico | August 22, 2025

A court settlement revealed that a lobbying group opposing medical malpractice reform was funded by personal injury lawyers — but…

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A stethoscope on a pile of US dollar bills with the New Mexico state flag symbol overlaid, representing healthcare costs in New Mexico.

Trump’s Medicaid Surgery Could Paralyze NM

By Lou DiVizio | August 22, 2025

Here at New Mexico in Focus, we have the privilege and challenge of analyzing complex governmental systems and processes that…

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Native Entrepreneurs are Changing Rez Life

By Bella Davis | August 15, 2025

Green fields and a basketball hoop line the road to Roddell Denetso’s sports apparel shop in Shiprock, a town on…

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‘Forever chemicals’ detected in Clovis-area blood tests, New Mexico environmental officials say

By Danielle Prokop | August 15, 2025

by Danielle Prokop, Source New Mexico This story was originally published at Source New Mexico, a NMPBS partner. Blood tests…

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“Memories that do not heal”: the legacy of uranium mining at Laguna Pueblo

By Aviva Nathan, Searchlight New Mexico | August 11, 2025

Following passage of the Radiation and Exposure and Compensation Act expansion, which includes post-1971 miners for the first time, Searchlight…

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