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Forecasting December’s Election Encore
Election Day is romanticized in newsrooms across the country: the privilege to cover the events of a day where individuals…
Into the Woods with NM Search and Rescue
This week’s show once again finds us outside the NMiF studio and — in one segment, way outside the studio.…
Democracy Now’s Amy Goodman on the Importance of Independent Journalism in Fighting for Peace and Democracy
Amy Goodman, host and executive producer of “Democracy Now!” told me she considers New Mexico the show’s second home. When…
Our Mayoral Election Series Concludes; ‘Officer-Induced Jeopardy’
Something wicked this way comes… Wait. That’s something else and, of course, I am not Ray Bradbury. What I meant…
Gov. Lujan Grisham Weighs in on the Special Session
The governor and Legislature are co-equal branches of the state government. So, they don’t always see eye-to-eye, which in terms…
Special Session in Santa Fe Moves Swiftly as Five Bills Pass
Lawmakers passed a handful of bills favored by Democratic Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham in a two-day special legislative session that…
We All Have a Role to Play in Preventing Suicide
More people took their own lives last year in New Mexico than the year before. New data from the state…
What it Means for Indigenous People to Tell Their Own Stories
In the opening scene of Pueblo Revolt, a play set in what’s now New Mexico in the late 1600s, Isleta Pueblo…
New Mexico’s Billion-Dollar Oilfield Orphans
A recent report says abandoned oil infrastructure could cost the state up to $1.6 billion in coming years. This is…
How We’re Covering Crowded Fields in Mayoral Races
Many of you have likely noticed that New Mexico in Focus is no longer in the debate-hosting game when election…
NM environment official recommends Bishop’s Lodge receive controversial sewage permit
Final approval by department secretary required by Danielle Prokop, Source New Mexico This story was originally published at Source New…
NMiF Takes a First Glance at the Albuquerque Mayoral Race
While the midterm elections aren’t until next year, which will also see a governor’s race in New Mexico, local elections…