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Close-up of the Great Seal of the State of New Mexico, featuring an eagle and the motto "Crescit Eundo," with assorted coins in the background.

Money Can’t Buy You Love, but it Buys Political Access

By Lou DiVizio October 11, 2024

We’re officially in the homestretch of election season. Early voting has begun, and we’re all being forced to wade through the floodwaters of campaign advertising. But who’s behind all of…

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An Inflection Point for NM’s Largest Newspaper

By Jeff Proctor October 4, 2024

A Rio Rancho municipal court judge on Thursday, Oct. 3, ordered Albuquerque Journal Executive Editor Patrick Ethridge released from the Sandoval County Detention Center, where the 47-year-old newspaperman had been jailed…

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Food and Housing Insecurity at NM Colleges

By Lou DiVizio September 27, 2024

This week on New Mexico in Focus, we get some context on a recent study with some pretty staggering statistics. According to the University of New Mexico’s Basic Needs Project,…

A large puppet is set on fire at night, showing flames and smoke as it burns.

Burn It

By Jeff Proctor August 30, 2024

Feeling some gloom in your life? Of course you are, but what to do? If you’re a New Mexican, you burn it. That’s the concept behind Zozobra, a 50-foot marionette…

A row of tents, shopping carts, and personal belongings line a sidewalk in front of a barbed-wire fence, indicating a homeless encampment.

Solutions Not Scapegoats, Please

By Lou DiVizio August 9, 2024

It’s been nearly a year since I’ve used this space to write about homelessness, an issue that seems to be stirring more and more public angst around our state, particularly…