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Gov. Lujan Grisham Weighs in on the Special Session

By Nash Jones October 10, 2025

The governor and Legislature are co-equal branches of the state government. So, they don’t always see eye-to-eye, which in terms of their roles of checking and balancing one another isn’t…

Special Session in Santa Fe Moves Swiftly as Five Bills Pass

By Jeff Proctor October 3, 2025

Lawmakers passed a handful of bills favored by Democratic Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham in a two-day special legislative session that concluded Thursday in Santa Fe. The idea was to backfill…

We All Have a Role to Play in Preventing Suicide

By Nash Jones September 29, 2025

More people took their own lives last year in New Mexico than the year before. New data from the state Department of Health shows a nearly 10% rise in suicide…

What it Means for Indigenous People to Tell Their Own Stories

By Bella Davis September 19, 2025

In the opening scene of Pueblo Revolt, a play set in what’s now New Mexico in the late 1600s, Isleta Pueblo boy Feem Whim rehearses introducing himself to his crush Guillermo,…

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 season comes around. The lockdowns accompanying the COVID-19 pandemic largely…