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With the recent announcement that City Manager Ifo Pili will be returning to his home state of Utah, we are now in a situation where the city, county and New Mexico State University are all searching …
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By Walt Rubel
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3/8/24
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Las Cruces has periodically learned expensive lessons about New Mexico’s Open Meetings Act.
Except for certain carefully designed exceptions, governing bodies are required to meet and …
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By Algernon D'Ammassa
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3/8/24
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In the Las Cruces Public Schools and across the nation, a concerning trend has taken hold: the widespread use of e-cigarettes among tweens and teens. According to the Centers for Disease Control, …
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Teresa Tenorio
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3/7/24
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After having her Bernalillo County gun ban overturned by the court, Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham tried to do it the right way, putting together an impressive public safety package of proposed …
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By Walt Rubel
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3/7/24
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“That’s not who we are” is the pleading cry we so often hear in the wake of extremist political violence in the U.S.
The gallows brought to the steps of the U.S. Capitol on …
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By Algernon D'Ammassa
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3/7/24
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The affidavit form used to implement the Extreme Risk Firearm Protection Orders and a related petition form, under New Mexico's "Red Flag" law, are the enabling instruments government can use …
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Dave Tofsted
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3/6/24
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It's funny about the restaurant I used to buy my mother’s gourmet enchiladas from.
What am I talking about?
I'm talking about back when my beloved mother was still alive, I'd go over …
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By Jim and Henry Duchene
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3/1/24
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In the days leading up to the primary election in New Hampshire, several voters received phone calls from a voice that sounded like and claimed to be President Joe Biden encouraging them to stay home …
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By Walt Rubel
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2/23/24
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The two presumptive nominees for president are 81 and 77 years old. They would be the oldest major party nominees for the office in history, just as they were in 2020. It is reasonable to consider …
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By Algernon D'Ammassa
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2/19/24
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In 2003, then-Gov. Bill Richardson convinced New Mexico voters that the only way to fix our chronically underperforming schools was to scrap the old state school board and put one person in charge. …
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By Walt Rubel
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2/12/24
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For those who remember the Muppet Show on television, one of the joys was seeing celebrity guest stars surrounded by muppet characters, usually in a typhoon of comic mayhem. Today, the Muppet Show is …
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By Algernon D'Ammassa
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2/9/24
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For many families living in New Mexico, especially those living in poverty, the opportunity to send their children to a quality private school is not always a reality. In these circumstances, charter …
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Rep. Stefani Lord
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2/7/24
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In 2016, New Mexico voters passed a constitutional amendment to end the unfair practice of cash bonds after an arrest.
A bond is different from a fine, which is a form of punishment imposed …
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Walt Rubel
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2/6/24
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With the unfortunate closing of the Crisis Triage Center in Doña Ana County, we would like to reassure the community that services are available for them at Mesilla Valley Hospital.
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Anna Laliotis
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2/5/24
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Just when you think progress is being made with regards to good government and legislative transparency, something happens that restores the public distrust and skepticism that has plagued public …
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State Rep. Rod Montoya
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2/1/24
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“Throw my brain in a hurricane
And the blind can have my eyes
And the deaf can have both of my ears
If they don’t mind the size.” - John Prine
I wasn’t …
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By Walt Rubel
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1/29/24
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I am by nature an optimist, however, my optimism is being tested.
Bill Maher, when being interviewed and asked about climate change recently, made the comment that we are like Thelma and Louise, …
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Dan Lere
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1/25/24
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My dear friend, Mary Jane García, was many things: a New Mexico state Senator, a businesswoman, an anthropologist, a historian, an advocate for human and especially women’s rights, …
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Richard Ramirez, CSB
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1/25/24
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Remembering Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis during 2022, at one of the weirder political events of my news career.
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Algernon D'Ammassa
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1/24/24
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I was driving through Colorado last summer when I encountered a series of electronic highway signs warning me to “slow the fast down.”
Being a product of the Colorado school system, …
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By Walt Rubel
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1/22/24
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