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Letter to the Editor: How Emerge is Transforming Leadership in New Mexico

Submitted by Estela Hernandez, Emerge Graduate  and Executive Director, Emerge NM and Reena Szczepanski, Emerge Graduate and former Executive Director, Emerge NM Women’s leadership is critical to helping communities across New Mexico meet the challenges that we currently face, and the voters of New Mexico vote “yes” for women leaders time and time again across […]

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Letter to the Editor: How Emerge is Transforming Leadership in New Mexico

Submitted by Estela Hernandez, Emerge Graduate  and Executive Director, Emerge NM and Reena Szczepanski, Emerge Graduate and former Executive Director, Emerge NM Women’s leadership is critical to helping communities across New Mexico meet the challenges that we currently face, and the voters of New Mexico vote “yes” for women leaders time and time again across […]

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Proposed constitution amendments would increase property taxes for homeowners

Submitted by Karen Wentworth, League of Women Voters Two of the four constitutional amendments voters will see on the ballot this fall are property tax exemptions for veterans. Currently all 100% disabled veterans are exempt from property taxes in New Mexico.  Amendment 1 would offer partial exemptions to veterans who are partially disabled. A veteran […]

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Letter to the Editor: New Mexico ’emerges’ as worst state in union

Submitted by state Rep. Stefani Lord, Sandia Park New Mexicans are beginning to ask – why our state is ranked last in the nation in every important category (from education, to crime, addiction, and child welfare); and why isn’t their legislator proposing solutions to fix these problems?   Both are fair questions.   The answer partially […]

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Letter to the Editor: New Mexico ’emerges’ as worst state in union

Submitted by state Rep. Stefani Lord, Sandia Park New Mexicans are beginning to ask – why our state is ranked last in the nation in every important category (from education, to crime, addiction, and child welfare); and why isn’t their legislator proposing solutions to fix these problems?   Both are fair questions.   The answer partially […]

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Letter to the Editor: We Must Listen to Top Republican Leaders Who Are Sounding the Alarm

Submitted by Lois Vermilya, Sandia Park As a long-time east mountain resident, I believe we have to listen to the large group of Republican officials who are warning us that Donald Trump is unfit for office.  His own Vice President Mike Pence and former President George W. Bush’s Vice President Dick Cheney have both disavowed […]

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Letter to the Editor: We Must Listen to Top Republican Leaders Who Are Sounding the Alarm

Submitted by Lois Vermilya, Sandia Park As a long-time east mountain resident, I believe we have to listen to the large group of Republican officials who are warning us that Donald Trump is unfit for office.  His own Vice President Mike Pence and former President George W. Bush’s Vice President Dick Cheney have both disavowed […]