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After being handed an unambiguous loss on his attorney general pick, former President/President-elect Donald Trump needed to distract attention away from his other iffy Cabinet picks (oh, for an FBI background check!) and astonishing number of high-level executive appointments who also happen to be co-authors of Project 2025 (I count eight as of this writing).  […]

New Mexico lawmakers will once again take a stab at reforming the Game and Fish Department. A package of bills will look to drastically change how the department is funded and regulated in the upcoming 60-day session in January. Famous for its big game such as elk, pronghorn and bighorn sheep, New Mexico is the […]

New Mexico lawmakers will once again take a stab at reforming the Game and Fish Department. A package of bills will look to drastically change how the department is funded and regulated in the upcoming 60-day session in January. Famous for its big game such as elk, pronghorn and bighorn sheep, New Mexico is the […]

The U.S. Department of Commerce announced Nov. 26 it has awarded Intel Corporation nearly $8 billion in direct funding under the CHIPS Incentives Program’s Funding Opportunity for Commercial Fabrication Facilities.  $500 million of that funding will go to Rio Rancho’s Intel, modernizing two fabrication facilities and becoming a massive advanced packaging facility. Intel will refit […]

New Mexico State Parks is offering an opportunity to enjoy the state’s natural beauty and outdoor recreation with free day-use access to all 35 state parks on Black Friday.  According to a press release, visitors can take advantage of this offer Nov. 29 to explore New Mexico’s landscapes — from scenic lakes and mountains to […]

New Mexico State Parks is offering an opportunity to enjoy the state’s natural beauty and outdoor recreation with free day-use access to all 35 state parks on Black Friday.  According to a press release, visitors can take advantage of this offer Nov. 29 to explore New Mexico’s landscapes — from scenic lakes and mountains to […]

The U.S. Department of Commerce’s Bureau of Economic Analysis released new data last week exhibiting outdoor recreation’s economic impact on New Mexico. According to the latest data from the BEA Outdoor Recreation Satellite Account, outdoor recreation created $3.2 billion in value added for New Mexico, accounting for 2.4% of New Mexico GDP and 29,182 jobs […]

The U.S. Department of Commerce’s Bureau of Economic Analysis released new data last week exhibiting outdoor recreation’s economic impact on New Mexico. According to the latest data from the BEA Outdoor Recreation Satellite Account, outdoor recreation created $3.2 billion in value added for New Mexico, accounting for 2.4% of New Mexico GDP and 29,182 jobs […]

The state Public Employees Labor Relations Board ruled Nov. 19 that UNM Hospital and the United Health Professionals NM division of the American Federation of Teachers should move forward without PRN (on-call) employees included in the bargaining unit, according to a press release from the hospital. After years of disagreement and uncertainty, both UNM Hospital […]

Some 30 years ago, around a Thanksgiving dinner table, a gentleman in my family stated this opinion: Gay people should not be allowed to be schoolteachers because they wanted to recruit children into their way of life.  The gentleman was then about 50-ish and had never had more than a superficial acquaintance with anyone he […]