Opinion

We cannot keep spending enormous amounts of taxpayer money responding to disasters while underinvesting in preventing them.

The Founders never envisioned a permanent political class. They expected citizens to serve for a time and then return home, allowing new voices and fresh ideas to emerge.

We all have blind spots.

The governor recently suggested a $250 rebate, and the Republicans countered with a proposal to eliminate personal income taxes.

Real relief, to me, looks more like New Mexicans keeping more of what they earn, every single paycheck.

Rebates are a temporary, one-time fix that are needed in part because the next governor won’t take office until January and the Legislature won’t be able to pass rebates until the 2027 session which means New Mexicans wouldn’t benefit until at least March of 2027.

People have wondered why I made a career of journalism. There are many reasons, but one I come back to again and again is that I love learning.

On May 12, the Water Quality Control Commission voted 7-4 to move the petition to a formal rulemaking hearing.

Wind farms, which lease land from the state and private landowners, have been a blessing to the state’s ranchers.

I’ve been around enough politicians who think this to know there’s a wizard behind the curtain. The only reason to instill fear in the masses is to consolidate and maintain power.

What a mess.

The separatist movement began in 1765. The debate over independence continued eleven years until the Declaration of Independence was signed, on July 4, 1776. Combat had begun on April 19, 1775, and would continue until September 3, 1783.