This year, we want to ensure that more of the money that the Child Support Enforcement Division collects goes to families and kids first. 

At least 50 percent of our political representatives seem to have resorted to outright lies, crazy conspiracy theories and even criminal attempts to manipulate election results.

The trapper accused of killing Roxy, a Northern New Mexico cattle dog who was strangled to death in a snare near Santa Cruz Lake, recently was found not guilty. The ve…

Nobody likes to be in the hospital, but my recent five-day stay gave me important insights. Surprisingly hopeful lessons came from lying flat on my back.

I follow the issue of plutonium pits, and I have uncovered many surprising nuggets of knowledge and insight. Recently, I read an article by Cheryl Rofer, a chemist ret…

In New Mexico, there is no more important resource than water. It replenishes the aquifers, lakes, rivers and streams that provide the source for drinking water and ag…

New Mexico Legal Aid is a nonprofit law firm that has offered free legal assistance for New Mexicans living in poverty for more than 50 years. Inside our offices, the …

I greatly appreciated your long-overdue insights about the quality and integrity of State Engineer John D’Antonio.

Since 2019, New Mexico has committed to an active climate policy. It is a member of the U.S. Climate Alliance and has pledged to reduce its greenhouse gas emissions by…

New Mexico’s future is dependent on reducing the effects of climate change and ensuring a stable, thriving economy. As a Democrat, a lifelong New Mexican and business …

When running to become First Judicial District attorney, I vowed that there would be fewer cases dismissed on procedural technicalities within the district. Nowhere wa…

We have the solutions to combat the salary, housing and childcare crises confronting our educators. 

The International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Local 611— representing members who build, operate, and maintain power generation facilities and transmission syste…

State Engineer John D’Antonio has resigned, leaving the job vacant on Jan. 1. With the governor just back from Glasgow, Scotland, with a renewed focus on combating cli…

The New Mexico Building & Construction Trades Council  consisting of 15 construction craft unions representing more than 11,000 people, has unanimously endorsed th…

The recent COP26 conference in Glasgow, Scotland, put climate change at the top of the news, and the spotlight offers an extraordinary opportunity to educate and effec…

I attended the Sandoval County Commission meeting on Thursday. Walking into the room seemed no different from the times constituents were present to fight right-to-wor…

The front page of the Nov. 4 Portland, Maine, Press-Herald shows a photo of an enormous power shovel tearing up trees to cut a swath through miles of pristine Maine fo…

Teaching our children the difference between right and wrong is always easiest when we lead by example. Our kids will mimic good behavior, and it eventually becomes se…

The 2018 noncompliance of the city of Santa Fe with the District Court-ordered Settlement Annexation Agreement of 2012 was discussed at the Sept. 28 Santa Fe County Co…

At least 50 percent of our political representatives seem to have resorted to outright lies, crazy conspiracy theories and even criminal attempts to manipulate election results.

The trapper accused of killing Roxy, a Northern New Mexico cattle dog who was strangled to death in a snare near Santa Cruz Lake, recently was found not guilty. The ve…

Nobody likes to be in the hospital, but my recent five-day stay gave me important insights. Surprisingly hopeful lessons came from lying flat on my back.

I follow the issue of plutonium pits, and I have uncovered many surprising nuggets of knowledge and insight. Recently, I read an article by Cheryl Rofer, a chemist ret…

In New Mexico, there is no more important resource than water. It replenishes the aquifers, lakes, rivers and streams that provide the source for drinking water and ag…

New Mexico Legal Aid is a nonprofit law firm that has offered free legal assistance for New Mexicans living in poverty for more than 50 years. Inside our offices, the …

I greatly appreciated your long-overdue insights about the quality and integrity of State Engineer John D’Antonio.

Since 2019, New Mexico has committed to an active climate policy. It is a member of the U.S. Climate Alliance and has pledged to reduce its greenhouse gas emissions by…

New Mexico’s future is dependent on reducing the effects of climate change and ensuring a stable, thriving economy. As a Democrat, a lifelong New Mexican and business …

When running to become First Judicial District attorney, I vowed that there would be fewer cases dismissed on procedural technicalities within the district. Nowhere wa…

We have the solutions to combat the salary, housing and childcare crises confronting our educators. 

The International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Local 611— representing members who build, operate, and maintain power generation facilities and transmission syste…

State Engineer John D’Antonio has resigned, leaving the job vacant on Jan. 1. With the governor just back from Glasgow, Scotland, with a renewed focus on combating cli…

The New Mexico Building & Construction Trades Council  consisting of 15 construction craft unions representing more than 11,000 people, has unanimously endorsed th…

The recent COP26 conference in Glasgow, Scotland, put climate change at the top of the news, and the spotlight offers an extraordinary opportunity to educate and effec…

I attended the Sandoval County Commission meeting on Thursday. Walking into the room seemed no different from the times constituents were present to fight right-to-wor…

The front page of the Nov. 4 Portland, Maine, Press-Herald shows a photo of an enormous power shovel tearing up trees to cut a swath through miles of pristine Maine fo…

Teaching our children the difference between right and wrong is always easiest when we lead by example. Our kids will mimic good behavior, and it eventually becomes se…

The 2018 noncompliance of the city of Santa Fe with the District Court-ordered Settlement Annexation Agreement of 2012 was discussed at the Sept. 28 Santa Fe County Co…

If you have been paying attention to the changes in our environment, both locally and globally over the past decades, and the increasingly accelerating trends of signi…

The governor was reined in when she tried to unilaterally spend billions of dollars in public money without public input or legislative approval.

Growing up in southwest New Mexico, I developed an appreciation for the Gila River and the ways in which it sustains the communities in the region. Over the decades, t…

After another nightmare year of record temperatures, catastrophic wildfires, flooding, hurricanes droughts, and species loss — we ask ourselves, will New Mexico rise to this climate moment?

After nearly two years of pandemic isolation and scary news, kids age 4 to 10 will need to develop confidence to avoid developing a passive view of world

Treating substance use disorders in prisons can reduce crime, save money and uphold our community values.

There is a five-alarm fire in public education right now, and our leaders are quibbling about which fire extinguisher to use.

Recently, New Mexico House Speaker Brian Egolf hosted a “Climate Summit” at the state Capitol whose stated goal was to “develop and deliver bold new policies to addres…

As an intensive care unit doctor, when COVID-19 first swept the world, nothing frightened me more than the prospect of rationing care. In many places hit early and har…

As a native New Mexican with family dating to 1610, it has been an honor to serve as a city councilor. In that role, I learned change is necessary to preserve what we …

This is addressed to Northern New Mexico landlords, especially the greater Santa Fe area, as well as for the people who are unaware of what has taken place in the rent…

As the state transitions to a clean energy future, a brighter future for all New Mexicans, it is important that the governor and the Legislature work together with the…

We’ve all been offered something we didn’t want. More than 75 residents in City Council District 3 recently had that experience.

The Age of Enlightenment was preceded by and closely associated with the Scientific Revolution.

The Biden administration’s attacks on oil and natural gas are attacks on children’s educations.

Sometimes the casualties of war fall on the battlefield. Sometimes they make it home and into the back wards of mental hospitals.

Santa Fe, the City Different, has many wonderful resources and opportunities to explore. I had always heard great things about Santa Fe Community College but never had…

I was deeply saddened to hear of the loss of Joe Jordan-Berenis, and I pray for him, his family and his many friends. I worked with Joe at Pete’s Place Interfaith Comm…

Over the years, I have given much thought and energy trying to come up with solutions for the polarization/division we face in the United States. Principally, how can …

Our state is on the verge of a long-overdue update to our schools’ social studies standards, and it has some New Mexicans needlessly worried.

The Southwest has been home to Dinétah (Navajo Nation) and diverse groups of Indigenous communities since time immemorial. This same land is highly desired by oil, gas…

Drive up Canyon Road in the spring or take a walk through the bosque in the autumn, and you will see it clearly displayed in the quaking leaves of cottonwood trees — w…

Like the golf course, our pools are in trouble, too. The city recently spent $2.5 million to upgrade Salvador Perez and will spend another nearly $2 million to repair …

The Friends of Architecture’s recently published article (“Architects issue a housing call for action,” My View, Oct. 10), while not without good intentions, is a comp…

Now is the time to make substantial and desperately needed changes in the operation and procedures of the New Mexico Legislature.

No doubt the global pandemic has brought its share of challenges, pain, suffering and extreme grief for many Santa Fe residents and communities throughout the globe. H…

The time for action is now, and as the largest historical contributor to greenhouse gas emissions, the United States has a moral and practical responsibility to reach net-zero emissions by or before 2050.

It’s a busy autumn for our leaders in Washington, D.C. Among urgent tasks like raising the debt ceiling and funding the government, they are working on historic infras…

The dramatic images from Texas have opened up a national conversation about how our country treats migrants. But we need to expand that conversation beyond the border. 

I have not yet once heard from world leaders, corporations, politicians or activists about the possibility that a personal, private and individual commitment and choic…

Despite massive spending on lobbying and campaign contributions, the big drug companies are slowly losing their stranglehold on state legislatures across the country. …