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Special Session in Santa Fe Moves Swiftly as Five Bills Pass

By Jeff Proctor October 3, 2025

Lawmakers passed a handful of bills favored by Democratic Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham in a two-day special legislative session that concluded Thursday in Santa Fe. The idea was to backfill…

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We All Have a Role to Play in Preventing Suicide

By Nash Jones September 29, 2025

More people took their own lives last year in New Mexico than the year before. New data from the state Department of Health shows a nearly 10% rise in suicide…

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What it Means for Indigenous People to Tell Their Own Stories

By Bella Davis September 19, 2025

In the opening scene of Pueblo Revolt, a play set in what’s now New Mexico in the late 1600s, Isleta Pueblo boy Feem Whim rehearses introducing himself to his crush Guillermo,…

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How We’re Covering Crowded Fields in Mayoral Races

By Jeff Proctor September 12, 2025

Many of you have likely noticed that New Mexico in Focus is no longer in the debate-hosting game when election season comes around. The lockdowns accompanying the COVID-19 pandemic largely…

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NMiF Takes a First Glance at the Albuquerque Mayoral Race

By Nash Jones September 5, 2025

While the midterm elections aren’t until next year, which will also see a governor’s race in New Mexico, local elections across the state this November also include some prominent seats,…