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Value of Local Election Debates

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September 11, 2020 – While debates are critical in presidential elections, they are becoming increasingly rare in high profile local elections. Gene Grant and The Line opinion panel get into a debate of their own about whether political pairings provide new insights to voters and how they might be constructed to provide a more effective…

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Tribes, Power, and Water

A dried-up river flanked by greenery.

Sept. 11, 2020 – In the western United States, rivers like the Colorado River and the Rio Grande were carved up under compacts in the early twentieth century, long before tribes had a say in how rivers would be managed. Even though tribes hold the oldest and most senior water rights, they still don’t always…

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New Mexico in Focus is on hiatus as our team gears up for coverage of the general election; we'll be back with all new journalism in October.