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Oñate Protest, Shooting, and Albuquerque’s Response
June 19, 2020 – This week began with the announcement by Tim Keller that he planned to create a new public safety agency—the Community Safety Department—to provide a non-police response to some 911 calls. That move was quickly overshadowed when what started as a peaceful, prayerful protest of a statue of conquistador Don Juan de…
Read MorePreviewing the Legislature’s Special Session
June 12, 2020 – The stunning sweep of COVID-19 is evident in the financial picture that spreads out before lawmakers as they’re set to return to the Capitol next Thursday for the special session. The most recent estimate by a team of state economists is that New Mexico faces a $2 billion shortfall in the…
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