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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…

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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…

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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…

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New Mexico’s Billion-Dollar Oilfield Orphans

By Jerry Redfern, Capital & Main | September 16, 2025

A recent report says abandoned oil infrastructure could cost the state up to $1.6 billion in coming years. This is…

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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…

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NM environment official recommends Bishop’s Lodge receive controversial sewage permit

By Danielle Prokop | September 12, 2025

Final approval by department secretary required by Danielle Prokop, Source New Mexico This story was originally published at Source New…

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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…

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ACLU-NM sues over detention of DACA recipient held in New Mexico ICE detention center

By Patrick Lohmann, Source New Mexico | September 5, 2025

by Patrick Lohmann, Source New Mexico This story was originally published at Source New Mexico, a NMPBS partner. A 28-year-old…

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Redistricting Red and Blue

By Lou DiVizio | August 29, 2025

Here at New Mexico in Focus, we have the privilege and challenge of analyzing complex governmental systems and processes that…

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American children have more access to firearms and they’re bringing them to school

By Mia Casas, KUNM News | August 29, 2025

by Mia Casas, KUNM News This story was originally published at KUNM, a NMPBS partner. Last Thursday, five guns were…

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Oil and Gas Forecast for New Mexico’s San Juan Basin: Going, Going …

By Jerry Redfern, Capital & Main | August 25, 2025

An updated Bureau of Land Management report offers a mixed outlook for oil and gas production in the state’s second…

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Hospitals on the brink

By Ed Williams, Searchlight New Mexico | August 22, 2025

A court settlement revealed that a lobbying group opposing medical malpractice reform was funded by personal injury lawyers — but…

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