Skip to content

Capital outlay projects often controversial

A building with columns.

By Sandra Fish New Mexico in Depth  Editor’s Note: New Mexico’s 2015 legislative session ended with lawmakers failing to compromise on a bill to fund capital projects. Yet earlier in the session, a bipartisan group of senators rejected a measure that attempted to take politics out of the process. Before the session began, New Mexico In Depth offered…

Read More

Web Extra: NM Lamaker’s Rape Comment

State Representative Kenny Martinez says he was misquoted in coverage of a comment he made about rape in a committee hearing this week. Was reaction more about politics than the facts? Our line opinion panelists react to this news story. Line Panelists:  Merritt Allen, Principal and Executive Director, Vox Optima, LLC Dede Feldman, Former State…

Read More