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Sam Vigil, chairman of Save Our City and widower of Jacqueline Vigil, who was murdered in her driveway in Albuquerque in 2019, has emphasized the need for the city to secure neighborhoods and reform a justice system that allows repeat offenders to...
Sam Vigil, an Albuquerque victims' advocate and chairman of Save Our City Political Action Committee (PAC), has expressed concerns about the city's "immigrant-friendly" policies.
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By Pat Boone, Pat Woods,Crystal Brantley, and Jack Chatfield | Nov 1, 2025
New Mexico is facing a critical moment in its beef industry. Consumers are paying record-high prices, but these prices reflect years of complex challenges: delayed herd cycles due to COVID-19, drought-induced herd...
By Jodi Hendricks | Oct 31, 2025
The University of New Mexico just failed a test that, in many ways, matters more than the exams its students take.
By Carla Sonntag | Oct 28, 2025
The Albuquerque mayor’s race is one of the most critical issues facing our entire state at this time. We need new leadership, and I believe the best opportunity to achieve that is with Louie Sanchez.
By Sarah Smith | Oct 17, 2025
New Mexico is again ranked last in the Nation for public school education, according to both the Annie E Casey Foundation and US News.
By Nickie McCarty | Oct 17, 2025
On September 30, Secretary of War Pete Hegseth announced a bold rule: all combat personnel must meet the highest male standard to keep their positions, aiming to “restore a ruthless, dispassionate, and commonsense application of standards.”
By Bill Sharer | Oct 17, 2025
As a commonsense legislator, I’m fed up watching Democrats point fingers at Republicans for the soaring health insurance premiums hitting families in 2026. Want to hear the real story?
By Gail Armstrong | Oct 17, 2025
Not surprisingly, New Mexico’s progressive Democrat lawmakers have been giving themselves credit for “protecting New Mexico’s families” after the recent special session.
By Bob Ippel | Oct 8, 2025
Recently, I visited the webpage of Annunciation Catholic School in Minneapolis. I was struck by the words from Jeremiah 29:11:
By Candy Ezzell | Oct 8, 2025
As we reach the conclusion of this anything-but-special legislative session, I find it more important than ever to share with New Mexico how the Democrats’ priorities truly harm our state.
By Jodi Hendricks | Oct 8, 2025
It has been three weeks since the assassination of Charlie Kirk. Have we seen riots, destruction, and protests sparked across the country as an outpouring of anger from the violent act of his murder? No.
By Jodi Hendricks | Oct 8, 2025
No one knows a child better than their parents. From the moment we hold our newborn in our arms, we are entrusted with the responsibility of guiding, protecting, and nurturing them into adulthood.
By Nickie McCarty | Oct 8, 2025
When the New Mexico Legislature called a special session, most citizens expected lawmakers to focus on crime and public safety, the stated reasons for urgency.
By Nickie McCarty | Oct 8, 2025
New Mexico’s children are falling behind—and fast. The 2024 National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) results show fewer than one in four fourth- and eighth-graders are proficient in reading and math.
By Nickie McCarty | Oct 8, 2025
Across the nation, the fight to protect women’s athletic opportunities is gaining significant, bipartisan ground.
By Kenneth W. Costello | Oct 8, 2025
Mayor Alan Webber and various groups favor increasing Santa Fe’s minimum wage with the rationale that it will make housing more affordable to low-income residence (“Council hears many pleas of support for new wage law,”...
By Steve McKee and Vince Torres | Sep 26, 2025
As New Mexicans, we were taken aback by the recent editorial suggesting we look to Zohran Mamdani for inspiration.
By Tom Vaillancourt | Sep 26, 2025
Truth! Where oh where are you hiding? Is it even possible for the average citizen to even find the truth about any subject on any news channel or in any newspaper?
By Rebecca Dow | Sep 26, 2025
Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham recently made national headlines by proclaiming New Mexico the first state in the nation to provide free, universal childcare for families of all incomes.
