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By Carla Sonntag | Feb 7, 2023
New Mexico is ranked the third poorest state in the nation with a poverty rate of 17.85% according to World Population Review.
By Pete Dinelli | Feb 6, 2023
In an effort at “bipartisanship”, Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham held a high-level news conference with top Democratic and Republican legislators to ask for enactment of a wide range of “solutions” to deal with the state’s violent crime.
By Tom Vaillancourt | Jan 23, 2023
It is very common this time of year to review the last year and look at what was good and what was bad. If you are a person who believes in “Traditional American Values”, “Faith, Family, Freedom, Friendship, and Fellowship”, 2022 was not a good year.
By Mayor Dale Janway | Jan 12, 2023
Last year, we put out a column listing the many different uses of fossil fuels, beyond just for driving a vehicle.
By Stephan Helgesen | Dec 29, 2022
Tis the season to be hopeful. Christ's birthday gives believers hope as does the beginning of a new year. For those who've lost someone to illness or accident, hope is pretty much all that's left when we can’t fathom why it happened to them...or us.
By Charles Sullivan | Dec 22, 2022
At the end of 2021, New Mexico was short three hundred thirty-four (334) primary care physicians and five thousand eight hundred sixty- three (5863) nurses. Why do these shortages exist and can anything be done to alleviate them?
By Stephan Helgesen | Dec 15, 2022
Everyone knows Lord Acton's quote about absolute power corrupting absolutely, but the same is true about guilt. While a little guilt goes a long way, embracing systemic guilt is destructive and inhibits our progress as a nation.
By Sarah Smith | Dec 12, 2022
COVID-19 vaccine mandates at the University of New Mexico (UNM) and New Mexico State University (NMSU) should be rescinded immediately.
By Charles Sullivan | Dec 9, 2022
In an effort to assist patients in understanding the cost of hospital services, the Hospital Price Transparency rule at 45 C.F.R. § 180.10 et. seq., effective January 1, 2021, requires all hospitals to make public their discounted cash prices. I wanted to see if select New Mexico hospitals were complying with the law and review their prices.
By Dale Janway | Dec 6, 2022
As we have written and spoken about in the past, House Bill 6 Tax Changes was passed by the New Mexico Legislature in 2019, but it did not go into effect until 2021.
By Stephan Helgesen | Nov 25, 2022
The Santa Fe New Mexican newspaper recently ran an article about the emergence of the New Mexico Sun.
By Carla Sonntag | Nov 22, 2022
The New Mexico Sun was established to bring fresh light to issues that matter most to New Mexicans.
By Pete Dinelli | Nov 22, 2022
Democrat Pat Davis And Republican Trudy Jones have announced that they will not seek another term on the Albuquerque City Council in the 2023 municipal election.
By Stephan Helgesen | Nov 15, 2022
In the movie "The Untouchables," Sean Connery is confronted by a would-be assassin. Connery surprises him by brandishing a sawed-off shotgun (the assassin has a switchblade).
By Stephan Helgesen | Oct 31, 2022
I recently joined the ranks of the canceled after six years of my participation in a political talk show on a Santa Fe NPR affiliate.
By Charles Sullivan | Oct 25, 2022
Did the number of ballots cast in the NM general election of November 3, 2020 equal the number of voters?
By Bill Peacock | Oct 20, 2022
Fossil fuels have played a large role in the well being of New Mexico for decades.
By Stephan Helgesen | Oct 20, 2022
The debate over what to do about America's homeless population is reaching the breaking point as tent cities pop up like spring dandelions in communities all across this fruited plain.
By Charles Sullivan | Sep 21, 2022
Although NM legislators are the only state legislators in the country not to receive a salary (they do receive a per diem living expense), if they serve at least 10 years, they receive a golden parachute retirement.
