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The end of hope?
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.
Can anything be done about New Mexico’s severe healthcare worker shortage?
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?
Outrage to reparations is 'manufactured anger'
By Will Duff | Dec 19, 2022
Undeserved "guilt" isn't the issue Mr. Helgesen suggests it is.
Keller’s motel conversion plan 'not ready for prime time'
By Pete Dinelli | Dec 15, 2022
“Motel conversions” is a plan where the City’s Family & Community Services Department will acquire and renovate existing motels to develop low-income affordable housing options.
Reparation nation?
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.
UNM and NMSU should drop their COVID-19 vaccine mandates now
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COVID-19 vaccine mandates at the University of New Mexico (UNM) and New Mexico State University (NMSU) should be rescinded immediately.
How do New Mexico hospital prices compare?
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.
House Bill 6 tax change update
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.
What is a newspaper anyway?
By Stephan Helgesen | Nov 25, 2022
The Santa Fe New Mexican newspaper recently ran an article about the emergence of the New Mexico Sun.
New Mexico Sun celebrates two years of operation
By Carla Sonntag | Nov 22, 2022
The New Mexico Sun was established to bring fresh light to issues that matter most to New Mexicans.
Look ahead: ABQ’s 2023 municipal elections take shape
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.
Countering 'election deniers'
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).
Addressing homelessness and crime in Bernallilo County means electing a commissioner with experience
By Judy Young | Oct 31, 2022
It’s nice to see that my opponent has finally come to the table regarding the issue of behavioral health in homelessness in Albuquerque and Bernallilo County and the need to ‘triage’ for identification and treatment.
Canceling without conversation - the new NPR model
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.
Do New Mexico’s Election Records Comply with the Civil Rights Act of 1960?
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?
Overly stringent regulations ultimately leave customers in the lurch
By Bill Peacock | Oct 20, 2022
Fossil fuels have played a large role in the well being of New Mexico for decades.
Homelessness is collateral damage from a throwaway society
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.
Lujan Grisham and Ronchetti: Common ground on homelessness
By Pete Dinelli | Oct 13, 2022
On Sept. 30, a debate was held between Democrat Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham and Republican candidate TV weatherman Republican Mark Ronchetti.
New Mexico legislators’ golden parachute
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.
Councilor Trudy Jones homeless tent camps: Flip-flop of epic proportions
By Bob Reule | Sep 12, 2022
It is extremely disappointing and disheartening, when our City of Albuquerque Councilors are not responding to the will of their constituents.