New Mexico In Depth

Voters to decide how university regents are chosen

Every public higher education institution in New Mexico is governed by a group of people, called a board of regents, who ...
New Mexico In Depth

Should silence count as a veto?

For a bill to become law, it must pass both chambers of the state Legislature, a process that often takes months of ...
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A voting relic on the ballot

When New Mexico ratified the 19th Amendment in 1920, women gained the right to vote in partisan elections. For the decade ...
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A paycheck for lawmakers is on the ballot

New York state legislators make $142,000 a year. New Hampshire state representatives and senators make $100. Legislators in 47 other states are paid a yearly salary in between those two amounts. In ...
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Hull, Haaland would both create missing and murdered Indigenous people task force

Both candidates for New Mexico governor said in interviews with New Mexico In Depth that, if elected, they’d create a task ...
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Both governor candidates back greater lobbyist disclosure

New Mexico’s two candidates for governor say the public should know more about who is trying to influence legislation at the ...
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On the Importance of Fact Checking

This column was originally published in New Mexico In Depth’s Midweek newsletter. Readers can sign up to receive the ...