Smart. Investigative. Journalism for New Mexico. From our blog. Legislators Need to Take Steps to Rebuild Public Trust Before I cast my ballot in last year’s elections, I marveled at candidates’ vows to carry the heavy burdens of public office and to resolve the state’s civic challenges and neverending list of social ills.

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17 hours ago · New Mexico’s law that governs money spent to influence the outcome of elections seems straightforward. Contribution limits are meant to level the playing field between big-moneyed interests and regular people not in the habit of giving thousands of dollars to political candidates. Requiring candidates and political groups to …

1 day ago · James Ketcherside approached the bushes behind the Las Cruces fire station where the woman had been spending nights, bracing for resistance but determined to try. She’d been on the streets for months, since a fight with her husband that ended in her arrest and expulsion from the family home. Her trim sweater and clean sneakers […]

1 day ago · New Mexico In Depth editors were joined by Common Cause New Mexico Policy Director Mason Graham on Wednesday, January 29, to discuss a range of issues related to elections and money in politics, including open primaries and proposed reforms to help diminish dark money in elections. Listen to their conversation here, or there’s a transcript […]

Jan 29, 2025 · Tuesday turned into a day of chaos for thousands of New Mexicans and its elected officials as they attempted to grasp if money for local, regional and state programs and services was frozen after President Trump’s administration ordered a pause of federal grants and loans. “Our phones were literally ringing off the hook,” Martin Heinrich, New Mexico’s senior U.S. Senator, told the ...

Jan 23, 2025 · New Mexico In Depth discussed the kick-off of the 2025 legislative session during a live Zoom session on Wednesday. They talked through issues they are keeping an eye on, including legislation that may be proposed to respond to the flurry of executive orders newly inaugurated U.S. President Donald Trump began issuing on Monday. Join weekly […]

Nov 24, 2024 · ‘Enthusiasm gap’ benefited Trump in New Mexico By Marjorie Childress, Bella Davis, and Trip Jennings | November 24, 2024. Since the November 6 election, a debate has played out nationally about the degree to which Donald Trump won a mandate to enact his plans to deport millions of immigrants, drastically reduce the federal budget, and eliminate his predecessor’s climate initiatives.

Jan 14, 2025 · According to experts who analyzed the U.S. Census data on the request of New Mexico In Depth, those changes in tax and fiscal policy deserve credit for the decline in the state’s supplemental poverty rate.. Danielle Wilson, a researcher at the Center on Poverty and Social Policy at Columbia University, said she is “confident” …

Jan 20, 2025 · New Mexico In Depth Executive Director Trip Jennings and Managing Editor Marjorie Childress discussed efforts last Friday lawmakers may take during the 2025 legislative session to increase alcohol taxes and to further an ongoing project they’ve undertaken in recent years to reform the state’s tax structure in general. Listen to their conversation here, or there’s […]