Tribal colleges are staring at crippling budget cuts, @bladvs reports.

New Mexico continues to have a high rate of maternal deaths.

The data does not suggest Albuquerque's public financing system is an incumbent protection plan. #nmpol.

Colleen Harrison Jackson is one of thousands who have lost loved ones to a national crisis of Indigenous people dying of homicide or going missing. A federal commission in 2023 recommended improving the way law enforcement communicates with families.

The Gallup-McKinley schools superintendent is the subject of a state ethics complaint, @BryantFurlow reports.

What would have been the first increase to the state’s alcohol excise tax in 30 years died Friday, a victim of a disagreement between @GovMLG and @NMLegislature over tax policy.

Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham vetoed a lobbyist transparency bill today. “It’s a big letdown,” said one of its sponsors. #nmleg #nmpol.

Here is our latest installment of Indigenously Positive, a collaboration with @nmpbs. In this installment, the team talked with Indigenous environmental and climate leaders.

NM is one of a handful of states that will see an increased number of FBI agents to address unresolved violent crimes in Indian Country, including crimes related to a national crisis of Indigenous people disproportionately going missing and being killed.

Fifteen other states already require the lobbying transparency a bill on the governor's desk would bring to New Mexico. We looked into Colorado's system a few years ago. #nmleg.

New Mexico's Missing and Murdered Indigenous Peoples Task Force will have its first public meeting Friday, April 4, in Farmington.

The ins but mostly outs of passing an alcohol tax increase this year, reported by @TedAlcorn #nmleg #nmpol.

NM Senators passed a bill last night that would bring a lot more sunshine to lobbying, joining states across the country who already require similar reporting. #nmleg.

RT @NMInDepth: Sen. Peter Wirth says his campaign finance reform bill is dead, after a set of nonprofit groups opposed it during its first….

Sen. Peter Wirth says his campaign finance reform bill is dead, after a set of nonprofit groups opposed it during its first House committee hearing on Friday. #nmleg.

For the next episode of Indigenously Positive, @bladvs and the @NMPBS team learned about Saad K’idilyé, a Diné language immersion school.

New Mexico In Depth editors held a very informative conversation with Charles Sallee, director of the NM Legislative Finance Committee, and David Abbey, the former director of same, about NM's budget in light of potential federal revenue cuts. #nmleg.

Money for orphan contaminated sites is in the budget, for now, @bladvs reports. #nmleg.

The 2025 budget being considered by lawmakers gives tribal education a big boost, @bladvs reports. #nmleg.

The House is all in on ending pocket vetoes. Most want to change the length of legislative sessions, too. #nmleg.