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New Mexico AG says he’s going after school discipline and Yazzie-Martinez to protect children

By Trip Jennings, New Mexico In Depth | September 29, 2023

NM State Sen. Benny Shendo takes job in Colorado

Attorney General to Investigate School Discipline at Gallup McKinley Schools

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  • Farmers weigh tough choices as uncertain water future looms

    Sitting at his booth at the Bosque Farms Growers Market, George Torres greeted customers all morning one Saturday last year. Many he knew by name and asked about their harvest, the weather, the water. All around him, vendors sold vegetables, milk, eggs, cookies, cut flowers, and seedlings. One farmer dropped off a bundle of radishes, […]

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  • Gallup school discipline event generates large turnout, passionate conversations

    Dozens of people turned out April 1 to discuss, sometimes passionately, even angrily, the high rates of harsh discipline of Native students meted out by the Gallup-McKinley Public Schools district. Sponsored by news organizations New Mexico In Depth and ProPublica, in collaboration with  the McKinley Community Health Alliance, the turnout of about 70 people, mostly […]

  • Have a Student in New Mexico Schools? Here Is What to Know About How School Discipline Works.

    We wrote this story in plain language. Plain language means it is easier to read for some people. This is a guide to school discipline in New Mexico and Gallup-McKinley County Schools. You can print and share a short copy of this guide.  This guide is part of a project by ProPublica and New Mexico […]

  • House kills effort to increase campaign sunshine and prevent corruption

    The New Mexico House of Representatives rejected a package of reforms to the state’s Campaign Reporting Act that would have closed a loophole allowing independent groups to evade reporting their donors.  Senate Bill 42, sponsored by Senate Majority Leader Peter Wirth, D-Santa Fe, Sen. Katy Duhigg, D-Albuquerque, and Rep. Matthew McQueen, D-Galisteo, would have fixed […]

  • Money in politics transparency nears finish as legislative session winds down

    An effort to close a significant loophole in New Mexico’s campaign disclosure laws and  bar campaign contributions from lobbyists and political committees to lawmakers during legislative sessions has a tailwind heading into the final week of the legislative session.  And at a key committee Monday night before heading to the House floor, lawmakers added new […]

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