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.

Jan 9, 2025 · For the third straight year, lawmakers are trying to raise taxes on alcoholic drinks, in an attempt to reduce New Mexico’s worst-in-the-nation alcohol-related death rate. This time, they just might succeed. New Mexico has the highest rate of alcohol-related deaths in the country. In 2023 excessive drinking killed just under 1,900 people in the state, […]

Jan 25, 2025 · Peter St. Cyr is a New Mexico-based investigative journalist focused on data driven stories, official corruption, ethics and open government. His reporting on the sale of a state-owned building in Santa Fe's capitol complex and brokered by a then powerful state senate chairman led to the official's resignation and felony convictions.

Assisted living facilities are the new nursing homes. Oversight falls short. By Bryant Furlow, New Mexico In Depth | March 31, 2024. In July 2022, a partially paralyzed and “nearly bedridden” 75-year-old man in a wheelchair fell in his bathroom at Albuquerque Uptown Assisted Living, fracturing his hip, according to court filings.

Sep 13, 2024 · Calls for justice for a 17-year-old Mescalero Apache boy killed by a sheriff’s deputy in June rang out Sept. 7 as the sun disappeared behind the hills bordering the tribe’s reservation in southern New Mexico. Drivers sped past, some honking to show support for the dozens of people walking along U.S. Highway 70 to honor […]

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 […]

Jan 25, 2025 · Two years after New Mexico In Depth and ProPublica first reported that Indigenous children in New Mexico face disproportionately high rates of harsh school punishment, triggering a state Department of Justice (NMDOJ) civil rights inquiry, the school district most responsible for that statewide disparity says it has dramatically reduced …

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 ...

Dec 6, 2024 · There are 194 Indigenous people listed as missing from New Mexico and the Navajo Nation in an online portal run by the New Mexico Department of Justice. The portal provides “a comprehensive database for reporting and searching” cases, the homepage reads. But click on any of the individual names and, for the most part, all […]

Jan 23, 2025 · You’re on the road to Santa Fe on a day early in the legislative session, geared up to talk to lawmakers about a certain bill important to you. You walk into a busy state capitol swarming with people and head to a third-floor committee room where lawmakers are debating the bill. When it’s your turn, […]