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 · 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 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 ...

Oct 11, 2024 · The public won’t be allowed to make comments at a state-run meeting next week about a crisis of missing and murdered Indigenous people. That continues a pattern of shutting out the community, advocates say. The Indian Affairs Department began hosting meetings early this year to update the public after Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham’s administration was […]

Sep 23, 2024 · A dark money group that ran political advertising in the weeks before the June primary election and has fought divulging the source of its money and the details of its spending for months will disclose both by next week. News of the settlement with The New Mexico Project came Monday afternoon in a press release […]

Nov 6, 2024 · New Mexico In Depth Executive Director Trip Jennings and Managing Editor Marjorie Childress discussed the outcome of the 2024 general election in a recorded conversation Wednesday morning. They offered perspectives and talked over why Trump won, how the electorate in New Mexico shifted right, how abortion may …

As we close in on a second Trump administration, it is difficult to predict whether the president-elect will deliver on his promise to deport the country’s undocumented immigrant population estimated at between 11 million and 13 million, including 53,000 people in New Mexico. There are so many questions. Does the federal government have the resources […]

A new state task force focused on a crisis of missing and murdered Indigenous people will meet for the first time Friday in Albuquerque, the New Mexico Department of Justice announced Wednesday. The 32-member group — which includes advocates, lawmakers, service providers and law enforcement — will approve bylaws and set meeting guidelines, then hear […]

Jan 12, 2024 · The New Mexico Supreme Court in September 2022 removed the ability for prosecutors to criminally charge public officials for a range of ethics violations. Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham’s office confirmed via email Friday afternoon that she will empower state lawmakers to consider returning that power to prosecutors in …

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.