“This is tax justice,” said Rep. Derrick Lente, the proposal’s sponsor.
Author: Heath Haussamen
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Heath Haussamen
Senator urges action: ‘Don’t let fear paralyze you’
State Sen. Harold Pope Jr.’s sobering floor speech was a call for ground-up resistance.
NM should stop enabling immigrant detention
We can’t end the federal government’s oppression, but we should refuse to participate.
The oligarchs are literally leaving us in the dust
Monday’s haboob across a huge swath of New Mexico illustrates what the wealthy are doing to the rest of us.
Protesters point their anger at Elon Musk
Las Crucens join nationwide movement to lambast the world’s richest man.
Republican stands against his own party’s political stunt
State Rep. Jack Chatfield defended the collaborative work of the House budget committee.
Federal agents boarded a bus carrying students. What now?
Southern New Mexico grapples with life under Donald Trump’s regime.
A vibrant defense of democracy at the Roundhouse
Ordinary citizens and our state’s top elected officials pressured Republicans on Monday to defend the folks they represent.
AG Torrez takes the fight to Trump and Musk
New Mexico’s attorney general is on the frontlines in the battle to stop the coup.
Legislation aims to police our use of public records
Growing the police state in the way this bill threatens is terrible public policy and an incredibly slippery slope.