Stuff you need to know, 6.24.24
How the U.S. Supreme Court ruled on Texas and New Mexico's settlement of their decade-old Rio Grande water dispute.
Diana Tittle
Diana Tittle, a member of the board of Sierra County Public-Interest Journalism Project, was the editor of the Sierra County Sun, the Citizen's precursor. A former resident of Truth or Consequences who now lives part-time in northern New Mexico, she spent her 42-year professional career in Cleveland, Ohio, where she worked as a newspaper reporter, magazine writer and editor, book author and publisher and publishing consultant. She is the recipient of a Cleveland Arts Prize for Literature.
Stuff you need to know, 5.31.24
"Stuff you need to know" and "Political considerations" are going on summer break.
Stuff you need to know, 5.30.24
New Mexico is at especially high risk for hospital aquisitions that could limit health care. It now has a new law that could make such deals more transparent to the affected communities.
Stuff you need to know, 5.29.24
Updates on the Indios and Blue 2 wildfires spreading in rural areas of northern and southern New Mexico
Political considerations, 5.28.24
The State Ethics Commission has sued former Democratic gubernatorial candidate Jeff Apodaca's new PAC for refusal to disclose the names of its donors.
Stuff you need to know, 5.24.24
Two growing wildfires and the threat of more starting cast a cloud over New Mexico's holiday celebrations. Federal funding to help the state detect and remove "forever chemicals" from our water supplies come with significant administrative challenges.
Stuff you need to know, 5.23.24
An interview with Aldo Leopold's biographer explaining why we who live on the edge of the Gila Wilderness should take special pride in its creation 100 years ago
Political considerations, 5.23.24
A Senate bill to extend the Radiation Exposure Compensation Act (RECA) to cover New Mexican downwinders and victims in other states hits a familiar roadblock that threatens to kill RECA protections altogether.
Political considerations, 5.22.24
Will it all really come down to "It's the stock market, stupid"?
Stuff you need to know, 5.21.24
The proposed use of so-called "produced water" for agriculture and industrial purposes in New Mexico is at odds with the world health community's growing concern about the impact of pollution on children.
Political Considerations, 5.17.24
Unhobble the New Mexico State Ethics Commission
Stuff you need to know, 5.13.24
Wildfire risk is expected to be above normal for much of New Mexico this summer because of ongoing drought and a potential transition from El Niño to La Niña conditions.