Today's intelligence: Congressman Gabe Vasquez introduces legislation to help pay medical bills of New Mexico oil and gas workers injured on the job.
Today's intelligence: The EPA is offering free technical assistance to communities like Truth or Consequences to help them address their water infrastructure problems.
The State Engineer’s Hearing of the protests against the mine’s application to move leased water rights to their wells for use at Copper Flat Mine has now finished its first week. It has yielded some surprises as well as some really excellent research.
Electric rates have gone up over the years, especially behind closed doors. Don't believe the city's claim it's been 22 years since rates went up.
Despite proactive Republican opposition, the U.S. Department of Agriculture continues to run a grant program to incentivize sustainable growing practices that is expected to reach more than 60,000 farms, encompassing more than 25 million acres of working lands.
I don't think the new city manager is going to attack or solve the infrastructure crises. I don't think she knows what good management is. Therefore more and more of citizens' labor-wages will go toward paying too much to fix long-neglected infrastructure.
The State Engineer's hearing of the protests against the application to transfer water rights to be used for reopening Copper Flat Mine will begin tomorrow. Here is an explanation of how that process will work.
Today's intelligence: update on the proposed New Mexico-Colorado "Space Valley." Plus: The state Supreme Court strengthens protections for domestic abuse victims. And . . . remind me: Who were New Mexico's fake electors?
A gleam in George Lotspeich's eye created the idea of Copper Flat Mine in the 1950s, and over the years, he was able to make millions with that idea, but not from mining copper. For over 70 years, it's been just that, an idea and not a mine.
Today's intelligence: How a groundbreaking collaboration is making the SunZia Transmission Project a win-win for green energy production and migrating birds. Plus: this weekend's Tax Holiday and Virgin Galactic's second-quarter revenue report and future projections
Today's intelligence: why yesterday's Trump indictment references New Mexico. Plus: New Mexico's "non-soon" is predicted to return in August.
You know what that means. . . yup, it's time for a new cognitive test: