Year: 2018
December 20, 2018
Oil leases bring jobs, strains to southeast NM
by John L. SmithFreelance Contributor
The September 2018 sale of nearly $1 billion in federal oil and gas leases in southeast New Mexico has set off one of the greatest oil booms in American history and has overwhelmed everything from the region’s highway to its housing supply.
December 10, 2018
Who will lead New Mexico’s Public Education Department?
by Robert MooreFreelance Contributor
In the coming days, governor-elect Michelle Lujan Grisham will take the first major step to fulfill her sweeping campaign promises on education – appointing a secretary to lead New Mexico’s troubled Public Education Department.
December 10, 2018
La Familia-Namaste to shut down following reports of safety lapses
With the closure of La Familia-Namaste, options for treatment foster care in New Mexico will be reduced further, leaving families scrambling to find vital services for their kids.
December 6, 2018
For healthcare, please take a number
by Christian MarquezDirector of Operations and Data Editor
Funding cuts, healthcare shortage harm N.M.’s autistic children
November 29, 2018
Fever pitch
by Lauren VillagranFormer Staff Reporter
Bitter competition between Presbyterian and UNM has meant kids who need specialized care are getting sent out of state — instead of to the competitor. Now the hospitals are finally talking about a partnership.
November 16, 2018
Experts: Our earliest experiences, good or bad, can be our most important
by Sara SolovitchExecutive Director and Editor
New Mexico's infant mental health pioneers aim to eradicate “the myth,” as they call it, that babies cannot remember what they see or hear. Rather, they say, those early experiences can be life-defining for early childhood.
November 14, 2018
Searchlight awarded Robert Wood Johnson Foundation grant
The two-year grant will support news coverage “directed toward child well-being, policy change, and a healthy, just New Mexico."
October 31, 2018
Oh Susana! How governor’s popularity eroded
by Robert MooreFreelance Contributor
Martinez will exit as one of the nation’s least-popular governors, with even the Republican who seeks to succeed her saying “New Mexico is in a crisis moment.”
October 31, 2018
Governor-driven understaffing keeps N.M.’s kids at risk
by Lauren VillagranFormer Staff Reporter
Ushered into office on a conservative wave that swept statehouses around the country, Martinez espoused classic Republican views on small government and fiscal conservatism. Eight years on, she can truthfully say she has kept state government lean.