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Ike Swetlitz
Ike Swetlitz has traveled the world to hold policymakers, businesses, and scientists accountable. At Searchlight, he is focusing on criminal justice. He most recently reported for STAT, the national health and medical science publication, in both Boston and Washington, D.C., where he focused on drug pricing, artificial intelligence, and genetic engineering. He graduated from Yale with a degree in physics and is based in Albuquerque.
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Spending unmasked
How NM overpaid $330,000 for face masks and the corrections department profited
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The working sick
At a Santa Fe rehab, masks were optional — but showing up at work with COVID-19 symptoms was mandatory
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Governing with moxie
How Michelle Lujan Grisham got on Joe Biden’s shortlist
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Pay up or lockup
Housing shortage kept cash-poor parolees behind bars
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“Screaming for help”
Imprisoned migrants seeking better prison conditions describe an attack by pepper-spraying guards
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State suspects it was scammed in PPE deal
An obscure Santa Fe company is under criminal investigation for possible forgery and price gouging in the sale of millions of dollars of personal protective equipment and medical supplies to the New Mexico Department of Health, according to a spokesman for the state Attorney General’s office. Bionet was one of the first companies to win […]
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“We’re sitting ducks”
As coronavirus swept through a halfway house, state officials reported nothing
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The purge before the surge
In late January and early February, American public health experts warned about a possible COVID-19 epidemic, one that would almost certainly require a massive supply of hospital masks, gloves and hand sanitizer. At the same time, at least two major New Mexico hospitals were throwing those very items into the trash. “The hospital […]
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Settling for more
Newly settled agreement establishes better road map for New Mexico’s foster children.