October 31, 2018
Measuring Martinez on education
by John R. RobyFormer Data Editor
Searchlight examined eight education-related claims and promises Martinez made during her two successful campaigns for governor, using publicly available data to learn whether New Mexico has managed to move the needle since then.
October 31, 2018
Grading the team
by John R. RobyFormer Data Editor
A look at the Martinez appointees who head the state's three most important agencies for child well-being.
October 3, 2018
Who should get home visits? New Mexico can’t say
by John R. RobyFormer Data Editor
The state knows relatively little about the people served by its nearly three dozen contracted home visiting providers. Nor is there an answer to how many families the program should serve.
October 3, 2018
New Mexico’s home visiting puzzle
by John R. RobyFormer Data Editor
Despite strong evidence that home visiting promotes healthy families and children, state officials have diverted millions of dollars from the program in order to fund child care assistance.
September 7, 2018
Spend wisely to boost child well-being, finance official says
by John R. RobyFormer Data Editor
New Mexico tends to wait to deal with problems until they grow overly expensive and challenging to solve, Charles Sallee of the Legislative Finance Committee told a forum on early childhood issues this week.
September 6, 2018
Risky buildings: State’s public schools run on old infrastructure
by John R. RobyFormer Data Editor
Problems with school "systems" -- which include everything from broken furnaces to mildewed carpets and shredded electrical wires -- are rampant across the state, according to a Searchlight New Mexico analysis of data collected by the agency charged with awarding money to help keep the public schools running.
July 18, 2018
For contracts, New Mexico increasingly looks elsewhere
by John R. RobyFormer Data Editor
A Searchlight investigation finds billions of taxpayer dollars have flowed out of state since 2013 due to government purchases that are not filled — or cannot be filled — by New Mexico companies.
July 18, 2018
Here’s how we learned where New Mexico’s vendors are located
by John R. RobyFormer Data Editor
The data don't exist in an easy-to-grasp form, so we decided to create and share it.
July 18, 2018
New Mexico is ignoring its own rules on vendor transparency
by John R. RobyFormer Data Editor
Legislators have been pressing the state to clarify where contract dollars flow.
May 11, 2018
Searchlight honored for series on New Mexico’s children
by John R. RobyFormer Data Editor
New Mexico Voices for Children awards ‘Raising New Mexico’ project.
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