Despite the state Democratic Party’s decision to censure of the incumbent senator, senior Democratic senators – including some of the most liberal – have made big campaign contributions to Ivey-Soto.

Budget bumps, popsicles and postponed charter changes dominated the lengthy Albuquerque City Council meeting May 20. In the end, a $1.4 billion budget was approved for fiscal year 2025.

In a new show, the Maxwell Museum of Anthropology at the University of New Mexico uses photography to explore a traumatic time for the Navajo people. “Nothing Left For Me: Federal Policy and the Photography of Milton Snow in Diné Bikéyah” looks at the brutal impact of the Navajo Livestock Reduction imposed upon Diné communities and homelands by U.S. Indian Commissioner John Collier starting in the 1930s.

On the next Let’s Talk New Mexico, we will talk about a unique, one-of-a-kind system meant to offset damage caused by elk and incentivize private land conservation and attempts to reform and properly fund state agencies. We’ll also dive head-first into how the state manages our game and fish.