Heller, Amodei Face Rallies, Protests During Home-State Visit
Sen. Dean Heller and Rep. Mark Amodei got an earful from progressive advocates Monday, as protests greeted them at several public appearances in Nevada during Congress’ spring recess. Hundreds of…
Program Cuts Number of AZ Kids in Juvenile Detention in Half
In recent years, the juvenile detention population has been cut in half – in Arizona and across the country – in areas that use the Juvenile Detention Alternatives Initiative. The…
Town Hall on School Vouchers in Las Vegas
Opponents of school vouchers held a town-hall meeting on April 1, in Las Vegas to spotlight research that says public schools outperform private schools on some measures. University of Illinois…
Arizonans Reject Medical Malpractice Bill
More than two-thirds of Arizonans reject a bill proposed in Congress to make it much harder to sue for medical malpractice, according to a new poll. The survey by Public…
Bills on Wilderness in NM National Monuments Reintroduced
New México Senators Tom Udall and Martin Heinrich have just reintroduced two bills to designate sections of two national monuments as wilderness areas to protect them from future development. The…
NM Law Professors Join Opposition to Sessions
Half a dozen law professors from the University of New México joined more than 1,000 of their colleagues from around the nation in protest of President-elect Donald Trump’s nomination of…
Juntos Delivers Clean Energy Petition
Advocates with a group called Juntos: Our Air Our Water delivered 2,000 petition signatures last week to the Environment Department asking that the state move toward a clean energy economy…
New México Facing Severe Budgets Cuts
Progressive leaders in the New México Legislature are calling for compromise during the special budget session, trying to spare education and social services from deeper cuts. State lawmakers must close…