Only 12 states in the nation rank above New Mexico for open access to abortion; the state is surrounded by more restrictive ones—including Texas, considered the most restrictive in the country—according to a 2011 analysis by anti-abortion advocacy group Americans United for Life.

Two of Los Alamos National Laboratory’s facilities could expose the public to high radiation doses in an accident scenario—and the lab won’t commit to lowering that risk.

Some Santa Fe Public Schools parents say the district’s gifted education, or “enrichment” program, is the one reason they kept their children in the system. Others say that, even though their children qualified for enrichment, the program was such a waste of time that they chose not to participate.

As Los Alamos National Laboratory waits for a final Congressional budget to give it the go-ahead to construct a controversial plutonium pit manufacturing facility, developments last week gave a rare window into the notoriously secretive lab.

  

  

Los Alamos National Laboratory is doubling down on a project that helps create a controversial, highly reactive new fuel used in nuclear power plants.

When Michele Lis, founder of ML Consulting, made a presentation to the Santa Fe Public Schools Board of Education a few months ago, BoE Member Steve Carrillo spoke up in opposition to it.

The New Mexico heraldic crest, if it had one, would probably feature Christmas chiles, a West Side Locos tag, hot air balloons and a bolo tie. And don’t forget the Frito pie, surrounded by fleur-de-lis to class it up a little.

It’s a familiar “small government” prescription for driving up revenues: Lower taxes, but increase the tax base. But this time, it’s not a Republican, or even a libertarian, beating that drum. New Mexico Sen. Peter Wirth, D-Santa Fe, is the somewhat unlikely author of a bill to lower the state corporate tax rate from 7.6 percent to 7 percent.