In January and February, county governments in New Mexico, Arizona, Utah and North Carolina began passing resolutions containing nearly identical language. The resolutions oppose what they refer to as ...

Sometime between Friday night and Saturday morning, 16-year-old Jaydun Garcia took his own life at a makeshift home for youth ...

Howard Hutchinson’s group, the Coalition, has roots in decades-old movements which hold that state governments and private ...

On March 31, the courtroom of First Judicial District Court Judge Matthew Wilson had a lot of lawyers on hand, in the room itself and on screens mounted above the benches and seats. I counted five ...

A collection of documents about clergy abuse in this state — housed at UNM’s special collections library — is a major step forward for victims, but there’s more to be done. Searchlight New Mexico is a ...

When public records reveal sensitive details, the desire for privacy collides with the need for government transparency. The recent deaths of actor Gene Hackman and his wife Betsy Arakawa-Hackman have ...

Such a move would block the public’s ability to see large amounts of investigative records that are ordinarily available for review Searchlight New Mexico is a nonpartisan, nonprofit news organization ...