On Dec. 5, just a block from the state capitol, the trial began to determine the shape of New Mexico’s new legislative districts. Redistricting actually begins with the Legislature, which approved several plans last spring; however, Gov. Susana Martinez vetoed most of them.

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.

When Andrea Alano submitted her resignation to the Medical Cannabis Program in late November, she was the last of the program’s permanent staffers to resign.

To the three public employee unions currently negotiating new state contracts, the state’s offers are nothing more than the governor’s latest sneer toward organized labor.

Occupy Santa Fe has too much food on Thanksgiving. Two double-burner stoves run in the mess tent, baking pies and stuffing for lack of an oven. St. Elizabeth Shelter donated a turkey, mashed potatoes, some rolls and a chicken. More than one family arrives, drops off food and disappears.

Regular moviegoers might think of holiday films as lighthearted animated features or celebrity-stacked rom-coms—ie nothing particularly thought-provoking or emotionally surprising.

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.

On a Friday afternoon in a cafeteria at St. Elizabeth Shelter, two dozen homeless people sort through misdemeanor charges with public defenders and prosecutors. It takes about an hour to get through them all before the judge shows up.

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.