To the casual observer, Lloyd Swartz looks like every other middle-aged guy hosting a yard sale on a Saturday afternoon in May. From the driveway of his modest adobe house, but Swartz carries the stigma of a sex offender crime.

The ripple effect of the 2008 housing crash continues to widen. On April 26, a study by researchers at Harvard University’s Joint Center for Housing Studies reported an unprecedented housing squeeze on low- and middle-income families.

Here’s a quiz: What happened to English language learners--kids whose native language is not English--at Santa Fe public elementary schools between 2009 and 2010?

On April 13, SFR reported on complaints of mismanagement filed by a resident of Casa Cerrillos, a substance-free housing program run by the St. Elizabeth Shelter Corp.

The punditry is all over former New Mexico Gov. Gary Johnson’s 2012 presidential bid, but New Mexico Dems also are gearing up for a heated campaign season.

Lauren Addario is a funny, self-effacing artist; the cultural technology coordinator for New Mexico Highlands University’s media arts department—and the older sister of Lynsey Addario, a New York Times photojournalist captured, abused and released by forces loyal to Muammar el-Qaddafi in Libya last month.

The Santa Fe County Assessor’s Office closed at noon on Good Friday, but even a shortened schedule and the beginning of Easter weekend didn’t stop the steady stream of disgruntled property owners filling the office’s lobby.

SFR researched more than 500 companies with operations in New Mexico that registered with the US Securities and Exchange Commission at some point during the past decade. Only 12 filed 10-Ks, the annual reports required of large public companies, for 2010—including three mining outfits, two medical technology companies, a utility company and a bank.

PNM faces fervent opposition in two cases, each of which represents opposing aspects of the company’s future: the short-term demand to keep rates low versus the long-term imperative to rely increasingly on renewable energy.

On April 14, a group of concerned citizens descended upon the Santa Fe home of Bette Booth and scoured it for clues with the meticulousness of detective Adrian Monk.