Opinion

In the arid heart of Southeastern New Mexico, something remarkable is happening. Eddy and Lea counties—once quiet corners of the American Southwest—are now producing over a million barrels of oil per day, outpacing entire nations like Venezuela and Oman. But this boom comes with a byproduct that’s stirring both controversy and innovation: produced water.

According to the Census Bureau, 20% of New Mexicans are on welfare, the highest percentage of any state in the nation. This is measured by families on Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF), General Assistance or SNAP and does not include Medicaid, Medicare, housing vouchers, school lunch programs, unemployment insurance or tax credits. According to the state Medicaid website, 702,063 New Mexicans were enrolled in Medicaid or CHIP assistance as of May 2025. That’s 33% of our population.

Once again, New Mexicans are being forced to watch political theater instead of seeing their real problems addressed.

Our progressive legislature has, for the last few years, been quietly moving toward a single payer health system in the State in the belief that access to medical care is a ‘right’ that should not be subject to any profit motive.

Leave it to a politician to take advantage of a tragedy and attempt to use it for political advantage.

In recent reporting Patrick Lohmann of Source New Mexico dug beneath the rhetoric following a tour of the Otero County Processing Center by some members of the legislative Courts, Corrections and Criminal Justice Committee.

From powering classrooms to producing the materials we rely on, oil and gas quietly support nearly every aspect of our educational system.

A new report from the pro-EV trade group Alliance for Automotive Innovation indicates that as of the first quarter of 2025, adoption of EV’s had begun to decline even before Congress acted.

Blue state Democrats are reacting to losing residents not by reducing taxes, but by raising them.

Sen. Josh Hawley targeted Angelica Salas, executive director of the Coalition for Humane Immigrant Rights of Los Angeles (CHIRLA), in June.