We Can Decide How AI Grows

09/07/2026 — People are watching enormous data centers being proposed and built in their communities. They hear about the tremendous amounts of electricity required to operate them. They worry about water consumption, noise, land use, environmental effects and the possibility that ordinary consumers could end up paying higher utility bills to provide the infrastructure these facilities require.

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A Free Press Is the Guardian of Freedom

09/02/2026 - The First Amendment to the United States Constitution says that government shall make no law abridging freedom of speech or of the press. The principle is straightforward: the government does not get to decide which stories the American people are permitted to hear simply because government officials do not like those stories.

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Voting Rights and Constitutional Protections in New Mexico

08/27/2026 - Voting is one of those things we can easily take for granted. We register, receive a ballot, make our choices, and expect our vote to be counted. But behind that simple act is a remarkably complicated system of constitutional protections, laws, courts, election officials, and divisions of governmental authority.

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NM Lt Gov Morales Interview

07/03/2026 - In this significantly informative interview Howie Morales reflects on his eight years of being Lt. Governor to Michelle Lujan Grisham, Governor of New Mexico. In their eight years together Howie and Michelle worked closely together in support of each other to bring about effective and much needed reforms in education, healthcare, climate policy, and economic development for the people of New Mexico.

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