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Sen. Wirth and Sen. TrujilloThere will be a new power player in Santa Fe come November and their rise to prominence will have little to do with the election.  Sen. Peter Wirth, who has served in the powerful position of Senate Majority Leader since 2017, is leaving leadership and indications are that Sen. Linda Trujillo of Santa Fe could be the new face managing the rush of vital

Hull and HaalandThe sleepy '26 gubernatorial race is about to be jolted awake. Whether it returns to a coma-like condition may be dependent on the severity of the jolt. At the end of the month--August 30 to be precise--the ABQ Journal will release their first poll of the contest featuring Democrat Deb Haaland and Republican Gregg Hull. The paper's Santa Fe bureau chief Dan Boyd

We could discuss endlessly why a state with the well-deserved nickname the "Land of Enchantment" has undergone one of the greatest periods of population stagnation in its over 400 year history. Instead let's focus on one aspect of that stagnation impacting our politics. That would be how folks here are so much older than just a few decades ago.Our state--one of the nation's youn...

Affordability is the buzzword for the '26 campaign but that falls on deaf ears among some members of the ABQ City Council. Two councilors in particular, Council President Klarissa Peña, a Democrat, and Republican Brook Bassan have launched a last-minute push to raise taxes on city residents.The two councilors have given up getting a majority of the nine member council to approve...