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Soon after the polls close Tuesday, jockeying will intensify to replace Sen. Siah Correa Hemphill, who is withdrawing from the general election.

The building will house nursing, phlebotomy, pharmacy technician, and certified nursing assistant programs.

Mark Donnell wonders how travel for a favored at Western New Mexico University few benefits students from New Mexico. And he's taken his concerns to the board of regents.

State senators blocked the latest effort to reform how board members at public New Mexico institutions are chosen. New Mexico lawmakers have been trying for years to bring independent nominating committees into the process for selecting regents at each of the state’s seven public four-year institutions. The effort seemed to gain momentum this year after two controversial incidents involving state college boards suggested the need for more oversight and less politicization of the process.

Academic freedom, like everything else in life, has limits, including when it comes to spending taxpayer dollars.