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The Advocate

The Governor's Palace located on the Santa Fe Plaza.

New Year’s Eve on the Santa Fe Plaza

Lucia Roth '27, Writer January 15, 2024

Many different places celebrate the New Year in unique ways. New York has its traditional ball drop in Times Square as the New Year hits. Venezuelans eat 12 grapes as clocks toll 12 times to mark midnight....

Tanaya Winder speaking to the Academy student body.

Indigenous Peoples’ Day 2023

Akilan Sankaran '25, Writer October 16, 2023

Indigenous Peoples’ Day celebrates the contributions of Native American communities to the development of the United States, while simultaneously acknowledging the horrific policies of the United States'...

New Bill Halts Attempted Abortion Bans in New Mexico

New Bill Halts Attempted Abortion Bans in New Mexico

Maya Macias '25, Writer May 10, 2023

On March 16, New Mexico Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham signed House Bill 7, the Reproductive and Gender-Affirming Health Care Freedom Act. This act prohibits local ordinances, public schools and universities,...

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Southwest States Negotiate to Reach Deal on Colorado River Water Consumption

Elizabeth Hiller '25, At-Large Editor February 23, 2023

Since 2000, the Southwest has been engulfed by its worst drought in over 1,000 years. The drought has led to extreme strains on water resources, particularly for the seven states that depend on the Colorado...

2022 New Mexico Special Legislative Session

2022 New Mexico Special Legislative Session

Abhishek Narahari '24, News Co-Editor April 18, 2022

Earlier this month, Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham convened New Mexico’s legislature for a special session that focused on alleviating the economic burden residents face with elevated gas and food prices...

Will Election Day Become a State Holiday?

Will Election Day Become a State Holiday?

Maya Macias '25, Writer March 4, 2022

Governor Michele Lujan Grisham and Secretary of State Maggie Toulouse Oliver have been working with New Mexico lawmakers to increase voter access through Senate Bill 8(SB8). The essence of the bill is...

New Mexico Could Be In Line for a School of Public Health

New Mexico Could Be In Line for a School of Public Health

Anna Hastings '26, Writer February 4, 2022

In Santa Fe, multiple Democratic lawmakers are pushing for New Mexico to use some of its federal funding to create a school of public health. As one of the few states without a public health government...

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NM Senator Ben Ray Lujan Suffers a Stroke

Abhishek Narahari '24, News Co-Editor February 2, 2022

On February 1, 2022, Democrat Senator Ben Ray Lujan of New Mexico suffered a stroke that left him hospitalized. He is expected to make a full and fairly quick recovery, though the implications of the scare...

New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham, center, announcing deployment of National Guard Troops in New Mexican schools (AP Photo/Morgan Lee)

National Guard Sent to New Mexico Schools

Abhishek Narahari '24, News Co-Editor January 26, 2022

New Mexico Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham announced last Wednesday that the New Mexico National Guard would be sending some of its members into schools and daycare centers to help ease teacher and staffing...

Afghan Refugees Arrive in New Mexico

Afghan Refugees Arrive in New Mexico

Lilee Zapatka '25, Writer September 21, 2021

As the US works to get the many stranded Afghans from the war-torn country, New Mexico has opened its borders to provide a place where the Afghan refugees can receive sanctuary. On September 2, 2021, an...

Why Doesn't New Mexico Pay  Local Legislators?

Why Doesn’t New Mexico Pay Local Legislators?

Halie Leland '23, Co-Editor-in-Chief September 16, 2021

As members of the only legislature in the country that offers no salary for serving in office, representatives of New Mexico are once again proposing the controversial motion that they get paid. Under...

Draconian Texas Law Seeks to Destroy a Constitutionally Protected Right

Draconian Texas Law Seeks to Destroy a Constitutionally Protected Right

Maya Macias '25, Writer September 16, 2021

Texas’ new abortion law, Senate Bill 8(SB8), took effect on September 1st after the Supreme Court declined to intervene. It is now the most restrictive abortion law in the country. Opponents of the bill...

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