Adrian Gomez

13 After nearly three months of debate, a new Public Education Department rule requiring school districts and charter schools to operate on calendars of 180 instructional days went into effect last week. The rule will mandate 180 instructional days in every school district’s and charter school’s academic year – not just 1,140 instructional hours, as […]

Last week, the Chamber hosted New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham for her annual post-legislative address, to share with the Albuquerque business community what the state Legislature accomplished during the session – and what work lies ahead.   After some brief opening comments from Chamber President and CEO Terri Cole, Board Chair Bruce Stidworthy introduced

Last week on February 20, Blue Cross and Blue Shield of New Mexico hosted a groundbreaking event for a Blue Door Neighborhood Center, located at Coors and Rio Bravo. The BDNC will partner with community organizations and health care providers to offer resources, programming and services on a wide range of health topics like maternal

Successful public education is the key to lifting children from poverty to success. Despite massive funding increases for public education over the last several years, improved results in math and reading competency have not been forthcoming. One solution that’s proving successful is structured literacy. To that end $30 million has been appropriated both for summer

Another outfall of the current legislative mindset is that incarceration and punishment don’t work to deter crime. It’s all about behavioral health, especially substance abuse and addiction. No disagreement, the latter is a big part of the problem. However, there are “bad guys” out there that are incessantly involved in criminal activity that must be