Melanie Stansbury

If an individual — regardless of if they are in law enforcement or not — did so, they must be held accountable.

As a New Mexican, this is personal.

What we need is justice and accountability for the survivors, not just in New Mexico but all across the country.

The most immediate way that we end this disastrous inflation in our communities is by ending the illegal and unconstitutional war in Iran.

Our state’s name carries generations of history, culture, and family—and it belongs to us. We’re New Mexicans. Period.

We need the public to demand that the state follow the required process, that the due diligence is done on this project.

They’re operating without actually going through the process of determining whether or not that well is adversely affecting others in the region.

We are calling for an immediate inquiry into the long-term usage of water by Project Jupiter and believe that this state needs to do its due diligence before this project continues to proceed.

They want to rewrite the history of this country and take away the resources and leadership of people who have fought, marched and served this country for generations.

Tribal Nations are at the forefront of protecting our communities—and they deserve the tools and resources they need to prepare for public health emergencies.

If you’re a teacher and you really want to work in a tribal community, whether you are a Native person yourself or not, and you’re looking at the difference of getting paid, let’s say, $50,000 by the federal government versus going and…

So what this bill would do is study the current formula funds that are allocated per student to these tribally controlled schools to evaluate how to increase funding per student, how to address increasing teacher and staff pay, and how to…

Chaco Canyon is not for sale! As one the most sacred places on the planet — the Greater Chaco Landscape has been a sacred landscape for Pueblo and Diné people since time immemorial.

When politicians begin deciding what facts are acceptable, scholarship ceases to be scholarship; it becomes propaganda.

Our veterans in New Mexico have answered the call to serve, and we have a responsibility to ensure they receive the care they deserve.

The service members were killed in a war that never should have happened in the first place.

Which indicates to us that there was no good-faith effort to actually engage tribal leadership.

They initiated tribal outreach during the government shutdown when the Bureau of Indian Affairs was not even staffed and operable,

Slashing reimbursements for home-based care while this administration spends billions on an endless war betrays our nations promises to our veterans.

The answer is YES—and we will keep fighting until it is clear this is the law of the land!

The defenders of Bataan, Corregidor, Guam, Wake Island, Midway, and Java displayed extraordinary courage in the face of impossible odds," said Stansbury.

I think it’s fair to say that there’s probably not a single New Mexican whose life has not been touched in some way by the fentanyl and opioid and addiction crisis in New Mexico.

Too many students leave college before finishing because they face academic, financial, and personal challenges without support,

I think that the NDAA is bloated with the largest amount of spending we’ve ever seen in the history of the United States, and is paying for things that the public does not agree with.