NEW on Searchlight New Mexico: It's the most powerful public body you've never heard of. Members of the Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham-appointed NM Racing Commission broker power and cut business deals with the very people they're appointed to oversee. By Noah Raess and yours truly 🧵 searchlightnm.org/racehorses-slo…

Politicians, prosecutors, retirees and Mexican cartel operatives have all found themselves drawn to the grandstands of New Mexico’s horse tracks. Now, a heated dispute is costing the industry hundreds of thousands. searchlightnm.org/?p=98526&previ…

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Politicians, businessmen and cartel operatives have all benefited from the hundreds of millions of dollars New Mexico’s horse racing industry brings in annually. Those who have criticized it say it’s cost them. My latest on Searchlight New Mexico searchlightnm.org/racehorses-slo…

PART II: New Mexico’s horse racing industry holds nearly half the races it did in the 1990s. Despite that decline, it remains a formidable source of revenue searchlightnm.org/as-race-days-d…

Searchlight New Mexico takes a look at New Mexico's horse racing industry. joshua bowling🌵 and Noah Raess report: searchlightnm.org/racehorses-slo…+–+Life%2C+death+or+deportation_COPY_01&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_8e05fb0467-e01112e275-362667508&mc_cid=e01112e275&mc_eid=cceed2c152

PART III: Racetrack executives and members of the New Mexico Racing Commission have given hundreds of thousands to local political campaigns in recent years See for yourself in this interactive story: searchlightnm.org/a-powerful-pol…

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ICYMI on Searchlight New Mexico: We take you inside the most powerful government body you've never heard of — the New Mexico Racing Commission Our reporting reveals the Governor-appointed body brokers power & cuts side biz deals w/ the very people it regulates searchlightnm.org/racehorses-slo…

Politicians, businessmen and cartel operatives have all benefited from the hundreds of millions of dollars New Mexico’s horse racing industry brings in annually. Those who have criticized it say it’s cost them. searchlightnm.org/racehorses-slo…

Fascinating story about corruption in New Mexico's horse racing industry, starring Sam Bregman (D), the current DA of Bernalillo County. Great job by Searchlight New Mexico's Noah Raess and joshua bowling🌵. searchlightnm.org/racehorses-slo…

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New Mexico’s horse racing industry is a far cry from the heyday of the 1990s. But it still remains one of the state’s largest moneymakers. Look inside the business’ financial and political influence. searchlightnm.org/as-race-days-d…

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