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Searchlight New Mexico

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An investigative nonprofit newsroom covering Project Jupiter, with reporter Ed Williams.

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News organization
Role in the project
Press
Key people
Ed Williams
Verification
confirmed — Two independent accounts agree
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Record id
PJO93

Key facts

  • Reporter Ed Williams brings dark-money expertise relevant to Elevate NM.
  • 2026-08-15Reported that a new Project Jupiter report does not say whether the company is hiring Doña Ana County residents first.
  • 2026-09-18Reported that the companies building the campus recruited at an NMSU career fair without using the Project Jupiter name.
  • 2026-09-25Published a report on the lobbyists working for Project Jupiter, describing them as a who's who of power brokers in New Mexico.

The record

Investigative nonprofit; Ed Williams (dark-money expertise relevant to Elevate NM)

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The decision was due July 21. Instead: a public hearing — first set for October, then moved up to September 14 at the applicant’s request — and a ruling due by November 23. A $165B question for one desert county, on a schedule that keeps moving. The clock above always shows the next date that matters. Until the ruling, and after, this is the public watch on how it’s being made.