Journal reporters were hard at work last week and here’s some of their enterprise stories that had people talking:

• “Katie’s Law: A Mother’s Persistence Pays Off” — By Michael Coleman, May 20
• “Family Ties Run Deep at MDC; Director’s Daughter, Nephews Have Jobs at Lock-Up” — By Jeff Proctor, May 20
• “PNM Will Seek Big Rate Increase” — By Winthrop Quigley, May 21
• “Not Walking the Talk on Compulsive Gambling” — By Thomas J. Cole, May 22
• “$21 Million Into Experiment and No Results; Program Battles Poverty With Extra Days of School” By Martin Salazar, May 23
• “Navajo Town Reels Over Teen Suicides” — By Olivier Uyttebrouck, May 23