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I am a lifelong New Mexican. I am raising my family in Rio Rancho and my kids attend public schools. I have watched this community grow in ways none of us could have imagined, and I am proud of what it has become.

But I know we are not unique in facing the pressures of growth. From Albuquerque to Santa Fe to Farmington to Las Cruces, communities across New Mexico are feeling the same strain: roads that require work, schools that require resources, and city halls making consequential decisions with our tax dollars.

What every one of these communities has in common is a basic need to know what their government is doing. That is what the Inspection of Public Records Act is really about.

Right now, a statewide task force is studying how IPRA is working and where it is falling short. Over the past year, they have heard from residents and local officials from Clovis to Silver City to Farmington. Their findings are due Oct. 1, and what they recommend will shape how easily every New Mexican can look up what their city, county, school board and police department are doing in their name.

I want to make the case clearly to my fellow New Mexicans: We must strengthen IPRA, not weaken it, because transparency is the quiet infrastructure underneath everything else we say we care about. Here are three examples that illustrate the point.

• Streets that work: Every intersection project, every road widening, every water-line replacement is a contract, a budget and a decision somebody made. Families deserve to see those decisions. What was bid, what was awarded, why did a route changed? When government is forthcoming, neighbors can plan and weigh in. When records are slow or hidden, suspicion fills the vacuum.

• Schools we can trust: Like every parent in this state, I want decisions about curriculum, safety and spending made in the light of day. IPRA lets a parent, journalist or neighbor ask what happened after a school board closed an agenda item, or how a contract was awarded. When our schools are transparent, parents can partner with them. When they are not, even good outcomes are questioned.

• Safe streets/accountable policing: If a New Mexican wants to know how a traffic stop was handled, what body-cam footage exists or what policies govern a use-of-force incident, IPRA is the path. If that path is delayed or denied, the people who lose are not politicians, they are the families who just wanted the truth.

Any reform that treats community members like the problem is the wrong reform. The right one preserves IPRA's strong, pro-disclosure core. It funds the records custodians who actually answer requests. It modernizes the technology so routine records are published proactively. It enforces the timelines already on the books. And it targets bad actors without restricting the rights of any New Mexican or journalist.

I grew up here. My kids are growing up here. The same is true for families in every corner of this state: We want to inherit a New Mexico where the streets are safe, the schools are strong and the people in charge have to answer to the families they serve.

That is what transparency is for. Let's not give it up.

Alissa Barnes is the executive director of ProgressNow New Mexico.