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    Published January 12, 2018 at 1048 × 786 in 10629431_786852994699330_685058952209321047_o

    Newsroom

    • AG gathers law enforcement to discuss possible solutions to gun violence
      By Nicole Maxwell | 23 hours ago

      New Mexico Attorney General Raúl Torrez opened a Law Enforcement Summit Tuesday to address gun violence.

    • Indigenous Women Rising: Abortion fund budget has doubled since Dobbs
      By Susan Dunlap | September 26, 2023

      Representatives from the abortion fund provider Indigenous Women Rising told members of the Interim Indian Affairs Committee on Monday that their monthly abortion fund budget has doubled since the Supreme Court’s Dobbs decision, which overturned Roe v. Wade.

    • Invenergy official: Planned transmission line will bring economic benefits to New Mexico
      By Hannah Grover | September 26, 2023

      The company that hopes to build a transmission line to move wind energy from Union County across the state to San Juan County told state legislators on Monday that it will begin an environmental review process next year and, depending in part on permitting timelines, may be able to begin moving electricity at the end of the decade.

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    • Legislative Newsletter: The race to 2024, so far
      By Nicole Maxwell | September 25, 2023

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    • Problems with home visiting outlined during interim meeting
      By Susan Dunlap | September 21, 2023

      In a report presented at an interim committee Wednesday, Legislative Finance Committee staff recommended that the legislature consider allocating funds to study standards-based home visiting program outcomes for new parents.

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      New Mexico’s senior senator says that U.S. Sen. Bob Menendez should resign because of his recent indictment in an alleged bribery case.  Mendendez, a Democrat from New Jersey, has faced calls to resign from a number of Democratic politicians.

    • State agency questions procurement process in energy transition funding requests

      Questions about the request for proposals process have delayed the allocation of energy transition funds to projects selected by a state agency, Indian Affairs Department Secretary Designee James Mountain said during an Indian Affairs Committee meeting on Tuesday.

    • A screenshot of Pres. Joe Biden announcing the Office of Gun Violence Prevention during a press conference on September 22, 2023 from the White House Rose Garden.
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      President Joe Biden announced the creation of the White House Office of Gun Violence Prevention during an event in the White House Rose Garden Friday afternoon.

    About Laura Paskus

    Laura Paskus has been writing about New Mexico’s natural resources and communities since 2002, as an assistant editor of High Country News, a radio producer at KUNM-FM, managing editor of Tribal College Journal and a freelancer for a variety of publications including the Santa Fe Reporter, New Mexico In Depth and Indian Country Today. Her work has also appeared in Al Jazeera America, Ms. Magazine, National Geographic Online, The Nature Conservancy Magazine, The Progressive, Columbia Journalism Review, The Mountain Gazette, Audubon and Orion. She's a correspondent for New Mexico In Focus and a graduate student in the University of New Mexico’s Geography and Environmental Studies Department.

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