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    Published October 5, 2018 at 640 × 359 in 42659635891_86bf121b27_z

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    • PNM files for rate increases
      By Hannah Grover | 17 hours ago

      People who live in Public Service Company of New Mexico’s service territory will see a 9.7 percent increase in the base rate for electricity starting in January 2024, but because the utility will not be paying as much for fuel to generate electricity, officials say the average residential customer’s bill will only increase by an estimated 75 cents, or less than one percent.

    • Slate of nominees chosen for governor to consider for PRC
      By Hannah Grover | December 5, 2022

      The nominating committee tasked with submitting candidates to the governor for appointment to the New Mexico Public Regulation Commission chose nine people to nominate.

    • TANF reforms could be part of 2023 legislative session
      By Nicole Maxwell | December 5, 2022

      The Legislative Health and Human Services Committee heard suggestions from the New Mexico Center on Law and Poverty on how to reform the Temporary Relief for Needy Families, or TANF, program.

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      By Susan Dunlap | December 1, 2022

      A new report found that some New Mexico hospitals charge uninsured patients more than insurance companies and government health plans for the same services.

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    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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