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    Published May 10, 2017 at 1250 × 938 in IMG_0055 (2)

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    • Felons want voting rights restored
      By Santa Fe New Mexican | 11 hours ago

      By Robert Nott, The Santa Fe New Mexican Adam John Griego is dreaming of the day he can vote again.  The 50-year-old Santa Fean, who spent two years in prison for a felony drug possession charge, anticipates how it will feel when he can finally cast a ballot once more: "Liberating," he said.

    • Adult sexual misconduct ‘prevalent’ in New Mexico’s public schools
      By Santa Fe New Mexican | 11 hours ago

      By Daniel J. Chacón, The Santa Fe New Mexican Two years after being recognized as the girls track coach of the year at Los Lunas High School, Johnathon Bindues was in handcuffs, accused of exchanging thousands of sexually explicit text messages with a freshman on the team.

    • Carbon sequestration bill passes House Energy, Environment and Natural Resources Committee
      By Hannah Grover | 11 hours ago

      In the effort to prevent global warming exceeding 1.5 degrees Celsius (nearly 35 degrees Fahrenheit), technology like carbon capture and sequestration may be needed, according to reports from groups like the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change.  Rep. Meredith Dixon, D-Albuquerque, pointed to that report when presenting a bill that would provide $2.4 million of state money for New Mexico so that the state could seek primacy over Class VI wells.  Dixon sponsored House Bill 174 along with Rep. Nathan Small, D-Las Cruces.  The bill passed the House Energy, Environment and Natural Resources Committee on a 6-4 vote.

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    • New full-spectrum reproductive health care clinic in Las Cruces still in planning stages 
      By Susan Dunlap | January 28, 2023

      A new full-spectrum reproductive health clinic in Las Cruces is still, at least, a few years from becoming a reality, said Bold Futures Executive Director Charlene Bencomo.

    • Sen. Craig Brandt talks about Glory's Law during a press conference. Other speakers included, from left to right, Glory's mother Christy Sellers, UNM Head Football Coach Danny Gonzales and Lt. Gov. Howie Morales.
      Law to ban discrimination against organ donor recipients has support
      By Nicole Maxwell | January 28, 2023

      Three legislators filed a bill to prevent patients from being denied an organ donation due to mental or physical disability from happening in New Mexico, dubbed Glory’s Law.

    Recent Posts

    • State Public Education Secretary Steinhaus announces retirement

      By Nathan Brown and Phill Casaus, The Santa Fe New Mexican It's almost as if Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham's Cabinet has sprung a leak.

    • House panel discusses big changes to Game and Fish management

      By Nathan Brown, The Santa Fe New Mexican Two bills to make big changes to wildlife management in New Mexico got their first hearing in a House committee Saturday.

    • Lawmakers take field trip to get firsthand taste of school meals

      By Daniel J. Chacón, The Santa Fe New Mexican Members of the powerful Senate Finance Committee took a field trip Friday to get a taste of what New Mexico students are eating at school — part of a fact-finding mission as Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham champions a proposal to provide pupils free breakfast and lunch regardless of family income.

    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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