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    • What a government shutdown means to New Mexicans
      By Nicole Maxwell | 14 hours ago

      With the federal government preparing for a shutdown that seems all but inevitable, the all Democrat New Mexico congressional delegation have issued statements on what the shutdown means for New Mexicans as well as their thoughts about the shutdown in general.

    • NMDOH releases firearm report
      By Nicole Maxwell | 14 hours ago

      A new report released Friday provides new details about gun violence in New Mexico one day after a Native American man was shot during a protest event in Rio Arriba County.

    • A "Vote Here" sign at the Otero County Fairgrounds in Alamogordo.
      Arguments in gerrymandering trial end, judge waiting for evidence
      By Nicole Maxwell | 24 hours ago

      The bench trial alleging egregious gerrymandering in the 2nd Congressional District has ended.

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    • Superintendent of Insurance discusses challenges, priorities during interim committee meeting
      By Susan Dunlap | September 29, 2023

      New Mexico’s Superintendent of Insurance Alice T. Kane identified some issues for her office to work on as she moves forward in her new position as the top insurance regulator in the state during her presentation to the interim Legislative Courts, Corrections and Justice Committee on Thursday.

    • Behavioral health advocates ask for $1 billion to improve and build behavioral health and substance abuse treatment facilities 
      By Susan Dunlap | September 29, 2023

      An advocate for behavioral health in Albuquerque asked the Legislative Courts, Corrections and Justice Committee for $1 billion to build a “world class” behavioral health and substance abuse treatment center in New Mexico.

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      While Indigenous nations across the United States have vast energy resources, it can be hard for them to develop that potential.

    • New Mexico congresswoman leads efforts to support agriculture in arid environments

      U.S. Rep. Teresa Leger Fernández, D-New Mexico, has joined two colleagues in introducing legislation that aims at supporting agricultural practices in arid climates of the western United States.

    • Biden vetoes GOP-pushed resolution that would have stripped protections from endangered bird

      President Joe Biden vetoed resolutions on Tuesday that would have stripped protections from the endangered lesser prairie chicken in New Mexico as well as a bat found in the eastern United States.

    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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