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The Rio Grande is currently dry for about 17 miles south of Socorro

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Guv talks about New Mexico reproductive rights with Biden
By Susan Dunlap | July 1, 2022
Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham and other Democratic governors met virtually with President Joe Biden on Friday to discuss what Democratic-led states are doing to protect abortion rights.
U.S. Supreme Court says Biden has authority to end anti-immigration policy
By Susan Dunlap | July 1, 2022
The U.S. Supreme Court ruled on Thursday that President Joe Biden has the authority to end the Trump-era immigration policy forbidding asylum seekers from entering the U.S. On its final day of the 2020-2021 term, the Supreme Court agreed with Biden in Biden v. Texas that he has the authority to end former President Donald Trump’s “Remain in Mexico” policy, also known as the Migration Protection Protocols.
New Mexico’s Paid Sick Leave law goes into effect
By Susan Dunlap | July 1, 2022
A group of legislators, advocates and individuals celebrated the start of New Mexico’s Paid Sick Leave law, which officially starts Friday.

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Weather station network intended to provide some security for farmers, ranchers
By Hannah Grover | May 2, 2022
Government programs provide insurance for ranchers if they lose their forage crops due to lack of rain, but the scarcity of rain gauges in New Mexico has limited the usefulness of this insurance, according to legislators who secured funding to build a network of weather stations throughout the state.
Rail Runner funding removed from junior spending bill
By Hannah Grover | April 6, 2022
The Rail Runner will not be receiving $1 million to temporarily reduce fares to riders.

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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