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Published July 19, 2018 at 887 × 665 in IMG_1877-sm

Stefany Olivas and her daughter get some gardening done at Van Buren

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McCarthy loses his gavel in unprecedented vote
By Nicole Maxwell | 13 hours ago
The U.S. House of Representatives voted to remove Kevin McCarthy from his position as Speaker of the House on Tuesday.
‘State of chaos’: New Mexico’s child welfare crisis is worse, monitors say
By Searchlight New Mexico | October 3, 2023
By Ed Williams, Searchlight New Mexico New Mexico’s child welfare system has devolved into a “state of chaos,” leaving foster children in dismaying and dangerous conditions, according to a scathing assessment from independent monitors. “The situation is worse than last year, deteriorating, and requires effective immediate action to protect children’s safety,” the monitors wrote in a Sept.
Legislative Newsletter: The government shutdown that almost was
By Nicole Maxwell | October 2, 2023
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New law leads to confusion over IPRA while some inmate hearings hang in the balance
By Susan Dunlap | October 2, 2023
A new law that provides opportunity for adults who were sentenced as children to decades in prison to have a parole hearing after a certain length of time, depending on the severity of the crime, has inadvertently led to some disagreement over public records requests.
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.

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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