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    • Her child was stillborn at 39 weeks. She blames a system that doesn’t always listen to mothers.
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      ProPublica is a Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative newsroom.

    • Environmental group sues feds over water management practices and endangered fish
      By Hannah Grover | December 1, 2022

      New Mexico is at a critical juncture for biological diversity of native fish species, according to Daniel Timmons, the wild rivers program director for the advocacy group WildEarth Guardians.  Timmons said it is not unrealistic to think that the Rio Grande silvery minnow could go extinct in the next few years.

    • Report outlines hospital pricing issues for uninsured
      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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    • A "Vote Here" sign at the Otero County Fairgrounds in Alamogordo.
      2022 General Election certified, two recounts upcoming
      By Nicole Maxwell | November 30, 2022

      The New Mexico State Canvassing Board certified the 2022 General Election at their Nov.

    • A row of mailboxes off Riata Road near Tularosa.
      Public safety 911 enhancements discussed
      By Nicole Maxwell | November 30, 2022

      App-based businesses such as food delivery and ride-share companies use GPS to find their customers.

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      With a vote of 61 to 36, the U.S. Senate passed the Respect for Marriage Act five months after the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade.

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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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