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U.S. Supreme Court Samuel Alito’s history of abortion differs from historians and Indigenous reproductive leaders
By Susan Dunlap | May 20, 2022
U.S. Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito provided a history of abortion rights in the U.S. in his draft opinion for Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization.
Uninsured homes leave New Mexicans vulnerable in areas hit by wildfires
By Michael Benanav, Searchlight New Mexico | May 19, 2022
Outside of the Glorieta Adventure Camp dining hall, 56-year-old Lisa Blackburde was having an emotion-filled conversation with a couple of other evacuees. Nearly three weeks ago, as the fast-moving Calf Canyon/Hermits Peak fire made a run toward her home near Ledoux, Blackburde heeded a mandatory evacuation order that had already been in place for days.
Some NM cannabis producers may face higher than expected tax bill
By Andy Lyman | May 18, 2022
New Mexico recreational-use cannabis companies, for the first time, are required to file their gross receipts and cannabis excise taxes in one week.

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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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