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Published December 30, 2014 at 300 × 55 in NMPR300w

Environmental advocacy groups decry SCOTUS Clean Water Act ruling
By Hannah Grover | May 26, 2023
Environmental advocacy groups say that a U.S. Supreme Court ruling weakening the Clean Water Act will put waters throughout the country at risk of pollution and degradation. The ruling requires a more stringent test to determine if wetlands are protected under the decades-old law.
ECECD will soon see a nearly 68 percent increase in funding
By Susan Dunlap | May 26, 2023
On July 1, a constitutional amendment to increase the distribution from the Land Grant Permanent Fund t toward educating the state’s youngest children goes into effect.
As climate changes, researchers develop a new metric for evaluating water available from snowpack
By Hannah Grover | May 25, 2023
Throughout the western United States, communities rely on the storage of water in mountain snowpack to feed the rivers and reservoirs that provide drinking water and irrigation supplies.

CYFD: Repeat maltreatment in decline, but higher than average
By Susan Dunlap | May 25, 2023
New Mexico has 360 more repeat child maltreatment cases annually than the national average.
Legislative report: Homelessness on the rise in New Mexico
By Susan Dunlap | May 24, 2023
Preliminary estimates for 2023 show a “significant uptick” of about 48 percent in homelessness in New Mexico, suggesting an increased need for affordable housing around the state, according to a report.

Patrick Davis is the executive director of ProgressNow NM, a public advocacy organization advocating for progressive causes in New Mexico.

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