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Published July 6, 2022 at 2560 × 1871 in Washington Monument

Washington Monument 2022

NMED secretary: PFAS drinking water standards are a start, but not a silver bullet for addressing the contamination
By Hannah Grover | May 28, 2023
New Mexico Environment Department Secretary James Kenney compared the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s proposed drinking water standards for PFAS to chapter one in a novel.
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.

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.