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Heinrich calls on DOE to uphold commitments, provide funds for projects

<img width="1024" height="693" src="https://eastmountains.nm.news/wp-content/uploads/sites/6/2025/04/MCP_MUSEUM_OF_-NUCLEAR_-SCIENCE_5-1024×693-1.jpg" class="attachment-rss-image-size size-rss-image-size wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" srcset="https://eastmountains.nm.news/wp-content/uploads/sites/6/2025/04/MCP_MUSEUM_OF_-NUCLEAR_-SCIENCE_5-1024×693-1.jpg 1024w, https://nmpoliticalreport.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/MCP_MUSEUM_OF_-NUCLEAR_-SCIENCE_5-300×203.jpg 300w, https://nmpoliticalreport.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/MCP_MUSEUM_OF_-NUCLEAR_-SCIENCE_5-768×520.jpg 768w, https://nmpoliticalreport.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/MCP_MUSEUM_OF_-NUCLEAR_-SCIENCE_5-1200×812.jpg 1200w, https://nmpoliticalreport.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/MCP_MUSEUM_OF_-NUCLEAR_-SCIENCE_5-400×271.jpg 400w, https://nmpoliticalreport.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/MCP_MUSEUM_OF_-NUCLEAR_-SCIENCE_5.jpg 1477w" sizes="(max-width: 34.9rem) calc(100vw – 2rem), (max-width: 53rem) calc(8 * (100vw / 12)), (min-width: 53rem) calc(6 * (100vw / 12)), 100vw" data-attachment-id="1660471" data-permalink="https://nmpoliticalreport.com/2025/02/25/u-s-energy-secretary-compares-current-ai-development-to-the-manhattan-project/mcp_museum_of_-nuclear_-science_5/" data-orig-file="https://nmpoliticalreport.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/MCP_MUSEUM_OF_-NUCLEAR_-SCIENCE_5.jpg" data-orig-size="1477,1000" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"1.8","credit":"","camera":"NIKON D750","caption":"","created_timestamp":"1740426991","copyright":"","focal_length":"35","iso":"200","shutter_speed":"0.016666666666667","title":"","orientation":"0"}" data-image-title="MCP_MUSEUM_OF_ NUCLEAR_ SCIENCE_5" data-image-description="" data-image-caption=" U.S. […]

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Measles cases tick up, vaccinations outpace same time period last year

<img width="1024" height="683" src="https://eastmountains.nm.news/wp-content/uploads/sites/6/2025/04/shutterstock_1766547584-scaled-1-1024×683-1.jpg" class="attachment-rss-image-size size-rss-image-size wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" srcset="https://eastmountains.nm.news/wp-content/uploads/sites/6/2025/04/shutterstock_1766547584-scaled-1-1024×683-1.jpg 1024w, https://nmpoliticalreport.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/shutterstock_1766547584-scaled-1-300×200.jpg 300w, https://nmpoliticalreport.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/shutterstock_1766547584-scaled-1-768×512.jpg 768w, https://nmpoliticalreport.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/shutterstock_1766547584-scaled-1-1536×1024.jpg 1536w, https://nmpoliticalreport.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/shutterstock_1766547584-scaled-1-2048×1366.jpg 2048w, https://nmpoliticalreport.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/shutterstock_1766547584-scaled-1-1200×800.jpg 1200w, https://nmpoliticalreport.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/shutterstock_1766547584-scaled-1-1568×1046.jpg 1568w, https://nmpoliticalreport.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/shutterstock_1766547584-scaled-1-2000×1334.jpg 2000w, https://nmpoliticalreport.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/shutterstock_1766547584-scaled-1-400×267.jpg 400w" sizes="(max-width: 34.9rem) calc(100vw – 2rem), (max-width: 53rem) calc(8 * (100vw / 12)), (min-width: 53rem) calc(6 * (100vw / 12)), 100vw" data-attachment-id="1657417" data-permalink="https://nmpoliticalreport.com/shutterstock_1766547584/" data-orig-file="https://nmpoliticalreport.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/shutterstock_1766547584-scaled-1.jpg" data-orig-size="2560,1707" data-comments-opened="0" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"1"}" data-image-title="shutterstock_1766547584" data-image-description=" […]

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Here’s how PNM decides when to shut off power during high winds

By Hannah Grover The Public Service Company of New Mexico is monitoring weather closely as it determines whether to shutoff electricity to prevent wildfires. Omni Warner, vice president of PNM’s operations and engineering, said Tuesday was the fourth severe weather incident that led PNM to send out notice that a public safety power shutoff could […]

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NM AG sues feds over healthcare grant cancellations

By Matthew Reichbach Attorney General Raúl Torrez announced that he joined a coalition of two dozen attorneys general in suing the federal government over terminating federal health grants.  The lawsuit targets the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and Secretary of Health Robert F. Kennedy Jr. over $11 billion in public health grants. New […]

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Federal cuts strip $60M from NMDOH, but officials say it won’t affect daily operations

By Daniel Montaño, KUNM The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services announced Thursday 20,000 job cuts, about a quarter of its workforce, and the withdrawal of $12 billion in grants. It’s all part of efforts by Elon Musk’s DOGE group and the Trump Administration to slash federal spending. That’s left state departments of health, and both […]

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New Mexico legally protects the trans community — but fear persists

<img width="1024" height="683" src="https://eastmountains.nm.news/wp-content/uploads/sites/6/2025/03/Kylie-Pucella-1536×1024-1-1024×683-1.jpg" class="attachment-rss-image-size size-rss-image-size wp-post-image" alt="UNM senior Kylie Pucella says the uptick in anti-trans laws has made her worried about her own care." decoding="async" srcset="https://eastmountains.nm.news/wp-content/uploads/sites/6/2025/03/Kylie-Pucella-1536×1024-1-1024×683-1.jpg 1024w, https://nmpoliticalreport.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Kylie-Pucella-1536×1024-1-300×200.jpg 300w, https://nmpoliticalreport.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Kylie-Pucella-1536×1024-1-768×512.jpg 768w, https://nmpoliticalreport.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Kylie-Pucella-1536×1024-1-1200×800.jpg 1200w, https://nmpoliticalreport.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Kylie-Pucella-1536×1024-1-400×267.jpg 400w, https://nmpoliticalreport.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Kylie-Pucella-1536×1024-1.jpg 1536w" sizes="(max-width: 34.9rem) calc(100vw – 2rem), (max-width: 53rem) calc(8 * (100vw / 12)), (min-width: 53rem) calc(6 * (100vw […]

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Organizers say Las Cruces reproductive health center expected to open in late summer 2026

By Leah Romero, Source New Mexico Las Cruces could see New Mexico’s state-funded reproductive health clinic open its doors on the east side of town by late summer or fall 2026, according to project organizers. Christopher Ramirez, spokesperson for the University of New Mexico Health Sciences Center, told Source NM that organizers are in the […]

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Luján slams Trump administration over HHS cuts

<img width="1014" height="1024" src="https://eastmountains.nm.news/wp-content/uploads/sites/6/2025/03/Lujan_Headshot-1014×1024-1.jpg" class="attachment-rss-image-size size-rss-image-size wp-post-image" alt="U.S. Sen. Ben Ray Lujan" decoding="async" srcset="https://eastmountains.nm.news/wp-content/uploads/sites/6/2025/03/Lujan_Headshot-1014×1024-1.jpg 1014w, https://nmpoliticalreport.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/Lujan_Headshot-297×300.jpg 297w, https://nmpoliticalreport.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/Lujan_Headshot-150×150.jpg?crop=1 150w, https://nmpoliticalreport.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/Lujan_Headshot-768×776.jpg 768w, https://nmpoliticalreport.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/Lujan_Headshot-400×404.jpg 400w, https://nmpoliticalreport.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/Lujan_Headshot.jpg 1024w" sizes="(max-width: 34.9rem) calc(100vw – 2rem), (max-width: 53rem) calc(8 * (100vw / 12)), (min-width: 53rem) calc(6 * (100vw / 12)), 100vw" data-attachment-id="1657477" data-permalink="https://nmpoliticalreport.com/lujan_headshot/" data-orig-file="https://nmpoliticalreport.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/Lujan_Headshot.jpg" data-orig-size="1024,1034" data-comments-opened="0" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"0"}" data-image-title="Lujan_Headshot" data-image-description="" data-image-caption=" Ben […]

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