Posted inNew Mexico State Gov., New Mexico Statewide News, Westside Albuquerque

NM GOP and Democrats say state needs to fix home insurance, as disasters upend private market

By Patrick Lohmann, Source New Mexico As home insurance grows increasingly expensive and unavailable in some fire-prone areas of New Mexico, both Republican and Democratic lawmakers agree the market can’t provide adequate coverage to protect homes here against future disasters.  Lawmakers in both parties told Source New Mexico they are exploring different ways during the […]

Posted inNew Mexico State Gov., New Mexico Statewide News, Westside Albuquerque

NM GOP and Democrats say state needs to fix home insurance, as disasters upend private market

By Patrick Lohmann, Source New Mexico As home insurance grows increasingly expensive and unavailable in some fire-prone areas of New Mexico, both Republican and Democratic lawmakers agree the market can’t provide adequate coverage to protect homes here against future disasters.  Lawmakers in both parties told Source New Mexico they are exploring different ways during the […]

Posted inNew Mexico State Gov., New Mexico Statewide News, Westside Albuquerque

Advocates will back legislation to expand NM sex ed curriculum

by Austin Fisher, Source New Mexico When Jade Waskow attended Albuquerque Public Schools, she took a sexual education course in junior high, but it wasn’t until she was in high school she learned on her own that she is “ace,” or asexual, so sex didn’t really interest her. Her schooling hadn’t even presented her identity […]

Posted inNew Mexico State Gov., New Mexico Statewide News, Westside Albuquerque

Advocates will back legislation to expand NM sex ed curriculum

by Austin Fisher, Source New Mexico When Jade Waskow attended Albuquerque Public Schools, she took a sexual education course in junior high, but it wasn’t until she was in high school she learned on her own that she is “ace,” or asexual, so sex didn’t really interest her. Her schooling hadn’t even presented her identity […]

Posted inCongress & Federal Gov., Housing & Homelessness, Local Government, New Mexico State Gov.

UNM Health won’t endorse behavioral health Medicaid waiver plan

A proposal to stabilize scores of New Mexicans at risk of institutionalization or jail due to severe mental health issues has bounced around the Homeless Coordinating Council’s (HCC) agenda for months: Should the group vote on whether to endorse what is now proposed state legislation before University of New Mexico Health System representatives weigh in?  […]

Posted inCongress & Federal Gov., Housing & Homelessness, Local Government, New Mexico State Gov.

UNM Health won’t endorse behavioral health Medicaid waiver plan

A proposal to stabilize scores of New Mexicans at risk of institutionalization or jail due to severe mental health issues has bounced around the Homeless Coordinating Council’s (HCC) agenda for months: Should the group vote on whether to endorse what is now proposed state legislation before University of New Mexico Health System representatives weigh in?  […]