by Austin Fisher, Source New Mexico When Jade Waskow attended Albuquerque Public Schools, she took a sexual education course in junior high, but it wasnโt until she was in high school she learned on her own that she is โace,โ or asexual, so sex didnโt really interest her. Her schooling hadnโt even presented her identity […]
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UNM Health wonโt 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 Councilโs (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? […]
UNM Health wonโt 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 Councilโs (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? […]
Is this the year the state’s rent control prohibition ends?
A vocal coalition that includes state lawmakers will once again try to get New Mexicoโs prohibition on rent control repealed at the legislative session that begins Jan. 21 in Santa Fe. The group hopes a longer 60-day session this year will give the effort more legs after it failed to gain traction during last year’s […]
Is this the year the state’s rent control prohibition ends?
A vocal coalition that includes state lawmakers will once again try to get New Mexicoโs prohibition on rent control repealed at the legislative session that begins Jan. 21 in Santa Fe. The group hopes a longer 60-day session this year will give the effort more legs after it failed to gain traction during last year’s […]
City hopes for state support โ in the form of money โ as session approaches
Mayor Tim Keller wants lawmakers to shell out money for a sizable list of city legislative priorities that include public safety, housing and homelessness and the ongoing construction of the Rail Trail development. He announced the requests Wednesday, less than two weeks before state lawmakers meet in Santa Fe for a 60-day session Jan. 21. […]
City hopes for state support โ in the form of money โ as session approaches
Mayor Tim Keller wants lawmakers to shell out money for a sizable list of city legislative priorities that include public safety, housing and homelessness and the ongoing construction of the Rail Trail development. He announced the requests Wednesday, less than two weeks before state lawmakers meet in Santa Fe for a 60-day session Jan. 21. […]
Protect the innocent: the public health promise of Kaydenโs Law
This story is republished from Searchlight NM, a nonprofit news outlet, as a part of our commitment to bringing you the best in independent news coverage that matters to Albuquerque. By Michael Benanav, Searchlight New Mexico Before she became a state senator, Antoinette Sedillo Lopez served as executive director of an Albuquerque-based nonprofit that worked […]
Protect the innocent: the public health promise of Kaydenโs Law
This story is republished from Searchlight NM, a nonprofit news outlet, as a part of our commitment to bringing you the best in independent news coverage that matters to Albuquerque. By Michael Benanav, Searchlight New Mexico Before she became a state senator, Antoinette Sedillo Lopez served as executive director of an Albuquerque-based nonprofit that worked […]
NM Lawmakers hearing presentations on nuclear waste, uranium and oil and gas
By Danielle Prokop State lawmakers are meeting in Hobbs to tour oil and gas fields, hear presentations on uranium refinement, nuclear waste storage and consider future bills on addressing air pollution and wastewater. The Radioactive and Hazardous Materials interim committee will hear four presentations on Friday during a meeting scheduled to start at 9 a.m. […]


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