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Who owns… heat?
What if you could pull power from the ground below us? That’s all New Mexico does, Merritt. First coal, now oil and gas. Been at it for over a century […]
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The SNAP changes won’t be pretty. Because we’re not good at SNAP.
The headlines coming out of the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act – or the One Big Beautiful Bill Act – or whatever you want to call it – have been centered […]
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Hope for the new school year
Submitted by Trey Smith, Executive Director of East Mountain As I prepare to send my own son off to his first day of Kindergarten in just a few days, I […]
Posted inNew Mexico, Opinion
Investing with purpose: Building New Mexico’s future
Submitted by Senator Pete Campos, D-Las Vegas New Mexico’s capital outlay efforts have fueled remarkable progress on projects throughout the state. We have replaced aging infrastructure and built new roads, […]
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Medicare 101
Submitted by Brenda Murray, a senior health advocate from Edgewood Medicare was introduced in 1965, but despite its long history still seems intimidating to many. If you find Medicare confusing, […]
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Medicaid Explainer: Does Anyone Really Know How this Important Program Operates?
Commentary & AnalysisDede Feldman served as a state senator from Albuquerque’s North Valley under three governors. During her 16 years in the Senate she served as Chair of the Medicaid […]
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It’s time to support New Mexico’s public broadcasting stations
On July 16, the Senate voted to claw back funding for soft power initiatives – that is, foreign aid – and for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting. This is important […]
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What’s on tap next fiscal year?
We’ve gotten through the One Big Beautiful Bill, which is essentially a spending bill on top of tax and budget policy. This law raises the debt ceiling by $5 trillion, […]
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Don’t gamble with Medicaid: Rural New Mexico can’t afford newly passed funding cuts
By Alanna Dancis, Chief Medical Officer, New Mexico Medicaid H.R. 1 — the federal reconciliation bill that has garnered major attention over recent weeks — was just passed into law. […]