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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 inAlbuquerque, Bernalillo County, Housing & Homelessness, Local Gov., NM 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 inAlbuquerque, Bernalillo County, Housing & Homelessness, Local Gov., NM 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?  […]

City hopes for state support — in the form of money — 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 — in the form of money — 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.  […]

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Protect the innocent: the public health promise of Kayden’s 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 […]

Posted inNew Mexico Statewide News, NM State Gov., Syndicated

Protect the innocent: the public health promise of Kayden’s 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 […]

Posted inNew Mexico Statewide News, NM State Gov., Syndicated

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. […]