U.S. Rep. Gabe Vasquez this week visited Carlsbad Medical Center and hosted a roundtable with disability service provider CARC, Inc., highlighting what he called the devastating impact of Medicaid cuts […]
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Rep. Vasquez finds overcrowded ICE facility detaining mostly non-criminal immigrants
New Mexico’s largest immigration detention facility is over capacity and holding hundreds of people without criminal records, according to U.S. Rep. Gabe Vasquez. Vasquez found the Otero County Processing Center […]
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New Mexico delegation condemns “Big, Ugly Bill”
By Jesse Jones New Mexico representatives denounced a new federal bill as a “big, ugly abomination” that slashes healthcare, food, and education aid while handing massive tax breaks to billionaires, […]
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Gov. Luján Grisham prepared to call special session to fight Trump bill impacts
President Trump is getting his “big, beautiful bill” and Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham said she is prepared to “fight like hell” to protect New Mexico from its impact. Lujan Grisham […]
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All of New Mexico’s downwinders could be compensated under Senate’s ‘big, beautiful bill’
by Kyle Dunphey, Utah News Dispatch, Source New Mexico The federal government’s program that gives payments to people sickened by nuclear weapons testing is one step closer to being reauthorized […]
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New Mexico Senators condemn Trump tax and spending bill after Senate passage
Following the narrow passage of President Donald Trump’s tax and spending bill in the Senate, New Mexico’s Democratic Senators, Ben Ray Luján and Martin Heinrich, have issued strong condemnations, warning […]
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US Education Secretary defends resumption of student loan collections in NM speech
By Patrick Lohmann / Source NM Speaking at the Western Governors’ Association meeting in Santa Fe on Monday, United States Education Secretary Linda McMahon defended her agency’s return to collecting […]
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Luján, Heinrich, Leger Fernández urge Trump Administration to fully implement broadband
A bipartisan group of over 40 members of Congress, led by U.S. Senators Ben Ray Luján (D-N.M.) and Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), and Representative Terese Leger Fernández (D-N.M.), have called on […]
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State financial leaders slam GOP budget as ‘Big Bogus Mistake’
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Thousands march in Downtown Albuquerque to protest ICE, Trump immigration policies
A wave of chants, music and calls for justice surged through Downtown Albuquerque on Friday as approximately 2,000 people gathered to protest federal immigration policies and call for the abolition […]