1+ hour, 36+ min ago   (654+ words) The New Mexico Department of Justice on Tuesday filed a lawsuit and a request for a temporary restraining order against the state Children, Youth and Families Department following reports the agency dropped a 15-year-old boy off at the U.S.-Mexico border…...

4+ day, 7+ hour ago   (478+ words) More than 18,000 New Mexicans have lost Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits since last year’s passage of a major Republican tax and spending bill overhauling the federal food aid program, according to data released this week by the nonpartisan Center on…...

4+ day, 6+ hour ago   (437+ words) The New Mexico Supreme Court this week struck down a Republican bid to reverse the rules underpinning New Mexico’s growing universal childcare program. The two-page ruling issued Wednesday ends a lawsuit filed by former Republican gubernatorial candidate Duke Rodriguez, who…...

4+ day, 7+ hour ago   (1319+ words) Desiree Velarde has been bouncing between houses since June 19. Sometimes, she drives the nearly 70 miles to her daughters’ apartment complex in Las Vegas. Other times, she stays with friends and checks in on her own apartment in Santa Fe, where…...

4+ day, 7+ hour ago   (1363+ words) New Mexico’s child welfare agency is under fire following reports it took a 15-year-old foster boy to the U.S.-Mexico border, where he was told to cross alone and reunite with his mother. The boy, whose name is not being…...

5+ day, 6+ hour ago   (739+ words) Representatives from 20 pueblos joined New Mexico’s congressional delegates at the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday to repeat a simple message: “Chaco Canyon is not for sale.” State and federal Democratic lawmakers and tribal leaders — whose ancestors built a major city there…...

5+ day, 6+ hour ago   (581+ words) It sounds like a paradox. Despite rising healthcare costs for consumers and insurance companies alike, New Mexico residents aren’t getting any healthier, experts told members of the Legislative Finance Committee on Wednesday. Even insurers are struggling to turn a profit…...

5+ day, 6+ hour ago   (1007+ words) New Mexico’s child welfare department may not be making good use of the money lawmakers have been allocating in recent years to fund pilot programs to help fix the agency’s problems, according to a presentation Wednesday. In 2024, the state Children,…...

6+ day, 7+ hour ago   (811+ words) The stack of lawsuits filed against New Mexico Highlands University keeps getting taller. Paul Grindstaff, Highlands’ former vice president for advancement and university relations who also served as executive director of the NMHU Foundation, has accused the state-owned school in…...

6+ day, 7+ hour ago   (1018+ words) New Mexico will soon have to pass the baton to a new set of leaders to make progress on a landmark child welfare settlement requiring a near-complete overhaul of the state’s foster care system. “We have been completely, 100% focused on…...