Remembering the largest radioactive spill in U.S. history
WEBJul 7, 2014 — But the largest spill of radioactive material in the United States happened three and half months after Three Mile Island and several thousands of miles west of Pennsylvania. July 16 will mark the 35th anniversary of the day in 1979 when a dam on the Navajo Nation near Church Rock, N.M., broke at an …
Boarding school history underpins Yazzie Martinez findings on …
WEBAug 19, 2021 — They’re supported by the 2018 Yazzie/Martinez v. State of New Mexico court ruling that referenced the Indian boarding school system as an underlying factor in poor educational outcomes among Native students. In 2018, then-chairman of the All Pueblo Council of Governors, Edward Paul Torres, bluntly described the importance of …
Funding the Future: An early education trust fund
WEBThe Legislative Finance Committee on Dec. 9 got an updated forecast of expected revenue for 2020, with the state expecting a $797 million surplus. That’s down from $907 million in “new money” forecast in August, but still a large chunk of money to divvy out for things like education, infrastructure and state agencies. How it would work.
Democratic lawmaker defends campaign spending - New Mexico …
WEBIn the ethics complaint, Damon Ely, a former Democratic state representative and Albuquerque attorney, alleged Castellano spent thousands of his campaign funds on personal expenses going back to 2020. “Representative Castellano reports having reimbursed himself for $6,233.75 in gas around the state and in Texas.
Lawmakers protected themselves when redistricting, report finds
WEBSep 29, 2022 — New Mexico lawmakers protected themselves and their colleagues when they redrew political district maps crafted by a 2021 nonpartisan advisory commission, shielding incumbents of both parties from competition and making legislative elections less competitive, according to a new 59-page report co-authored by University of New Mexico political science professor Gabriel Sanchez. The study ...
Fungi in the wind: dust storms may heighten the risk of Valley …
WEBIn mid-March, dust storms hit southern New Mexico and the U.S.-Mexico border region. Fallow fields, construction sites, and dry patches of desert threw their sands into the wind, reducing highway visibility and causing people’s eyes to water and throats to constrict.
A timeline of NM’s shakeup of behavioral health providers
WEBSep 13, 2013 — Here’s the timeline from that point forward: • June 24 – An audit paid for by the New Mexico Human Services Department and conducted by Public Consulting Group (PCG) finds that nearly $33.8 million in Medicaid overpayments were made to 15 behavioral health providers in the state. • June 24 – New Mexico Human Services Department ...
Lawmakers and public health officials call for state task force on ...
WEBAug 26, 2022 — On NMPBS’s public affairs program, New Mexico In Focus, House Rep. Joanne Ferrary, D-Las Cruces, made the case for a task force on alcohol during a conversation with Alcorn and others. New Mexico In Focus host Gene Grant asked Ferrary about a recent case where a drunk driver plowed through a …
Indigenous Affairs – New Mexico In Depth
WEBAttorney General Raúl Torrez will have $200,000 at his disposal to create a new task force focused on the disproportionate rates at which Indigenous people experience violence and go missing. Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham kept the funding allocated by lawmakers in the $10.2 billion state budget she approved today.
Gov. Lujan Grisham will greenlight fixes to gutted anti-corruption law
WEBJan 12, 2024 — The New Mexico Supreme Court in September 2022 removed the ability for prosecutors to criminally charge public officials for a range of ethics violations. Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham’s office confirmed via email Friday afternoon that she will empower state lawmakers to consider returning that power to prosecutors in the legislative session that starts Tuesday.