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Rapidly approaching New World screwworm likely to strain New Mexico cattle industry
“It’s going to be very difficult at this point to keep it out of the United States,” said Dr. Samantha Holeck, state veterinarian with the New Mexico Livestock Board.
Yazzie/Martinez plaintiffs want more say in New Mexico’s efforts to fix K-12 education
The plaintiffs are asking for roughly $200,000 to pay to bring in experts to weigh in and to meet with the community.
Some lawmakers, child advocates take different views on CYFD oversight
Lawmakers have argued that amid ongoing failures by CYFD to protect children, it should be taken from the governor’s control.
Texas is giving data centers more than $1 billion in tax breaks each year
The tax break is one of the state’s costliest incentive programs and soon to be the most expensive of its kind in the nation.
Is New Mexico poised for nuclear power boom — or will residents push back?
A three-day conference, organized by the Clean Energy Association of New Mexico, is the latest indication of a renewed interest in nuclear power.
Q&A: Will the Oppenheimer legacy help rebuild trust in nuclear energy?
Charles Oppenheimer talks about engaging a younger pro‑nuclear generation and the benefits of aligning policy and capital around fission.
Amid uranium’s rise, drilling proposal in Chama watershed causes alarm
Demand for weapons and nuclear power has mining companies looking to New Mexico. Legacy waste may be an obstacle.
Attorneys: Genesis bankruptcy could mean ‘pennies on the dollar’ for plaintiffs
The reorganization is the latest in a string of challenges for Genesis HealthCare and its approximately two dozen facilities in New Mexico.
CYFD offices by day, shelters by night
With overnight office stays now prohibited, advocates say foster youth spend all day in CYFD offices and leave each night to sleep on couches at youth homeless shelters
New Mexico sees drops in syphilis, other sexually transmitted infections
The decreases come after years of ramped-up screening, awareness campaigns and ensuring prompt reporting of positive tests.
Secret CYFD settlements, a rising trend, hit nearly $16M in fiscal year 2026
A lawsuit against New Mexico’s child welfare agency was recently settled for a staggering — but sealed — $10 million, according to a report.
Health
Lawmakers spent big to give New Mexico health care system shot in the arm
Legislators directed hundreds of millions to a new medical school facility, expansion of rural residencies and faculty raises.
Española students, others working on glove to treat Parkinson’s disease
Project leaders hope others can replicate the high-tech wearable glove, which was developed using open-source software.
‘Too soon to tell’ how delays in federal family planning grants might affect New Mexico
The latest round of federal family planning funding — which was slated to go into effect Wednesday — is stuck in bureaucratic limbo.
child & Family Welfare
Youth homeless shelters shoulder burden for CYFD’s highest-needs kids
Following an executive order ending office stays for foster youth and an Attorney General investigation finding that the state is “warehousing” kids in group settings, the state is continuing to rely on shelters to house children.
Gubernatorial candidates weigh in on CYFD reforms
Multiple candidates called for CYFD to be restructured, proposing to split the agency or relinquish control of it.
AG report: CYFD fails to investigate abuse in congregate care facilities
A report issued Wednesday by the New Mexico Department of Justice outlines a litany of failures by the New Mexico Children, Youth and Families Department to protect children in foster care.
Government
Following season of low snowpack, experts say Middle Rio Grande is in trouble
Farmers have been told to expect longer wait times between irrigation deliveries and were encouraged to “take water when it is available.”
New Mexico AG sues CYFD over ‘shroud of secrecy,’ refusal to disclose records
The state Department of Justice alleges CYFD wields state law in retaliating against critical foster parents and skirting accountability.
‘Systematic moral failing’: Justice Department issues scathing report on CYFD
New Mexico’s child welfare agency is more interested in hiding its failures than protecting children, the state Justice Department wrote.
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