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New Mexico rural libraries launch soundproof booths for telehealth
Angela Watkins described the public library as a “second responder.” Like rural libraries throughout New Mexico, Aztec Public Library provides services far beyond books to the town’s 6,000 residents, said Watkins, the library director. It serves as a central access point for reliable internet, free classes and resources ranging from math games to museum passes. “It…
CYFD brings end to office stays, governor announces
Most children were placed in family-based settings or returned home, while some were placed in congregate care settings.
More on measles with Dr. Chad Smelser
A federal inmate held at the Hidalgo County jail has tested positive for measles, the state’s first confirmed case in 2026.
New Mexico health officials: Measles detected in Hidalgo County jail
It’s the state’s first confirmed case of measles in 2026, after a statewide outbreak last year infected 100 people.
‘We heard from patients’: New Mexico lawmakers put spotlight on health care
“We have every expectation that everything we did this session will move the needle … on health care,” said House Speaker Javier Martínez, D-Albuquerque.
Bill to fund New Mexico universal child care moves ahead with cuts
A key finance committee cut down the total amount the state could have taken for child care from $1 billion to $700 million.
Navajo parents at rural school ask: Where is money going?
In Jemez Mountain Schools, Navajo parents say they are kept in the dark about funding for indigenous students.
‘New Mexico was basically the worst,’ Epstein survivors told lawmaker of abuse at Zorro Ranch
Rep. Andrea Romero said she met around eight to 10 survivors when she was in Washington, and at least three had been to New Mexico.
Democrats Decry Meager Medical Care for Detainees in Funding Fight
Fernando Viera Reyes needed a biopsy for possible prostate cancer when the Trump administration sent him to an immigration detention center in California’s Mojave Desert. There, he waited. Reyes, now 51, made repeated requests for the procedure, according to a lawsuit filed in November against the federal government, but months went by even though there was blood…
New Mexico Senate sends hard-fought medical malpractice bill to governor
House Bill 99, a proposal supported by Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham, would limit the amount jurors can award in punitive damages in malpractice cases.
Senator who called for fiscal restraint now champions child care bill
Gallup Democrat George Muñoz says he’s found middle ground with a measure tapping into New Mexico’s $11 billion early child trust fund.
Health
‘An alarm bell’: Los Alamos Visiting Nurse Service shutters amid turmoil for home health care
The closure should serve as a warning for the industry and policymakers, said the leader of a home and hospice care association.
Medically fragile and sleeping in office buildings
Following an executive order ending office stays for foster youth, where will kids with serious health conditions go?
House faces medical malpractice bill with higher caps for big hospitals
The House Judiciary Committee approved House Bill 99 after stripping an amendment that would have left punitive damages uncapped for corporate hospitals.
child & Family Welfare
Lawsuit accuses Los Lunas child treatment center of allowing sex abuse of girls
A former resident of the Sandhill Center alleges she faced repeated sexual assaults over several months in 2008 and 2009.
New Mexico providers struggle to secure state funding for sex assault, DV services
“Survivor safety … requires ongoing investment,” said MaryEllen Garcia, executive director of the New Mexico Coalition Against Domestic Violence.
Experts find CYFD failed to make progress in many Kevin S. remedial goals
Dozens of children faced abuse, neglect and other harm and nine died while in state custody in 2025, the report states.
Government
Wirth cosponsored a bill to add a new judge in Santa Fe. It could benefit his law practice.
SB 35 would ease judges’ caseloads amid spike in medical malpractice and other civil claims
Debbie Jaramillo has no regrets about serving as Santa Fe mayor
More than 25 years later, Santa Fe’s only female mayor believes her predictions about the city’s future were correct.
Santa Fe City Council’s supermajority of women an outlier in New Mexico
Current and former female city councilors say they believe increased representation has led to a more balanced policy conversation.
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