A federal program covers funeral costs for COVID-19 victims, but few New Mexicans are applying
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Ike Swetlitz
Ike Swetlitz has traveled the world to hold policymakers, businesses, and scientists accountable. At Searchlight, he is focusing on criminal justice. He most recently reported for STAT, the national health and medical science publication, in both Boston and Washington, D.C., where he focused on drug pricing, artificial intelligence, and genetic engineering. He graduated from Yale with a degree in physics and is based in Albuquerque.
Helped out
New Mexico landlords tried to evict nearly 200 households whose rental assistance applications were pending
Stay or go?
As the pandemic remains unpredictable, travel nurses are trading long-term stability for much higher pay while staff nurses wonder: Why aren’t we worth more?
Eviction Epidemic
Searchlight analyzed 10 years of court records to find out which landlords evicted tenants. Here are the results.
Sectioned off
With rent prices skyrocketing, more and more Albuquerque landlords have been refusing Section 8 tenants.
Illegal notice
In Albuquerque, the eviction moratorium did little to stop landlords from trying to force hundreds of people from their homes.
A lucrative vein
Patients, doctors and former employees claim Modern Vascular, the national arterial disease treatment chain, pushes unnecessary treatments and patients suffer.
Viva Las Vegas
COVID-19 has kept local youths from leaving home. They’re taking the opportunity to make their town better.
Busy signal
New Mexico’s unemployment office is struggling to answer millions of calls for help.
Missing Income
New Mexico bungled payday for hundreds of Medicaid caregivers.