In Albuquerque, the eviction moratorium did little to stop landlords from trying to force hundreds of people from their homes.
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Blalock steps down
CYFD Cabinet secretary Brian Blalock replaced by former New Mexico Supreme Court Justice amid growing transparency concerns
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Locked out
A Searchlight investigation finds that in spite of federal and state stays, evictions continued in the state.
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Questions of fairness
CYFD employees say they were sidelined or fired for voicing concerns about a ‘sacred cow’ software contract.
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Powerful ties
New Mexico attorney general accused of violating state ethics laws in negotiating utility merger
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Firing Back
High-level officials accuse the CYFD of retaliation against complaints about Signal and other concerns.
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Records without a trace
Records show CYFD destroyed communications on COVID response, other official documents. Employees who complained were fired.
Posted inSecrecy and Sacred Cows: Turmoil at CYFD
Agency underground
In the state department charged with child welfare, leadership and staff avoid a paper trail with encrypted messaging.
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Hygiene theater: More harm than good?
Efforts to fight coronavirus could instead increase vulnerability
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A Black life ends in a New Mexico police shooting
A state police officer shot and killed Rodney Applewhite on a barren road south of Albuquerque. A week later, his shattered family still has no information about why, and how, his life ended.
