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What Trump’s Big Beautiful Bill could mean for immigrants in New Mexico
The Senate passed President Donald Trump’s One Big Beautiful Bill when Vice President JD Vance broke the tie vote Tuesday. The controversial legislation calls for major changes in health care, taxes, and immigration. Fabiola Landeros is a human...

Why a quantum economy is New Mexico's next frontier | Opinion
Sen. Michael Padilla New Mexico has always stood at the forefront of scientific and technological progress. From its central role in the Manhattan Project to leadership in aerospace, energy, and national security, the state has a proud legacy of...
Child care is economic infrastructure in New Mexico | Opinion
Rep. Doreen Gallegos, Lupe Nevarez, Ray Jaramillo In New Mexico, childcare is not a luxury—it is essential economic infrastructure. Across our state—especially in Albuquerque and Las Cruces—families rely on early learning centers to work,...

New Mexico’s PFAS claim against Air Force base advances as federal bellwether case
A federal judge last week opened the door to New Mexico’s pursuit of its ongoing civil case against Cannon Air Force Base for environmental and public health damage near Clovis. The judge’s statements pave the way for New Mexico’s July 2024...

Legislative analysts say New Mexico’s health care worker shortage could get worse
New Mexico has been facing a shortage of thousands of health care workers for years, and during a presentation to lawmakers last week, the Legislative Finance Committee said it will be even worse five years from now. LFC Analyst Harry Rommel said...

Fil-Am official sues Trump administration for sharing health data with ICE
California Attorney General Rob Bonta | FILE PHOTOS LOS ANGELES – Twenty states, led by California Attorney General Rob Bonta, have sued the Trump administration for sharing data about Medicaid recipients with Immigration and Customs Enforcement...

Decades of Research Show Healthy Lifestyle Surpasses Metformin in Preventing Type 2 Diabetes
In the realm of chronic disease prevention, few findings have had as profound and lasting an impact as those from the U.S. Diabetes Prevention Program (DPP), a landmark randomized clinical trial initiated in the late 1990s. This pioneering...

Study: A look inside New Mexico's prison population
Did you know 90% of New Mexico’s prison population is male? Or that most people incarcerated are between the ages of 20-49 years old? Did you know more than 75% of people on new admissions are convicted of a violent crime? That’s according to The...

New study examines demographics within New Mexico's prison system
Garnett S. Stokes, President - The University of New Mexico Board of Regents | University of New MexicoGarnett S. Stokes, President - The University of New Mexico Board of Regents | University of New Mexico The New Mexico Sentencing Commission...
Constitutional pollution case appealed to New Mexico Supreme Court
Staff of Pueblo Action Alliance pose at their Albuquerque office on Tuesday, July 1, 2025. Pueblo Action Alliance is one of fifteen plaintiffs appealing a civil lawsuit to the New Mexico Supreme Court alleging the state government failed to...
Albuquerque authorizes $227M bond for Sawmill District development
The City of Albuquerque has announced the authorization for the issuance and sale of taxable industrial revenue bonds amounting to $227.5 million. The bonds will fund the Sawmill Bellamah Properties Project, which consists of three interrelated...
Health Department, Navajo Nation Sign Historic Agreement
NMDOH News: WINDOW ROCK, AZ – The Navajo Nation and the New Mexico Department of Health signed a Memorandum of Agreement to strengthen data sharing and public health coordination between the two entities. Among other measures, the agreement allows...

WA leading states suing Trump admin over K-12 mental health cuts
(The Center Square) – Washington Attorney General Nick Brown and 15 other state attorneys general have filed a lawsuit against the U.S. Department of Education, alleging it cut funding for K-12 mental health programs established by Congress. In...

Colorado AG files lawsuit against U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services
Colorado is now part of a group of 20 states suing the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Colorado Attorney General Phil Weiser says the lawsuit was filed after Medicaid data was sent to Immigration and Customs Enforcement. The lawsuit...
Silver, state sue to restore mental health grant
By JUNO OGLE Daily Press Staff The Silver Consolidated Schools Board of Education and 16 state attorneys general, including New Mexico’s, have filed federal lawsuits seeking to reinstate the remainder of a federal mental health grant cut by the...
Calif AG Bonta Sues HHS, DHS for Handing Over Illegal Immigrants’ Medicaid Info to ICE
Attorney General Rob Bonta announced on Tuesday that California, along with 19 other states, filed a lawsuit challenging the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ (HHS) decision to provide access to individual personal health data to the...

Campbell sues Trump admin. for sharing health data with ICE
Massachusetts Attorney General Andrea Campbell is suing to stop the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services from giving federal immigration officials access to personal health data.Campbell and 19 other state attorneys general allege the...

Map Shows Worst US States for Lung Health
Due to a combination of smoking rates, regional climates and air pollution, the health of Americans' lungs varies immensely from state to state, according to a new report. A new study by Opera Beds, a specialist in clinically oriented mattresses...

TUES: New Mexico Senators condemn Trump tax and spending bill after Senate passage, + More
New Mexico Senators condemn Trump tax and spending bill after Senate passage - by Kevin Hendricks, NM.news Following the narrow passage of President Donald Trump’s tax and spending bill in the Senate, New Mexico’s Democratic Senators, Ben Ray...

New Mexico man pleads guilty to murdering Gardner woman
A New Mexico man pleaded guilty in Johnson County District Court to murdering a Gardner woman at a hotel in 2023. On Wednesday, Franklin Bluelake, 59, of Albuquerque, New Mexico, pleaded guilty to second-degree intentional murder in the death of...