WED: Internal FEMA smoke map shows large area where northern …
Sep 25, 2024 · Internal FEMA smoke map shows large area where northern NM residents need little to prove losses - Patrick Lohmann, Source New Mexico . Northern New Mexico residents within a roughly 2,200-square-mile area don’t need much — a signed declaration form — to get compensation for smoke and ash damage from the state’s biggest wildfire, according to a Source New Mexico analysis of a ...
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New Mexico Attorney General Raúl Torrez is taking outgoing Western New Mexico University President Joseph Shepard and all five members of the Board of Regents to court over a $1.9 million buyout payment they awarded to Shepard, who state investigators say has routinely engaged in “wasteful” and “improper” spending of taxpayer dollars.
Heavy snowfall leaves tens of thousands without power across …
Nov 7, 2024 · An early and severe winter storm continues to dump snow across Albuquerque, Santa Fe and much of the north of the state. At some points tens of thousands of people were left without power and schools and some public buildings closed.
THURS: NM Legislature to be majority women for the first time,
Nov 7, 2024 · After this week's election, for the first time ever, New Mexico's Legislature will be made up of a majority of women. The Albuquerque Journal reports that, based on unofficial election results, women will hold 60 of the 112 seats in the Legislature come January.
Advocates call for new task force for missing and murdered …
Oct 25, 2024 · A new task force to address the crisis of missing and murdered Indigenous people held its first meeting today in Albuquerque. Attorney General Raúl Torrez convened the group in the wake of complaints by advocates after the governor dissolved a previous task force.. The effort is the latest in a series of somewhat similar groups created to study and combat the high numbers of people in Native ...
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Tens of thousands have become permanent absentee voters in …
Oct 8, 2024 · Voting in the 2024 general election has begun in New Mexico, where early in-person voting is underway and absentee ballots are being sent out to those who requested them. For the first time, thousands of voters will find a ballot in their mailbox even though they did not submit a new application for this election.
New Mexico reports progress on clearing Medicaid and SNAP …
Oct 1, 2024 · Lawmakers heard an update on New Mexico’s social safety net programs during a committee hearing recently and the presenters had plenty of good news about clearing long waiting lists. With the end of pandemic-era support programs came a long and complicated unwinding process, which is something Kyra Ochoa, deputy secretary with the New Mexico Health Care Authority (HCA), said took a toll to ...
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