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New Mexico’s PFAS claim against Air Force base advances as federal bellwether case
The NM Political Report - New Mexico
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July 2, 2025
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...
Child care is economic infrastructure in New Mexico | Opinion
Las Cruses Sun News - New Mexico
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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,...
Why a quantum economy is New Mexico's next frontier | Opinion
Las Cruses Sun News - New Mexico
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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...
Legislative analysts say New Mexico’s health care worker shortage could get worse
KUNM - New Mexico
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July 2, 2025
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...
Study: A look inside New Mexico's prison population
The University of New Mexico
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July 2, 2025
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...
Decades of Research Show Healthy Lifestyle Surpasses Metformin in Preventing Type 2 Diabetes
Bioengineer.org
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July 3, 2025
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...
New study examines demographics within New Mexico's prison system
ABQ Times - New Mexico
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July 2, 2025
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
Tri City Record - New Mexico
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July 2, 2025
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...
WA leading states suing Trump admin over K-12 mental health cuts
The Gazette - Colorado
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(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...
Albuquerque authorizes $227M bond for Sawmill District development
ABQ Times - New Mexico
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July 1, 2025
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
Los Alamos Daily Post - New Mexico
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July 2, 2025
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...
Colorado AG files lawsuit against U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services
CBS 4 - Colorado
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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
Silver City Daily Press - New Mexico
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July 2, 2025
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
California Globe
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July 2, 2025
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
WCVB Channel 5 Boston - Massachusetts
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July 2, 2025
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
Newsweek
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July 2, 2025
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...
Michigan attorney general joins lawsuit against Trump for sharing health data with ICE
WZZM 13 - Michigan
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July 2, 2025
Michigan's AG joins 20 states in suing Trump for sharing Medicaid data with ICE, claiming the administration is breaching privacy laws. LANSING, Michigan — Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel announced Wednesday she's joined a 20-state coalition...
N.M. joins lawsuit over mental health funding for students
Tri City Record - New Mexico
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July 2, 2025
New Mexico Attorney General Raúl Torrez, at podium, is pictured in January. Patrick Lohmann/Source NM, File × Suit comes as Trump administration puts on hold $6.8 billion for K-12 schools The New Mexico Department of Justice announced on Tuesday...
TUES: New Mexico Senators condemn Trump tax and spending bill after Senate passage, + More
KUNM - New Mexico
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July 1, 2025
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...
Blue States Try To Keep Illegals' Medicaid Data Hidden From Trump Admin
The Daily Caller
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A coalition of mostly Democrat-run states is suing the Trump administration for sharing Medicaid data with federal immigration officials. Health and Human Services (HHS) violated federal privacy laws when it handed over Medicaid data on millions...