Journalism and Innovation from The University of New Mexico
By Bella Davis/NM In Depth
Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham’s appointment of a former San Ildefonso Pueblo governor to lead the state’s Indian Affairs Department could be in peril as members of the state’s Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Relatives Task Force, and a Navajo state senator, say they will fight his nomination.
By Trip Jennings/NM In Depth
New Mexicans die of alcohol-related causes at nearly three times the national average and alcohol is involved in more deaths than fentanyl, heroin, and methamphetamines combined.
By Ted Alcorn/NM In Depth
New Mexico Department of Health asked the legislature for $5 million to build an Office of Alcohol Prevention and would expand the staff to 13.
Some experts say the plan isn’t enough to handle the crisis.
In February 2021, as New Mexico lawmakers considered landmark legislation to loosen restrictions on alcohol sales, the state’s alcohol epidemiologist Annaliese Mayette set out to assess the bill.
Did New Mexico lawmakers protect themselves when redrawing political district maps making legislative elections less competitive?
New Mexico’s rate of alcohol related deaths ranks among the worst in the nation. Lawmakers are debating how much the state should tax alcohol.
