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NM overhauls high school graduation requirements
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NM overhauls high school graduation requirements

Estimated read time 3 min read
February 9, 2024March 5, 2024
Brody Foster

Students entering high school next year won't have to take Algebra II after lawmakers loosened requirements.

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Audio: Lawmakers consider ideas for improving education in indigenous communities
Posted in Political New Mexico Raising New Mexico State Reporting Project Top story

Audio: Lawmakers consider ideas for improving education in indigenous communities

Estimated read time 1 min read
February 9, 2024
Barbara Ramirez

Barbara Ramirez reviews education initiatives in interviews with Regis Pecos, a prominent Native American advocate.

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Changes to Red Flag law advance
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Changes to Red Flag law advance

Estimated read time 2 min read
February 9, 2024
Gavin Moughan

State lawmakers have advanced a bill that would make it easier to take guns away from people deemed a threat…

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Bid to raise gun buying age heads to House floor
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Bid to raise gun buying age heads to House floor

Estimated read time 3 min read
February 9, 2024February 9, 2024
Jack Boggs

Those under age 21 wouldn't be allowed to buy some semi-automatic guns or high-capacity magazines.

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Oil & Gas Act update losing steam
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Oil & Gas Act update losing steam

Estimated read time 4 min read
February 9, 2024February 9, 2024
Brody Foster

With less than a week left in the 30-day session, a trimmed-down effort to reform the state's 1935 law has…

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Interview: Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham
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Interview: Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham

Estimated read time 1 min read
February 3, 2024February 3, 2024
Elizabeth Secor

News Port adviser Gwyneth Doland interviewed Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham this week for NMPBS.

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Lawmakers want more money for electric school buses
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Lawmakers want more money for electric school buses

Estimated read time 3 min read
January 29, 2024January 29, 2024
Mariah Baca

A proposal is set to be seen in this legislative session that aims to provide funding to introduce more electric…

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Panhandling ban draws support from GOP; civil liberties groups disagree
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Panhandling ban draws support from GOP; civil liberties groups disagree

Estimated read time 3 min read
January 29, 2024January 29, 2024
S_McMillon

Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham's panhandling bill hasn't been introduced and is already the subject of debate. 

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Bids for Legislative Pay, Longer Sessions Advance
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Bids for Legislative Pay, Longer Sessions Advance

Estimated read time 3 min read
January 28, 2024
Sara Atencio-Gonzales

Two proposals that advanced this past week look to modernize the New Mexico Legislature. Sara Atencio-Gonzales reports.

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