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Category: Raising New Mexico

Gun bills move slowly

High-capacity magazines. Source: Wikimedia.

Although state lawmakers have introduced several proposals that would limit high-capacity gun magazines, none is moving quickly with only three weeks left in the session.

Published February 26, 2023
Categorized as Political New Mexico, Raising New Mexico Tagged 2023 Legislative Session, Gun control, Gun rights

Affirmative consent bill advances

A bill aimed at preventing sexual assault and misconduct has cleared the state House.

Published February 19, 2023
Categorized as Political New Mexico, Raising New Mexico Tagged Sex-ed, sexual assault, Sexual Harassment

Making up for lost time

State lawmakers are considering adding up to 150 hours of instructional time to the school year.

Published February 18, 2023
Categorized as Political New Mexico, Raising New Mexico Tagged 2023 Legislative Session, Education Reform

Gaming addiction strikes hard

Joshua Lopez's assortment of video gaming accessories. Photo by Andres Torres

Video games release dopamine just like drugs do, which could make it difficult to stop playing or maybe even recognize that it has become a problem.

Published December 14, 2022
Categorized as Healthy New Mexico, New Mexico Voices, Raising New Mexico

First-Gen Americans rise to the challenge

Many first-generation Americans feel pressure from their immigrant parents to succeed in school and make more money than their parents did.

Published December 14, 2022
Categorized as Raising New Mexico, Top story

Constitutional amendment asks voters to invest in early childhood education

Land Grant Permanent Fund. Image from Independent Petroleum Association of New Mexico.

Contentious races for governor and Congress have gotten a majority of the attention this general election but voters are also being asked to approve a change to the way New Mexico’s education is funded.

Published November 8, 2022
Categorized as Raising New Mexico, Top story

How will the next New Mexico governor improve education?

Education Is a hot topic in this year’s governor’s race. Aldo Jurado looks at the education plans of Mark Ronchetti and Michelle Lujan Grisham.

Published October 11, 2022
Categorized as Political New Mexico, Raising New Mexico

NM’s Opportunity Scholarship providing financial and mental relief

university entrance

Now that New Mexico introduced the Opportunity Scholarship to give undergraduate students free-tuition, campuses are seeing big numbers of returning students.

Published September 13, 2022
Categorized as Raising New Mexico, Top story Tagged scholarship, UNM Tuition

Back to school in the fire zone

Daniel Encinias sits in the bucket of a front-end loader on his property. Nadav Soroker/Searchlight New Mexico

Classes are starting in northern New Mexico, where a wildfire left families without basics like running water. Searchlight New Mexico’s Alicia Inez-Guzmán explores how students learn after so much loss.

Published August 26, 2022
Categorized as Fire Zones, New Mexico Voices, NP Partners, Raising New Mexico, Top story

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