By Bella Davis, New Mexico In Depth As she was being sedated for a procedure following a miscarriage many years ago, Rep. Patricia Roybal Caballero was …
Amid fears about ICE, lawmakers consider optional Native American designation on IDs
As reports come out across the country of Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents detaining Native Americans, a couple dozen New Mexico lawmakers are pushing a …
Lawmakers want upgrades to missing persons systems
By Bella Davis, New Mexico In Depth Several state lawmakers are seeking a little more than $1.5 million for upgrades to New Mexico’s missing persons tracking …
Punitive damages emerge as flashpoint in latest malpractice reform push
By Ted Alcorn, New Mexico In Depth Responding to doctors’ concerns that New Mexico’s malpractice system is making it hard to practice medicine, leading lawmakers hope …
Advocates for missing and murdered Indigenous people denounce Indian Affairs appointee
By Bella Davis/NM In DepthGov. Michelle Lujan Grisham’s appointment of a former San Ildefonso Pueblo governor to lead the state’s Indian Affairs Department could be …
Lawmakers tackle raising the alcohol tax
By Trip Jennings/NM In DepthNew Mexicans die of alcohol-related causes at nearly three times the national average and alcohol is involved in more deaths than …
Proposed office of alcohol prevention steps up ambition, but is short on vision
By Ted Alcorn/NM In DepthNew Mexico Department of Health asked the legislature for $5 million to build an Office of Alcohol Prevention and would expand …
Politics trump health in NM’s response to alcohol 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 …
Lawmakers protected themselves when redistricting, report finds
Did New Mexico lawmakers protect themselves when redrawing political district maps making legislative elections less competitive?