Eddie Moore
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Albuquerque Journal
The New Mexico Senate passed a bill Tuesday that could shut down immigration detention centers in the state, successfully sending the legislation to the governor’s desk after nearly a decade of failed attempts.
A newly minted bill in the legislative session that would allow the discharge of treated oil and gas wastewater into New Mexico’s streams, rivers, and aquifers is garnering widespread condemnation from environmentalists.
Office of Senator Martin Heinrich
Let's Talk New Mexico
Ted Eytan
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Flickr, CC BY-SA 2.0
This week on Let’s Talk New Mexico, we’ll be taking a look at threats to transgender rights in New Mexico, and we’ll be talking to the folks who are doing their best make sure New Mexicans get the care they need.
Finding Help With Food
Susan Montoya Bryan
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AP
A list of resources around New Mexico for those who need assistance in the wake of the ongoing government shutdown and disruption in SNAP benefits.
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Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham plans to sign it into law. -
If passed, a bill currently working through the roundhouse would exempt affordable housing developments from paying gross receipts tax on construction materials and labor
