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Two people were arrested late Thursday, and one today in connection with a shooting outside an Albuquerque baseball stadium that killed an 11-year-old boy and prompted the New Mexico governor to issue a controversial gun ban.
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Indigenous people have been uniquely affected by the end of Roe. Abortion was never readily available to Native Americans, thanks to a federal law that has prohibited nearly all abortions at Indian Health Service clinics since 1976. That’s always meant traveling long distances for the procedure.But now states with some of the largest Indigenous populations also have some of the strictest restrictions on abortion: places like North and South Dakota and Oklahoma, home to the Cherokee Nation, the second-largest tribe in the U.S. with over 300,000 enrolled members.
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Social media has become a common way for people to communicate and share ideas. However, the U.S. Surgeon General issued an advisory earlier this year about the effects of social media use on young people and their mental health after use of platforms has become nearly universal.
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Public Regulation Commissioners today approved a total of $115 million in refunds for those who get power from the Public Service Company of New Mexico. Plus, Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham announced Thursday that the state will put $57 million towards law enforcement recruitment across the state. That money will come from two state funds for law enforcement agencies.
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Several towns will get water from Ute Reservoir, after many local leaders fought for funding; a long fight that can strain local communities
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New Mexico’s state child welfare agency is facing a lawsuit from a family whose daughter was beaten to death after she and her brothers were removed from her mother’s home and placed with her abusive father. Plus, New Mexico's top insurance regulator on Tuesday ordered health insurance companies to expand timely access to behavioral health services in response to the governor recently declaring a public health emergency over gun violence in the state's largest metropolitan area.
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A Source New Mexico review of posts on social media by elected officials and other users following the public health order issued in New Mexico on Sept. 8 shows numerous calls for Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham to be hanged or killed by other means, and for the publication of private information about Lujan Grisham, her family and staff.
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Early voting starts on Tuesday for the Middle Rio Grande Conservancy District where three positions are up for election.
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