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The state of New Mexico announced Friday that the federal government has greenlit its plan for how to spend $675 million in federal funds to expand high-speed internet across the state. The approval means the state can now launch a local grant program.
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The Roadrunner Food Bank and the Bancos Alimentos de México have made a plan to try to get wasted produce to hungry people in both countries.
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Nearly 1.2 million people have died from COVID in the United States since the first cases emerged four years ago, according to the CDC.And today an estimated 16 million people have the lingering symptoms of long COVID, with about one quarter of them no longer able to work. Researchers at the University of New Mexico Hospital are using findings from a multi-site long COVID study to learn how to diagnose prolonged symptoms and provide better treatment.
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After suspending his reelection campaign Sunday, President Joe Biden endorsed Vice President Kamala Harris, and New Mexico Democrats quickly followed suit. However, the state Democratic Party says its next steps in the nominating process remain up in the air.
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Just hours after President Biden announced Sunday he will be dropping out of the race for President in 2024, KUNM hit the streets to get reactions from Albuquerque Locals.
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The only bill passed by legislators in the special session in part gives courts $3 million to continue funding pilot programs for assisted outpatient treatment programs, rather than completely updating the law to include widespread involuntary treatment.
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Historically, beavers in the U.S. were killed for their fashionable pelts and unique scent glands typically used in perfumes or food flavoring.Nowadays, while tens of thousands of beavers are still snared, trapped, or shot across the country, there’s a push to introduce more beavers into crucial riparian habitats to combat climate change.
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The New Mexico Legislature adjourned after just one day of a special session, passing only one bill. Besides relief for fire victims in southern New Mexico, none of the issues Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham had called for lawmakers to address were heard.
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During the Second in a series of meetings seeking public input on how to spend millions of dollars in opioid settlement funds, community members pushed local lawmakers and politicians to listen to experts and healthcare providers when developing solutions to the opioid crisis.
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It is unclear who is on a state advisory council on missing and murdered Indigenous people announced nearly eight months ago by Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham amid upset over her decision to disband a task force focused on the crisis.
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Albuquqerque's Human Rights Board has been much more active over the recent months than it has been in the preceeding years, passing resolutions, advising the city's government to update laws and hosting public hearings for the first time in nearly 50 years. They said they don't plan on slowing down anytime soon.