Last month the U.S. Court of Appeals upheld an injunction on stops based on race, language, job, or location. As of Monday, this no longer holds true. The U.S. Supreme Court lifted restrictions on Los Angeles immigration stops made by federal agents working for Homeland Security or Immigration and Customs Enforcement.

The New Mexico Department of Health announced last week a public health order aimed at expanding access to the COVID vaccine. On Friday NMDOH and the New Mexico Board of Pharmacy released updated protocols and recommendations in order to ensure as many people as possible have easy access to the vaccines.

New Mexico has made major investments in early childhood and education programs and now it’s going to offer free universal child care to all families, regardless of income – the first such state to do so. Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham made the announcement Monday.

Democratic U.S. Senator for New Mexico, Ben Ray Lujan, had sharp words for Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. at a Senate Finance Committee Hearing Thursday morning.

New numbers highlight the shortage of school-based mental health professionals in New Mexico. The University of New Mexico’s Project ECHO has launched a program seeking to target these gaps by mentoring those working directly with kids.

Many of the oldest cottonwoods are nearing the end of their life cycle, and while the drought might claim a few of those aging trees, the cottonwoods of the Rio Grande bosque will endure, even as time and a warming climate change the makeup of Albuquerque's urban forest.

September marks Suicide Prevention Awareness Month and suicide remains a serious problem in New Mexico.

At the grand reopening for the University of New Mexico Duck Pond Wednesday a few dozen people gathered around a podium while several folks from the university spoke. Enthusiastic staff and faculty were on hand, but students were less excited.

State lawmakers recently made their disappointment clear with the Department of Health during a presentation of an evaluation of the state’s medication assisted treatment program for substance use disorder. It came just weeks after an announcement that DOH would be expanding the program.

New Mexico’s congressional delegation is calling for more oversight of funds meant to soften the impact of federal health care cuts in rural areas. Rep. Teresa Leger Fernandez (D-NM) sent a letter signed by 27 Democratic members of Congress, including New Mexico's other representatives, Democrats Gabe Vasquez and Melanie Stansbury, to Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.