Flu is hitting New Mexico hard this year and the Department of Health is urging residents to get a seasonal flu shot to help curb the spread and — more importantly — to stay safe. This time last year the flu represented about 7% of all emergency room visits. Now it's more than 10%.

Abandoned, derelict and long forgotten-lots across the state are in the sights of proposed legislation offering major tax breaks for redeveloping the eyesores.The bill would let developers tap $4 million in tax incentives for up to 40% of the property’s value if they can prove it’s been abandoned for five years.

On Thursday, the League of Women Voters of New Mexico (LWVNM) announced the league's priorities for the upcoming session.

In its annual Honesty and Ethics poll, Gallup has named nursing as the nation’s most trusted profession. In light of New Mexico’s persistent medical professional shortages, nurses say this should be a call to action to support the nursing workforce with more investments to keep patients safe and healthy.

The Legislative Finance Committee released its budget recommendations for the upcoming session last week and it includes a provision to help lower health premiums for educators around the state.

Events organized by the New Mexico Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. State Commission began on Jan. 12 and will continue through Jan. 19.

In late December, President Donald Trump’s administration announced how much all 50 states would get under its new Rural Health Transformation Program, assigning them to use the money to fix systemic problems that leave rural Americans without access to good health care. Now, the clock is ticking.

Social media influencers, big companies, and even supermarkets are constantly pushing shoppers to buy the newest product, but there’s a growing trend of resistance to this pressure by people turning to something called "underconsumption core.”

With the New Mexico legislative session only a week away. New Mexico in Focus Host Nash Jones spoke with Democratic House Speaker Javier Martinez about the upcoming session and how lawmakers plan on balancing the budget while other states are tightening their wallets.