Alice Fordham
ReporterAlice Fordham joined the news team in 2022 after a career as an international correspondent, reporting for NPR from the Middle East and later Latin America and Europe. She also worked as a podcast producer for The Economist among other outlets, and tries to meld a love of sound and storytelling with solid reporting on the community. She grew up in the U.K. and has a small jar of Marmite in her kitchen for emergencies.
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New public safety legislation signed into law by Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham last month empowers courts to involuntarily commit more people found incompetent to stand trial, and also expands judges' options for community restoration and treatment. -
An initial estimate finds that the state could lose more than $1 billion in Medicaid funding, and many other agencies and entities like universities would be affected. -
About 2,200 federal employees in the state were probationary and may have been included in a first round of layoffs, according to Department for Workforce Solutions Secretary Sarita Nair -
Senator Ben Ray Luján criticized the "weaponization" of the agency -
The White House said that efficiencies will benefit everyone, including farmers. But in New Mexico, some worry that contracts with the federal government won't be honored. -
Proposed legislation has now passed the House -
The proposed legislation would prevent local governments from contracting to detain immigrants -
Lawmakers have rolled together six bills related to crime and rehabilitations into one package. Democrats on the House Judiciary Committee voted for it, while Republicans opposed it. -
Two bills under consideration would significantly increase the amount of support to maintain the historic irrigation systems -
The president wants to defund the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, which supports public radio and television stations including rural and tribal outlets.
