Daniel Montaño
Public Health ReporterDaniel Montaño is a reporter with KUNM's Public Health, Poverty and Equity project. He is also an occasional host of Morning Edition, All Things Considered, and Let's Talk New Mexico since 2021, is a born and bred Burqueño who first started with KUNM about two decades ago, as a production assistant while he was in high school. During the intervening years, he studied journalism at UNM, lived abroad, fell in and out of love, conquered here and there, failed here and there, and developed a taste for advocating for human rights.
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The legislature passed the Behavioral Health Reform and Investment act last year with broad bipartisan support. Now, as the state tries to implement that change, there have been a few problems and increasing criticism. This week we talk to the people at the center of it all, ans we ant to hear your two cents. -
A new report from a local children and families nonprofit advocacy organization takes a look at whether or not the state's recent investments into children's well-being are actually making a real difference on the ground, and suggests changes to be more effective. -
Cannabis businesses across New Mexico say the rollout of a new track-and-trace system mandated by state regulators has been riddled technical errors and issues that have cost them tens of thousands of dollars so far, and a group trying to challenge the system in court is taking time to gather more evidence before going back in front of a judge. -
As a brand new product tracking system goes live for the cannabis industry, a District Court Judge paused a legal challenge to the new system brought by cannabis businesses who say the transition to the new system has already hurt their businesses and has the potential to cost them even more money. -
Legal experts spoke to lawmakers Tuesday, highlighting dishonest and possibly illegal actions landlords have been taking across New Mexico to earn extra money, which they said has combined with record high rents to form an "outrageous" and "shocking" rental market. -
Residents of Camino de Cańon in Cundiyó were able to return to their homes Friday afternoon when Santa Fe county lifted the "go" evacuation status because of increased containment along the western edge of the Frijoles Fire. -
Experts say food insecurity in the Land of Enchantment has been on the rise, with food banks seeing a 40% to 60% increase in demand all while federal contributions to food assistance programs has been cut and 25,000 people, including 13,000 children, lost their SNAP coverage, putting more strain on the food bank network. -
In Las Vegas, a new 28 bed residential substance abuse treatment facility and detox is opening it's doors to clients on August 24. it will be the frst facility of its kind for the area. -
The New Mexico Department of Health detected a new case of measles in Eddy County. The public could have been exposed to the virus during the second week of August at locations in Artesia. -
The New Mexico Survivor's truth Commission is already drafting legislation for the 2027 legislative session as they continue to investigate sex offender Jefferey Epstein's alleged crimes here in the Land of Enchantment.
