Megan Myscofski
ReporterMegan Myscofski is a reporter with KUNM's Poverty and Public Health Project.
She previously worked as a Business and Economics Reporter at Arizona Public Media, where she also reported, produced and hosted a narrative podcast, Tapped, on the cost of drought in Arizona. Before that, she was a reporter and host at Montana Public Radio and an intern on the podcast "Threshold". Her first audio journalism internship was in Essen, Germany as a high school exchange student.
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A new University of New Mexico center for research on environmental toxins statewide is wrapping up its first year. The center’s director said one of its biggest tasks so far is just getting the word out about their work. -
The United States Department of Agriculture announced new funds Monday for three projects in rural New Mexico. The funding is part of a program designed to curb persistent poverty in the rural United States.
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The Santa Fe Public Library and the Santa Fe Humane Society have been teaming up for about a year to bring an audience of therapy dogs to children who want to practice reading out loud.
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They say at least one bank is steering mostly rural communities towards a practice that endangers taxpayer money and is "inconsistent with state and federal law."
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The federal agency is putting the money towards fixing infrastructure damage and reimbursing mutual aid used to support evacuated residents just after the fire.
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The law ensures people who use state-regulated insurance, such as Medicaid, have access to crucial testing for determining treatment.
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The database tracks violations and department enforcement, and is open to the public.
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Advisory committee preps for out of state patients, expects support for locals ‘We also need to prioritize our folks’ care here in our large, rural state’
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New Mexico state treasurer pauses investments in companies with alleged child labor in supply chainsState Treasurer Laura Montoya co-signed a letter with six other state treasurers and has put three companies on a state investment "Caution List"
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The drug is most commonly paired with fentanyl, and healthcare workers say overdoses related to the combination are more complicated to treat.
