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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State employees can look forward to a raise this year. All state employees are slated to see at least a 3% bump, with some, like the State Police, getting more.
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Incarcerated people in the state’s custody are a step closer to being able to receive a medication for opioid use disorder. That’s because of a recent settlement in federal court.The settlement will require the state to provide access to the prescription medication to people already taking it before entering prison.
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Hospitals have to be transparent about their prices by posting them online. That’s because of a Hospital Price Transparency Rule that went into effect a few years back. In New Mexico, fewer than half of hospitals are following that rule.
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New Mexico is testing wastewater from public schools for drugs. Critics argue the data is of dubious value and the money could be better spent.
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A new dashboard created by the City of Albuquerque with monthly data related to homelessness shows the city logged over 1,000 encampment sweeps in January.
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As New Mexico’s film and television industry continues its rapid growth, various sites around the state show up as backdrops. One surprising location – Albuquerque’s Westside Emergency Housing Center – was teed up to be the setting for a show on HBO Max.
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Very few nursing home residents are up to date on their COVID-19 vaccination, and for residents, it’s even lower. New Mexico’s numbers are not much better than the country overall.
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A court injunction from last year barred the City of Albuquerque from removing encampments of people experiencing homelessness in public spaces, but those in the encampments and their advocates are accusing the city of violating that order every day.
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New Mexico’s state government is testing the wastewater in high schools for illegal substances. Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham claims the approach will help the state narrow in on where to put resources. Critics say it’s a waste of state money that stigmatizes students.
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Several bills that would help keep New Mexico’s rural health care providers in business are heading to the governor.