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Nash Jones/KUNMA little over three months ago, a working group began meeting weekly to hash out where New Mexico’s largest county is faltering in its support of residents’ behavioral health and how it could improve. The Bernalillo County Behavioral Health Initiative Working Group recommended Wednesday that the county start by building an actual system of care. -
Adam Reeder/Flickr via Creative Commons 2.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/2.0/Some Northern New Mexico ranchers are feeling left out of the loop on federal legislation proposed by U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich that could cut down on grazing allotments on federal land in New Mexico. The Northern New Mexico Stockman’s Association is holding a meeting Saturday in Taos to discuss the bill and other pertinent issues to the agricultural community.
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Calls to ban books in public libraries have popped up around the country, with the American Library Association reporting a record number of demands to censor books in 2022. Recently the battle came to Rio Rancho, but those challenges were unsuccessful.
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A national policy institute has recognized the state’s efforts in establishing free, universal pre-K with high rankings in a new report. Secretary Elizabeth Groginsky with the Early Childhood Education and Care Department spoke about what it means to create a high quality PreK program.
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The Santa Fe Community Yoga Center has partnered with the New Mexico Corrections Department to offer a course in yoga, meditation and mindfulness at the women’s facility in Springer. The class aims to help keep participants out of prison once they’re released, but is also helping them cope with stresses behind the walls in the meantime.
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Gallup may be the next city in New Mexico to pursue adopting an anti-abortion ordinance. Tensions ran high at the city’s council meeting late Tuesday evening as each side made its case in support of or opposition to the proposed ordinance.
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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.
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Several local authorities across the state have passed ordinances restricting access to abortion. The city of Gallup could be next despite legal challenges over these ordinances from the Attorney General’s office.
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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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KUNM recently explored the many problems with the state’s foster care system on several Let’s Talk New Mexico shows. But the state is also investing tens of millions of dollars into early childhood care and education and we wanted to see how that might help stabilize families before foster care enters the picture.
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The Children, Youth and Families Department has received consistent backlash concerning issues of transparency. The Department hosted a meeting Tuesday to announce the launch of a new dashboard that officials say promotes more transparency. The site has several data points to show progress with things like staffing and efforts to recruit foster parents.
