For decades, Native women and other women of color were subjected to forced sterilization by the federal Bureau of Indian Affairs and the Indian Health Service. Lawmakers introduced a memorial Tuesday in the Senate Indian, Rural and Cultural Affairs committee to create a truth and reconciliation commission that would conduct a study into the history, and continuing impacts of this abuse.

A bill to reform New Mexico’s medical malpractice laws was amended by a House committee last week to narrow its scope, sparking outrage among healthcare providers and confusion over who it would cover.

A newly minted bill in the legislative session that would allow the discharge of treated oil and gas wastewater into New Mexico’s streams, rivers, and aquifers is garnering widespread condemnation from environmentalists.

U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-NM), ranking member of the U.S. Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, hosted a roundtable discussion recently on the Trump Administration's policies that he said are raising electricity bills for Americans, including New Mexico.

A bill introduced in the legislature could create a new framework for how online companies can collect and share user information.

In her state of the state address, Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham prioritized public safety reforms as one of her key initiatives. As a result, lawmakers in the House Consumer & Public Affairs committee advanced a bill aiming to create stricter penalties for repeat felons in possession of a firearm.

On Wednesday, New Mexico lawmakers in the House Judiciary Committee advanced House Bill 9, the Immigrant Safety Act, with amendments that strengthen protections for immigrant communities.

Record low snowpack in the Upper Colorado River Basin is raising serious concern for downstream users – like New Mexico.

Congress recently approved over 13.5 million in federal funding for the Institute of American Indian Arts (IAIA). This comes after the Trump Administration proposed eliminating the school’s appropriation.

The trauma created by Native American boarding schools has affected generations of people and this week, the National Native American Boarding School Healing Coalition will hold listening sessions in Albuquerque for Indigenous elders to record their experiences.