Las Cruces Public Schools Seeks To Encourage Greater Gender Inclusivity
596 Views Las Cruces Public Schools is taking steps toward greater gender inclusivity—seeking to implement new policy to prevent discrimination. LCPS Deputy Superintendent Wendi Miller-Tomlinson presented the proposed policy to the board of education for a second reading, describing how it will better support student safety, well-being and success.
Democrats advance congressional district map overhaul in New Mexico
533 Views SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — Democratic legislators have advanced a plan to overhaul New Mexico’s three-seat congressional map and reshape a southern district traditionally dominated by Republicans.
LISTEN: Research Underway in El Paso To Find Effective COVID-19 Treatment
588 Views Dr. Edward Michelson, Chair of Emergency Medicine at Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center El Paso gives a COVID-19 update and shares news of research being done to find effective COVID-19 treatments. Dr. Michelson also offers advice on how to stay safe from COVID-19 this holiday season.
Majority-minority state redraws political map, alliances
450 Views SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — Proposed political boundaries are being redrawn by a Democrat-led legislature in a sparsely populated state where Hispanics and Native Americans account for six in 10 residents.
Baldwin to ABC about shooting: ‘I didn’t pull the trigger’
612 Views NEW YORK (AP) — ABC News has released a clip in which Alec Baldwin tells George Stephanopoulos that he did not pull the trigger on a gun that went off on a New Mexico film set, killing a cinematographer.
New Mexico sees lower costs for worker’s compensation insurance
585 Views SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — New Mexico insurance regulators are reducing a key component in rates for workers’ compensation coverage that should help employers spend less, starting next year.
Cannabis bust on Indigenous land highlights legal divide
594 Views SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — A federal raid on a small household marijuana garden on tribal land in northern New Mexico is sowing confusion and resentment about U.S. drug enforcement priorities on Native American lands, as more states roll out legal marketplaces for recreational pot.
Tribes welcome infusion of money in infrastructure bill
538 Views FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. (AP) — The massive infrastructure bill that President Joe Biden signed this week includes billions of dollars to address long-standing issues with water and sanitation on tribal land.
Las Cruces City Council Calls For National Immigration Reform
591 Views New Mexico’s immigrant families have the full support of the Las Cruces City Council, following a unanimous vote encouraging the creation of a better pathway to United States citizenship. Councilor Johana Bencomo says the resolution, which calls on Congress to develop comprehensive immigration reform, is a way to welcome essential immigrant workers into the […]
Students are still struggling to get internet. The infrastructure bill could help
575 Views Internet access has always been a problem for Faylene Begay, a single mother of four living in Tuba City, Ariz. Before the pandemic, she didn’t have an internet connection at her home on the Navajo Nation Reservation — all she had was an old phone with limited data. Back then, her lack of connection […]
