New Mexico Creates Council To Address Missing Indigenous People, Some Lawmakers Want More
629 Views With the second annual Missing in New Mexico Day scheduled for this Sunday, the state has announced the creation of an advisory committee to look for ways to implement the Missing and Murdered Indigenous State Response Plan.
New Mexico Corrections Officials Want Lawmakers To Know The Cost Of Detention
617 Views In Fiscal Year 2023, the 25 New Mexico Counties that operate adult corrections facilities spent $336 million on personnel, operations, capital, and medical for their jails. That’s an average of 31% of the counties’ general fund costs.
New Mexico School Absentee Rates Still At High Levels
424 Views According to a new report presented Thursday to the Legislative Education Study Committee nearly 40% of students were chronically absent from school in New Mexico during the 2022-23 school year.
Report Says Despite Influx Of Cash Special Education Outcomes Not Improving in New Mexico
548 Views According toa new progress report presented to the Legislative Finance Committee on Tuesday, despite major increases in funding the past several years, outcomes in Special Education in New Mexico have not shown any significant improvements.
Green Amendment Supporters Say They’ll Try Again Next Session To Get On The November Ballot
537 Views Supporters of placing the Green Amendmentin the New Mexico Constitution say they will be back in during next year’s legislative session to try and get it on the November ballot.
Lawmakers To Consider The Use Of Geothermal Energy Sources
459 Views Supporters say New Mexico is losing out on a clean, zero emissions form of energy that sits in the ground in abundance. A state committee has spent over a year looking into the feasibility of using geothermal energy as an electric and heat source.
NM Lawmakers Discuss Possible New Zero-Carbon Emission Vehicle Rules
440 Views The State of New Mexico is proposing rules that would require auto manufacturers to deliver 43% of new vehicles for sale to be zero emissions by 2027 moving up yearly to 82% by 2032. A discussion on the proposed rules were part of a meeting held at Roundhouse on Monday of the Water […]
Rural Broadband Expansion Moving Forward In New Mexico
865 Views State officials say they are steadily moving forward to bring high speed broadband across New Mexico and to areas where service is lacking or non-existent. The Office of Broadband Access and Expansion or OBAE gave an update last week to the Science, Technology and Telecommunications Committee.
New Mexico Lawmakers Discuss Gun Laws In Wake Of Maine Shootings
607 Views In the wake of another mass shooting, this time in Lewiston, Maine, the New Mexico Courts, Corrections and Justice Committee held a meeting Thursday in Las Vegas to talk about where firearms laws are headed in the country and the state.
Flying Vehicles Could Be On Their Way To New Mexico
777 Views It’s not the Jetsons but an aviation company says vehicles that can both fly and drive on the road are no longer a fantasy but are a reality. Oregon-based Samson Skyis the manufacturer of a combination motorcycle and aircraft that is currently under testing. The company is already taking orders for the Samson […]
