State portal for missing Indigenous people needs work, families …
Dec 6, 2024 · There are 194 Indigenous people listed as missing from New Mexico and the Navajo Nation in an online portal run by the New Mexico Department of Justice. The portal provides “a comprehensive database for reporting and searching” cases, the homepage reads. But click on any of the individual names and, for the most part, all […]
Democratic legislators search for agreement on alcohol tax hike
Jan 9, 2025 · For the third straight year, lawmakers are trying to raise taxes on alcoholic drinks, in an attempt to reduce New Mexico’s worst-in-the-nation alcohol-related death rate. This time, they just might succeed. New Mexico has the highest rate of alcohol-related deaths in the country. In 2023 excessive drinking killed just under 1,900 people in the state, […]
Indigenous Affairs – New Mexico In Depth
Oct 25, 2024 · U.S. president apologizes for Indigenous boarding schools By Trip Jennings, New Mexico In Depth | October 25, 2024. President Joe Biden on Friday became the first U.S. president to apologize for the country’s systematic use of boarding schools to forcefully assimilate Indigenous communities.“It’s a sin on our soul,” Biden said during a speech in Arizona.
Abuse charges against four eldercare workers underscore gaps in …
About Bryant Furlow, New Mexico In Depth. A public health journalist and frequent contributor to The Lancet's medical journal news desks, Bryant Furlow's previous reporting has included investigations into racial profiling at an Albuquerque maternity hospital, lax state regulation of the health insurance industry, rural ambulance response times following EMS budget cuts, the nursing home ...
Election 2024 Archives - New Mexico In Depth
Nov 24, 2024 · ‘Enthusiasm gap’ benefited Trump in New Mexico By Marjorie Childress, Bella Davis, and Trip Jennings | November 24, 2024. Since the November 6 election, a debate has played out nationally about the degree to which Donald Trump won a mandate to enact his plans to deport millions of immigrants, drastically reduce the federal budget, and eliminate his predecessor’s climate initiatives.
Indigenous families with missing or murdered loved ones struggle …
Oct 25, 2024 · Indigenous families with loved ones who have gone missing or been murdered shared their experiences with state officials this week — sometimes through tears — and urged them to do more to confront a crisis that has long impacted communities but received scant attention until recent years. Their comments came during a listening session held by the […]
Federal judge slaps NM attorney in bail reform lawsuit
Jan 5, 2018 · A federal judge has taken the unusual step of ordering a politically ambitious New Mexico attorney to pay back the state for filing a “frivolous” lawsuit aimed at undoing efforts to reform the state’s commercial bail system. The attorney, Blair Dunn, a Libertarian who earlier this week announced a run for state attorney general, must […]
Dash for Cash: Four special legislative PACs rake in the dough
Oct 30, 2024 · Four special political committees managed by party leaders in the New Mexico Senate and House chambers have raked in more than $3 million to help candidates in their own parties, making them among the largest fundraising engines in the state. These “legislative caucus committees” are rolling in campaign cash donated by a variety of donors, […]
Remembering the largest radioactive spill in U.S. history
Jul 7, 2014 · Say the phrase “U.S. nuclear accident” and those of us old enough might think of Three Mile Island, a nuclear plant in Pennsylvania shut down in March 1979 after a series of errors, both mechanical and human.. The accident generated scary headlines and later came to symbolize the nation’s conflicted relationship with nuclear energy.
Blind Drunk - New Mexico In Depth
Versions of this series appear in print in The Santa Fe New Mexican, The Las Cruces Sun News, The Gallup Independent, and other newspapers across New Mexico.. Help New Mexico In Depth better understand alcohol’s role in the state by sharing your story with alcohol.. Credits. Reporting: Ted Alcorn / Photos: Adria Malcolm, Marjorie Childress, Tara Armijo-Prewitt / …