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New Mexico has 349 public defenders. This includes staff attorneys who are state employees and contract attorneys who take on cases piecemeal. (Photo by David McNew / Getty Images)
At the end of September, there was nearly $5 billion in unspent funds set aside for thousands of state-funded projects
A letter signed by the heads of CYFD and other departments expresses disappointment in the document's "overall tenor and tone."
New Mexico passed a law to give hundreds of thousands of students free meals in school, but now the program is underfunded.
State Sen. Pat Woods said last week he has grown more optimistic about the future of financially troubled Mesalands Community College. Woods, a