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By Robert Nott, The Santa Fe New Mexican An effort to increase New Mexico’s alcohol excise tax for the first time in 30 years — a measure intended to help the state rein in a problem that takes the lives of more than six people a day — stumbled Monday when the House Taxation and […]
By Robert Nott, The Santa Fe New Mexican A bill to make missing or murdered Indigenous people or their dependents eligible for economic relief earned unanimous support from a Senate committee Thursday. Native victims and their family members currently do not fall under the qualifying guidelines under the state’s Crime Victims Reparation Act, said Sen. Shannon […]
Days remaining in session: 31 Human services overhaul: Sen. Elizabeth “Liz” Stefanics of Cerrillos and Rep. Elizabeth “Liz” Thomson of Albuquerque, both Democrats, introduced legislation this week that would revamp and rename the Human Services Department with a goal of expanding state residents’ access to affordable health care. Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham on Tuesday touted Senate Bill 16, which […]
An estimated $155M in new revenue would support treatments and program
Ella Mae Begay disappeared from her home on the Navajo Nation near the Arizona-New Mexico border on June 15, 2021.