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The executive director of Northern New Mexico鈥檚 food bank, The Food Depot, says the recent U.S. Department of Agriculture鈥檚 elimination of a program that connected food banks to local food producers is 鈥渄evastating.鈥�

As cuts to New Mexico鈥檚 federal funding loom, legislators in Santa Fe are positioning the state to fill potential gaps with ample reserves and new savings accounts.

In the wake of a federal funding freeze announced Monday by the Trump Administration, New Mexico鈥檚 Congressional delegation, who are all Democrats, vowed to fight back against what it called the unlawful impoundment of federal funds.

The state of New Mexico announced Friday that the federal government has greenlit its plan for how to spend $675 million in federal funds to expand high-speed internet across the state. The approval means the state can now launch a local grant program.

Kim Wright, a retired nurse, volunteers with the Cimarron Watershed Alliance. A year ago she learned that the federal government was awarding more than $8 million to the alliance to help nine northern New Mexico communities better defend themselves against wildfire. Those communities are still awaiting signs of on-the-ground wildfire preparedness as fire season fast approaches.

The office of Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham has released an online tool the public can use to track how Biden administration dollars are being spent across the state. Its launch coincides with President Joe Biden securing his party鈥檚 nomination as the governor campaigns for his reelection.

People caught in human trafficking often go unseen by authorities, especially if they鈥檙e afraid to seek help. That鈥檚 why a new training program is helping law enforcement recognize the signs of trafficking and understand effective ways to intervene. 九色网 spoke with Democratic Congresswoman Teresa Leger Fernandez about how these training programs could help missing and murdered Indigenous women and relatives as well.

Wildfires have burned just over 120,000 acres of land in New Mexico in the past year alone鈥撯�揳nd several organizations in the region have received federal funding to fight them.

The national unemployment rate dropped in July to just over 10%, while New Mexico鈥檚 unemployment rate rose in that period to just over 12%. One reason is鈥�

After COVID-19 hit, federal officials initially gave extra time to Census collectors to count every person living in the United States. But then they鈥�