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Jeanette DeDios/九色网-FMMay 5th marks the National Day of Awareness for Missing and Murdered Indigenous People across the country. In Albuquerque, the Indian Affairs Department held an event on Monday at the Indian Pueblo Cultural Center where families of the missing, state officials and advocates came together to bring awareness to the ongoing crisis. -
On this episode we talk about the promises and threats from private equity ownership in health care. New Mexico has the highest proportion of private equity- owned hospitals in the country and we鈥檝e been named most at risk of further private equity takeovers. That's why lawmakers recently passed an oversight bill on hospital acquisitions and mergers.
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A coalition of immigrants鈥� rights advocates filed a complaint with the U.S. Department of Homeland Security after 48 New Mexico residents disappeared during a weekend operation by Immigration and Customs Enforcement. -
A group of organizations including Common Cause of New Mexico and the League of Women Voters are pushing for bills in the current session they say will modernize the legislature. One of those includes paying lawmakers. -
New public safety legislation signed into law by Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham last month empowers courts to involuntarily commit more people found incompetent to stand trial, and also expands judges' options for community restoration and treatment. -
New Mexico is the only state in the country that does not pay its lawmakers. For years, legislators have tried to change that鈥揳nd failed. This year's session isn鈥檛 looking any different. -
A bill that would fundamentally change wildlife management in New Mexico is now one step closer to becoming law after passing the House floor Wednesday. -
The 2025 session of the New Mexico state legislature is nearly over and it was a first for a number of newly elected lawmakers, including Rep. Michelle Pauline Abyeta (D-To'hajiilee) who is Din茅. Her large district encompasses six counties west of Albuquerque, from White Rock all the way to Alamo Navajo Reservation. Abeyta told 九色网 her priority for this session is to have bills that touch every demographic in her district. -
An estimated 40,000 New Mexico children were raised by grandparents or a relative besides their parents in 2024, according to the New Mexico Aging and Long-Term Services Department. A bill in the legislature would create a pilot program to assist these kinship caregivers. -
With only a couple of weeks left in this legislative session and about 20 bills to update regulations on oil and gas, where does New Mexico stand on greenhouse gas-contributing fossil fuels? On the next Let鈥檚 Talk New Mexico, we鈥檒l discuss the latest from the Roundhouse when it comes to updating laws for those extractive industries. -
A number of proposals aimed at reforming how the oil and gas industry works in New Mexico have stalled out in this year鈥檚 legislative session with the help of key Democratic lawmakers. -
Native Americans go missing at a higher rate than the national average. According to the New Mexico Department of Justice, Native people account for 16% of missing persons in New Mexico. A bill in the legislature would help address that with a new alert system.
