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Transparency on the line with new lawsuit against city of Albuquerque

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No silver bullet for New Mexico’s medical professional shortage

This analysis first published in our Midweek newsletter, which runs each Wednesday. Heading into the 30-day legislative ...
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Capacity issues may limit New Mexico’s universal child care program

A child plays with her toys at a child care center in Alamogordo. Photo credit / Sylvia Ulloa for New Mexico in Depth/2020. Starting Nov. 1, New Mexico will offer free child care to every family in ...
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Lawmakers call for study of forced sterilization of Indigenous women

Decades ago, a medical emergency brought Jean Whitehorse to an Indian Health Service facility in Gallup. There, she says, she ...
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When the emergency is Washington itself

This analysis first published in our Midweek newsletter, which runs each Wednesday. Since 1996, the Legislature has met for ...
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Lawmakers urged to tackle housing challenges in Native communities

Fewer Native Americans own their own homes compared to New Mexicans as a whole, and the state must help close that gap, ...
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‘Every day is Indigenous Peoples’ Day’: A year of joyful stories in Native communities

Children wove colorful hoops through the air as they danced in the courtyard, telling stories with the shapes they created. After their performance, they stepped up one by one to the mic their teacher ...
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public schools

Indigenous education experts and advocates are outraged over the state’s draft action plan for improving education, which they say lacks detail and fails to meaningfully incorporate community input.
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Lawmakers Across the Country This Year Blocked Ethics Reforms Meant to Increase Public Trust

Additional reporting provided by Nick Reynolds and Anna Wilder, The Post and Courier; Yasmeen Khan, The Maine Monitor; Lauren Dake, Oregon Public Broadcasting; Marjorie Childress, New Mexico In Depth; ...
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Accountability, transparency needed in education spending, Native survey respondents say

State officials and schools need to collaborate better with tribes and families in the education of Native students and disclose more information to the public while strengthening community oversight ...
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Gabriel Sandoval, ProPublica

Additional reporting provided by Nick Reynolds and Anna Wilder, The Post and Courier; Yasmeen Khan, The Maine Monitor; Lauren Dake, Oregon Public Broadcasting; Marjorie Childress, New Mexico In Depth; ...
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Yazzie/Martinez

Indigenous education experts and advocates are outraged over the state’s draft action plan for improving education, which they say lacks detail and fails to meaningfully incorporate community input.