Morgan Lee
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AP
The global oil bottleneck in the Strait of Hormuz has generated an enviable — and politically sensitive — financial windfall on the other side of the world in New Mexico, a rare Democratic-dominated state where fossil fuels are a bedrock of progressive social services.
A notoriously destructive insect once eradicated from the United States is seeing a resurgence in Mexico – and ranchers are worried that it will soon cross the border to wreak havoc on their livestock.
Good Eye Might
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Joshua Bowling
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Source New Mexico
Let's Talk New Mexico
Matika Wilbur
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Joy Harjo authors page
What is it about New Mexico that inspires so many poets?
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State officials, lawyers and executives met in Santa Fe Thursday to discuss the legality of a $400 million stock sale involving the Public Service Company of New Mexico’s parent company and the private equity firm seeking to acquire it. Meanwhile in Albuquerque, about 100 people rallied in front of PNM’s headquarters to protest that very acquisition. -
More New Mexicans on Medicaid are using more behavioral health services more often, and that’s driven up costs for the state. From 2023 to 2025, managed care organizations like Blue Cross Blue Shield and Presbyterian charged for an additional $230 million dollars in behavioral health services. That’s an increase of about 47%, every dollar of which was paid for by the state’s Medicaid program.
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