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New Mexico’s Indigenous education advocate faces tough job

SANTA FE – It may be one of the toughest jobs in Santa Fe. As the assistant secretary for Indian Education, Lashawna Tso is Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham’s educational liaison to th...

DATE: Feb 22, 2021 | CATEGORY: Local News

Political violence inspires New Mexico bill

SANTA FE â€“ State legislators have advanced a bill that would further prohibit threatening public officials or directly interfering with their work. The proposal comes in the wak...

DATE: Feb 18, 2021 | CATEGORY: New Mexico

New Mexico lawmakers support school funding in Native areas

SANTA FE — A bill that would undo an education funding formula that disproportionately deprives Native American communities of school funds earned support Wednesday from members of the New M...

DATE: Feb 10, 2021 | CATEGORY: Local News

Few New Mexico schools rush to offer in-person classes

SANTA FE – Loosened restrictions on large-scale in-person learning programs in New Mexico public schools went into effect Monday after an 11-month ban, but few school districts were rushing ...

DATE: Feb 9, 2021 | CATEGORY: Local News

New Mexico latest legislature to question emergency powers

SANTA FE – State legislators in New Mexico are putting forward bills to curb their governor’s public health emergency powers. On Wednesday, a Senate committee is considering a Rep...

DATE: Feb 4, 2021 | CATEGORY: Local News

Native American education funding at stake in New Mexico Legislature

SANTA FE – Native American education advocates say state officials are finally starting to speak their language. That’s not an Indigenous language – many of which are spoken by Ne...

DATE: Jan 29, 2021 | CATEGORY: New Mexico

New Mexico governor: Schools will reopen in February

SANTA FE – More school districts in New Mexico can bring students back to classrooms in early February, Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham announced Tuesday. The Democratic governor said...

DATE: Jan 28, 2021 | CATEGORY: Local News

School bill challenges New Mexico virus restrictions

SANTA FE – A bipartisan group of New Mexico lawmakers is pushing legislation that would allow more students to attend class in person by shifting authority over decisions to reopen from stat...

DATE: Jan 25, 2021 | CATEGORY: Local News

New Mexico governor supports tapping endowment for education

SANTA FE – With the Legislature shifting to the left and the pandemic exacerbating educational inequities, New Mexico Democrats say they’re on the cusp of finishing a decadeslong fight to wi...

DATE: Jan 14, 2021 | CATEGORY: Local News

Education lawsuit demands internet for New Mexico students

SANTA FE – Lawyers representing New Mexico students say the state’s attempts to provide internet access and learning devices to children are “woefully insufficient.” With in-perso...

DATE: Dec 15, 2020 | CATEGORY: Local News

Virus outbreak in Texas army base alarms New Mexico leaders

SANTA FE – The New Mexico congressional delegation is raising questions about a coronavirus outbreak among a group of Oregon Army National Guard soldiers who returned to their home base in E...

DATE: Dec 8, 2020 | CATEGORY: Local News

New Mexico lawmakers consider child welfare budgets

SANTA FE – New Mexico’s child welfare agencies on Thursday will jockey with other state departments for slim funding as they present their spending requests to state lawmakers. Fr...

DATE: Dec 3, 2020 | CATEGORY: Local News