New Mexico News Connection|Roz Brown

By narrowing the definition of "harm," conservationists said places wildlife call home will now be open to logging, drilling, mining, real estate development and more.

In New Mexico, the average cost of living is about $2,500 per month but Social Security covers only about 75% of that, meaning beneficiaries already need another $600 each month to make ends meet.

In 2010, Grant County’s Bayard Public Library became the state’s first affiliate of Dolly Parton's Imagination Library, which provides free, high-quality books to children from birth to age 5, regardless of family income.

New Mexico has had a persistent problem with undercounting first-generation immigrant families and Native Americans according to State Demographer Robert Rhatigan.

Emily Wildau, director of policy at New Mexico Voices for Children, said the state saw some improvement in health data and now has a lower rate of children without health insurance than other states.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture calls the New World screwworm a “devastating pest” that could threaten not only the livestock industry, but also the economy and food supply chain.

Clean water advocates in New Mexico are criticizing the Environmental Protection Agency’s decision to revoke six Biden-era rules on toxic PFAS.

Since 2000, more than 7 million acres of forests and wildlands have burned in New Mexico, underscoring the need for a new center designed to grow tree seedlings for reforestation.

GreenLatinos believes states should approach regulation of artificial intelligence data centers from a mindset of community protection and adopt a high bar for regulation.

The Environmental Defense Fund estimates oil and gas methane emissions across New Mexico amount to at least a million metric tons per year.