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With wildfire risk up, New Mexico supports controlled burns

SANTA FE – In a bid to reduce wildfire risk, the House has advanced a bill making it easier for residents to burn brush and wood debris on their property. The bill, passed unanimo...

DATE: Feb 11, 2021 | CATEGORY: Regional 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: Regional News

New Mexico Legislature considers college tuition funding

SANTA FE – State senators are considering a bill to provide $30 million in subsidies for attendees of two-year colleges and a pilot program to help college dropouts finish their degrees. ...

DATE: Feb 5, 2021 | CATEGORY: Regional News

New Mexico teachers union opposes extending school year

SANTA FE – New Mexico’s largest teachers union is opposing legislation that would extend the school year to make up for learning that was lost during the coronavirus pandemic. Chi...

DATE: Feb 4, 2021 | CATEGORY: Regional 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 3, 2021 | CATEGORY: Regional 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 28, 2021 | CATEGORY: Regional News

New Mexico lawmakers consider hair discrimination bill

SANTA FE – A bill to protect New Mexico students and workers from discrimination stemming from hairstyles or religious coverings cleared its first legislative hurdle Tuesday, winning a unani...

DATE: Jan 28, 2021 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Vaccines among last hurdles to open New Mexico classrooms

SANTA FE – New Mexico’s teacher’s unions say a slow vaccine rollout and the expiration of federal COVID-19 sick leave are the remaining hurdles to getting students in schools, while school a...

DATE: Jan 27, 2021 | CATEGORY: Regional News

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 26, 2021 | CATEGORY: Regional 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: Regional News

How education funding could change in New Mexico

SANTA FE – The New Mexico Legislature is expected to increase near-term education funding and pursue long-term reforms that will change how schools are funded. Education accounts ...

DATE: Jan 20, 2021 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Teens tutor peers online to fill need during pandemic

SANTA FE – When her suburban Dallas high school was forced to move online last spring because of the coronavirus pandemic, Charvi Goyal realized that the schoolmates she’d been informally tu...

DATE: Jan 16, 2021 | CATEGORY: Regional News