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Growing pains: Challenges emerge as New Mexico rolls out no-cost child care for all

Antoinette “Lena” Genco has nowhere to send her kids. A corrections officer at the Quay County jail in Tucumcari, the single ...
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Data: Little progress so far in expanding New Mexico child care capacity

Michelle Chavez doesn’t have room for any more kids. Chavez runs Turquoise Child Development Center, one of Tucumcari’s two ...
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From DACA recipient to New Mexico Senate, Cindy Nava charted her own path

Wandering the halls of the Roundhouse in her late teens and 20s, Cindy Nava often felt the people she could “connect with ...
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‘I’ve lived it’: Valeria Alarcón pushes for state funding for rural, tribal health councils

"As a woman of color, cancer survivor in this field of work, it feels like all of my life experiences are ... to inform the ...
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55,000 New Mexico SNAP recipients face work requirements starting Jan. 1

Starting Jan. 1, some 55,000 New Mexicans will be subject to work, volunteer or training requirements under the Supplemental ...
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‘Heartbeat’ of the community: New Mexico rural libraries seek $29.5 million boost from Legislature

For Andie Manzanares, one of the pleasures of helping run Abiquiú’s rural library is watching patrons “connect the dots” — ...
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Devastating loss led state suicide prevention coordinator to her role

The moment she met Brett Miller, Clarie Miller knew he would change her life. Then Clarie Brown, she returned to Albuquerque ...
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Insider: Looking back — and forward

At the end of each year, I make a point of stepping back and taking stock of what we’ve accomplished, what we learned, and what we should prepare for in the coming year. This year was an especially ...