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State Education Dept Gets Feedback on Native Student Needs

August 15, 2025
A sign reads "Martinez/Yazzie Action Plan Regional Community Meeting" with a red arrow pointing right. The sign is placed on a tiled floor indoors.

8.15.25 – Host Nash Jones heads to the Mescalero Apache Reservation for a community feedback meeting organized by the state Public Education Department. This is one of about a dozen in-person and virtual meetings across the state this month to get input for PED’s new plan to meet compliance with court orders under the Yazzie/Martinez…

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Nonprofit Says Executive Order Will Widen Housing Gaps in NM

August 8, 2025
Three people sit around a table under studio lights, with one person holding papers and appearing to lead the discussion. Three mugs and a notepad are on the table.

8.8.25 – In July, Trump signed an executive order directing two federal agencies to shift their resources away from housing and instead towards forced mental health and substance abuse treatment, as well as criminal enforcement against unhoused people. Two leaders of a local nonprofit tell Lou how that executive order will restrict housing access to…

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