Posts by Myah Wilmarth
Pandemic Reopening, New Cannabis Law and Living on ‘Chile Street’
This week on New Mexico in Focus, The Line opinion panel assembles virtually to discuss the state’s full reopening, scheduled for July 1. The group also discusses New Mexico’s seemingly permanent place near the bottom of an annual child wellbeing survey. Finally, the panel considers another important date: June 29, when adult-use cannabis becomes legal. There’s a long way…
Read MoreThe Struggle for PFAS Pollution Accountability & Catching up with Congresswoman Melanie Stansbury
New Mexico’s environmental regulators learned from the Air Force in 2018 that it had contaminated local waters with PFAS from fire fighting foams used at Cannon and Holloman Air Force bases. Since that time, the state has been sued by the U.S. Department of Defense for trying to compel the military to clean up that…
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