Posts by Myah Wilmarth
Legislative Special Session Patches Budget, Tackles Other Issues
June 26, 2020 – The emergency special session of the New Mexico Legislature clocked in at less than a week. Starting on June 18th and ending on the 22nd, the session’s main goal was to provide a stop-gap solution to pandemic-related budget holes that would see the state through to the regular session next year. …
Read MoreSpecial Session Ends, Push for Early Childhood Wellness Begins, COVID and More Racial Reckoning
This week on New Mexico in Focus, correspondent Russell Contreras talks with Elizabeth Groginsky, the first secretary of New Mexico’s newly minted Early Childhood Education and Care Department, which will launch next week. Groginsky talks about her plans for creating a cohesive and aligned pre-natal-to-five early childhood system in New Mexico. Protests against racism and…
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