Posts by Nash Jones

Here we go! The 2026 New Mexico legislative session starts up on Tuesday. It’ll be a 30-day sprint with a focus on the budget. Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham will kick it all off with her annual State of the State address, which you can watch live on NMPBS, the PBS app or YouTube that afternoon.…

The longest federal government shutdown in U.S. history has come to an end, and with it a tug-of-war over the nation’s largest anti-hunger program: the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, known as SNAP or food stamps. The entitlement program doesn’t usually stall during shutdowns. In fact, in its 60-year history, it never had before. Beginning Nov.…