Posts Tagged ‘2017 legislative session’
NMiF examines the special legislative session, correspondent Megan Kamerick begins a month-long series on behavioral health services for New Mexicans, plus Civil Rights movement photographer Maria Varela.
It’s been nearly four years since the Martinez Administration stopped Medicaid payments to 15 nonprofits providing behavioral health services, accusing them of millions of dollars in fraud. The organizations were eventually cleared of wrongdoing by the Attorney General, but many had gone out of business. What is the state of mental health care in New…
Read MoreThe Line: Lawmakers Prepare To Sue The Governor
April 21, 2017 – A group of state lawmakers voted last week to direct legislative staff to prepare to sue Governor Susana Martinez over some vetoes during and after this year’s 60-day session. The governor vetoed all funding for higher education and the legislative branch and said lawmakers would have to come back to Santa…
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