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Keeping children fed during the summer months, behavioral health resources for immigrants and refugees, a conversation with “The Radium Girls” author Kate More, and a push to add more information to an ethics commission measure that heads to the ballot next fall

NMiF: Mental Health

This week on New Mexico in Focus, correspondent Megan Kamerick sits down with local advocates who work with immigrants and refugees in part two in our series on behavioral health needs across our state. And she talks with Kate Moore, author of “The Radium Girls,” about how the poisoning of women who worked in factories…

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The Line: Lawmakers Consider Changes To Breakfast After The Bell Program

Three people sitting at a table talking to each other.

January 29, 2016 – Breakfast After The Bell  was created reduce the number of children who are hungry at the start of the school day. But some lawmakers say they’re hearing from teachers and school officials that eating in the classroom is creating new challenges. Senator Gay Kernan told the Albuquerque Journal that a bill she introduced (SB 144) with Senator Mimi…

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