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Roundhouse battle looms as Lujan Grisham seeks to cement legacy in child care access
3+ hour, 19+ min ago (1787+ words) Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham enters the House chamber in 2019 for her first State of the State address. Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham takes the lectern to deliver the State of the State address in 2024. A preview of the last legislative session…...
Letter writing enjoys a revival as fans seek connection and a break from screen time
19+ hour, 9+ min ago (866+ words) Pen pal letters are displayed outside the Sullivan County Health Care nursing home in Unity, N.H., in 2020. Letter writing has had a resurgence as more people turn to analog activities to spend less time on their phones. At a time when…...
CYFD develops workforce retention plan amid persistent caseworker shortage
1+ day, 3+ hour ago (990+ words) From left, Children, Youth and Families Department Deputy Secretary Kathy Kunkel; acting Cabinet Secretary Valerie Sandoval, and chief operating officer Brenda Donald. Dozens of employees at the New Mexico Children, Youth and Families Department resigned from their jobs in 2025. Most…...
Republican lawmaker proposes bill to boost foster services
4+ day, 7+ hour ago (554+ words) Rep. Rebecca Dow, R-Truth or Consequences, seeks to introduce a bill that would create pilot programs in counties that face the highest needs in foster care to incentivize new providers to take in children and to expand therapeutic and crisis…...
Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham selects CYFD official for state child advocate job
1+ week, 1+ day ago (671+ words) Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham has selected an official with the New Mexico Children, Youth and Families Department as the first state child advocate, according to a letter sent to Attorney General Ra'l Torrez on Friday. "Dawn Walters has spent her…...
Braves, Lady Braves advance in Jason Abeyta Memorial Tournament
1+ week, 2+ day ago (344+ words) Santa Fe Indian School 73, Cuba 21 What happened: The Braves were their usual dominant selves in the opening round of their own Jason Abeyta Memorial Tournament on Thursday in the Pueblo Pavilion. The Rams' only bucket in the opening quarter belonged…...
New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham 'disappointed' LFC is proposing smaller hike for child care
1+ week, 3+ day ago (1623+ words) Day care teacher Gabby Perez helps soothe Delilah Stevenson to sleep at Turquoise Child Development Center in Tucumcari last month. Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham's free universal child care initiative, which has generated national headlines and the interest of prominent political…...
Santa Fe financial literacy classes are reality-based
2+ week, 6+ hour ago (290+ words) Some 18-year-old students with part-time jobs have even made the decision to open a Roth IRA while enrolled in the course. It doesn't get much more real than that. After 25 years working in finance, I earned my teaching certificate from…...
Data: Little progress so far in expanding New Mexico child care capacity
3+ week, 3+ hour ago (1344+ words) Day care teacher Brittany Sandrik walks through a building that is being renovated to serve as a second Turquoise Child Development Center in Tucumcari on Dec. 11. Once opened, Sandrik will be the director of the new center. TUCUMCARI " Michelle Chavez…...
Timeline: Expansion of subsidized child care in New Mexico
3+ week, 15+ hour ago (517+ words) Day care teacher Gabby Perez helps soothe Delilah Stevenson to sleep at Turquoise Child Development Center in Tucumcari on Dec. 11. New Mexico's child care assistance program went through multiple rounds of cuts and expansions before being made universally accessible to…...