Julia Goldberg

Santa Fe

Editor-in-Chief at Source New Mexico

Writer, editor, teacher; Author: Inside Story- Everyone's Guide to Reporting & Writing Creative Nonfiction; science, politics, opera etc @santafereporter

Articles

Humanities in Trouble

3 days ago | sourcenm.com | Darryl Wellington |Julia Goldberg

In early April, state humanities councils in all 50 states received a letter from the infamous DOGE. It read “Your grant no longer effectuates the agency’s needs and priorities and conditions of the Grant Agreement and is subject to termination” It meant — simply put — their funding was axed. Many councils had probably foreseen this coming, given prior moves that undermined integrity at the Kennedy Center and the National Endowment of the Arts. Councils have been in a tailspin since.
New Mexico health officials warn of measles exposure in Hobbs day care; restaurant

1 week ago | tricityrecordnm.com | Danielle Prokop |Julia Goldberg

Governor says to expect more extensive reporting if cases continue to rise New Mexico health officials on Friday afternoon issued a warning that an unvaccinated child with measles exposed people in Hobbs to measles infection at a day care and diner last weekend. In an advisory, the New Mexico Department of Health warned about the following exposures: Kidz City Daycare at the Chooselife Church, 700 N.
New Mexico Gov. said measles reporting may look different as cases rise

1 week ago | sourcenm.com | Danielle Prokop |Julia Goldberg

New Mexico measles tracking may be more extensive in coming months as cases continue to rise in the state’s southeast corner. The New Mexico Department of Health on Friday reported two additional measles cases for children ages 0 to 4-years old in Lea Count, as well as two additional hospitalizations there. The two new cases are not related to the hospitalizations, NMDOH Director of Communications Robert Nott told Source NM.
NM Governor nixes new license plates, state bread, lobbying disclosure

1 week ago | sourcenm.com | Julia Goldberg |Danielle Prokop

So much for lowrider license plates and a new state bread. Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham, in veto messages Friday, made clear she wasn’t in the mood for fun and games and rejected bills that would have created new license plates celebrating lowriders and New Mexico United, as well as one that would have designated tortillas the official state bread.
NM Governor nixes new license plates, state bread, lobbying disclosure

1 week ago | yahoo.com | Julia Goldberg |Danielle Prokop

We need a Legislature that rises to the occasion and focuses on the work that truly matters to the people of New Mexico.," Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham wrote in a message vetoing proposals for a state bread and new state license plates. (Eddie Moore/Albuquerque Journal)So much for lowrider license plates and a new state bread. Gov.
Letters to Elon • Source New Mexico

1 week ago | sourcenm.com | Miriam Sagan |Julia Goldberg

by Miriam Sagan, Source New Mexico April 11, 2025 Elon Musk is my muse, my writerly inspiration. He is also a chaotic, destructive, and unelected force in our federal government. Yet he has become my pen pal, if one sided. How on earth did this happen? In this current political climate, many people I know have felt frightened and helpless. But my friend Lucy Moore, a Santa Fe writer and mediator, took a creative as well as entertainingly sarcastic approach.
ACLU-NM denounces Gov. Lujan Grisham’s National Guard Albuquerque deployment

2 weeks ago | tricityrecordnm.com | Julia Goldberg

Governor says National Guard would not be engaged in direct policing but, in support roles Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham’s executive order deploying the National Guard to help the Albuquerque Police Department amounts to “a show of force, not a show of solutions,” ACLU New Mexico policy advocate Daniel Williams said in a statement released by the organization on Tuesday afternoon.
ACLU-NM denounces Gov. Lujan Grisham's National Guard Albuquerque deployment • Source New Mexico

2 weeks ago | sourcenm.com | Julia Goldberg

Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham’s executive order deploying the National Guard to help the Albuquerque Police Department amounts to “a show of force, not a show of solutions,” ACLU New Mexico policy advocate Daniel Williams said in a statement released by the organization on Tuesday afternoon.
ACLU-NM denounces Gov. Lujan Grisham’s National Guard Albuquerque deployment

2 weeks ago | yahoo.com | Julia Goldberg

Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham discussed her executive order deploying the National Guard to Albuquerque with reporters at an April 8, 2025 event in Santa Fe to pick up trash on Cerrillos Road (Julia Goldberg/Source NM)Gov.
Firings at federal health agencies decimate offices that release public records

2 weeks ago | sourcenm.com | Rachana Pradhan |Brett Kelman |Julia Goldberg

Public access to government records that document the handling of illnesses, faulty products, and safety lapses at health facilities will slow after mass firings at the federal Department of Health and Human Services swept out staff members responsible for releasing records, according to transparency advocates and health experts. HHS Secretary Robert F.