Leah Romero

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by Leah Romero, Source New Mexico May 28, 2025 Members of the recently created Federal Funding Stabilization Subcommittee met for the first time Wednesday for briefings on how federal funding is funneled into New Mexico and how current and future cuts might impact the state The subcommittee formed in response to the loss of funds and threats of cuts from the Trump administration to programs that affect state residents, including Medicaid, federal nutrition programs and programs run by the...

1 week ago | news-journal.com | Leah Romero

Western New Mexico University campus pictured in Silver City, New Mexico. (Photo courtesy Western New Mexico University)Western New Mexico University’s faculty members say they are forming a local National Education Association union while a search for a new university president commences.

1 week ago | sourcenm.com | Leah Romero

State and local leaders representing food banks, health care and senior services voiced their concerns to U.S. Sen. Ben Ray Lújan (D-N.M.) with possible cuts to federal social programs as Congress considers the “big, beautiful bill.”Lújan held the roundtable at Munson Senior Center in Las Cruces Tuesday where local advocates spoke of the impacts federal funding cuts to Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid and federal nutrition programs will have on all New Mexicans, but particularly seniors.

2 weeks ago | abiquiunews.com | Leah Romero

David Scrase has worked as a geriatrician in New Mexico for nearly 30 years, and previously served as the state’s Human Services secretary, as well as the acting health secretary, during much of the COVID-19 pandemic. He is on the frontlines when it comes to treating older residents and their caregivers. “This is a growing, giant issue,” Scrase told Source NM.

2 weeks ago | sourcenm.com | Leah Romero

by Leah Romero, Source New Mexico May 21, 2025 Three years after a hazing scandal within New Mexico State University’s men’s basketball team, New Mexico Attorney General Raúl Torrez says the university has taken “valiant” steps to improve safety and accountability. Three former NMSU basketball players were charged in late 2023 after several other younger student athletes revealed they were forcibly restrained and sexually assaulted on multiple occasions during the season.