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New Mexico's per-capita pedestrian fatality ranking dropped from No. 1 to No. 9 in 2025, the state's first time out of the top five since 2016.
June 11, 2026
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New Mexico's historic $1.5 billion transportation bonding program is officially underway. The initial 2026 Series A Bonds were sold June 9 with the transaction closing June 30, the first installment launching major infrastructure investments across the state.
June 11, 2026
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The New Mexico Environment Department reported that enforcement personnel initiated 145 separate compliance actions during May while resolving 93 cases through various compliance mechanisms.
June 9, 2026
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NMED offered free well water testing to Pecos residents as part of ongoing drinking-water quality and public-health outreach across the state.
June 3, 2026
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An 86% graduation rate marks a record year for CYFD's high schools, with juvenile justice students graduating at roughly four times the national average.
June 3, 2026
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State Police will be conducting sobriety checkpoints, saturation patrols, and registration, insurance, and driver's license checkpoints in all New Mexico counties during June 2026.
June 1, 2026
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New Mexico awarded $13 million to advance brackish water development projects, part of the state's strategy to expand non-potable water supplies.
May 18, 2026
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The design for the Las Vegas, New Mexico water treatment plant project was unveiled, a key step in restoring resilient drinking-water infrastructure for the community.
May 15, 2026
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NMED and the Department of the Air Force reached a verbal agreement to collaborate on advancing PFAS contamination cleanup at Cannon Air Force Base.
May 12, 2026
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CYFD launched a public dashboard publishing child welfare data, expanding transparency into the state's child welfare system.
April 22, 2026
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Parties to the Kevin S. settlement issued a joint statement marking progress on reforms to New Mexico's child welfare system.
March 3, 2026
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The state announced an initiative to hire hundreds of child welfare workers and expand mental health services for children across New Mexico.
December 9, 2025