New Mexico Foundation for Open Government announces new executive director

The New Mexico Foundation for Open Government’s (FOG) Board of Directors announced Thursday that Christine Barber will be the organization’s new executive director starting Nov. 25.  FOG is a New Mexico nonprofit, nonpartisan organization that serves the open government interests of the public, business community, elected officials, journalists and lawyers.  “Transparency and the public’s right […]

New Mexico Foundation for Open Government announces new executive director

The New Mexico Foundation for Open Government’s (FOG) Board of Directors announced Thursday that Christine Barber will be the organization’s new executive director starting Nov. 25.  FOG is a New Mexico nonprofit, nonpartisan organization that serves the open government interests of the public, business community, elected officials, journalists and lawyers.  “Transparency and the public’s right […]

$5.4 million awarded for rural health care in New Mexico

Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham announced Nov. 21 that four rural health care organizations will receive a combined $5.4 million from the Rural Health Care Delivery Fund to bring health services closer to New Mexicans in underserved areas.  The announcement, made on National Rural Health Day, highlights the first allocation from the $46 million fund championed […]

$5.4 million awarded for rural health care in New Mexico

Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham announced Nov. 21 that four rural health care organizations will receive a combined $5.4 million from the Rural Health Care Delivery Fund to bring health services closer to New Mexicans in underserved areas.  The announcement, made on National Rural Health Day, highlights the first allocation from the $46 million fund championed […]

GOP senators say RFK Jr. must ‘explain’ vaccine criticism, other views

By Rachel Roubein, Dan Diamond · The Washington Post (c) 2024 Republican senators are poised to decide whether Robert F. Kennedy Jr. becomes the nation’s next health secretary. But in interviews this week, a half-dozen GOP lawmakers said they had questions or outright concerns about his selection, with several citing his vaccine skepticism, as they weighed whether […]

GOP senators say RFK Jr. must ‘explain’ vaccine criticism, other views

By Rachel Roubein, Dan Diamond · The Washington Post (c) 2024 Republican senators are poised to decide whether Robert F. Kennedy Jr. becomes the nation’s next health secretary. But in interviews this week, a half-dozen GOP lawmakers said they had questions or outright concerns about his selection, with several citing his vaccine skepticism, as they weighed whether […]

Amazon and SpaceX aim to defang the federal labor board. Trump may help.

By Caroline O’Donovan, Lauren Kaori Gurley · The Washington Post (c) 2024 Donald Trump’s presidential administration is poised to oversee major cuts to the powers of the federal agency that protects unions, as corporations including Elon Musk’s SpaceX barrage the National Labor Relations Board with lawsuits and Trump allies consider firing its Democratic members. This week, Amazon, […]

Amazon and SpaceX aim to defang the federal labor board. Trump may help.

By Caroline O’Donovan, Lauren Kaori Gurley · The Washington Post (c) 2024 Donald Trump’s presidential administration is poised to oversee major cuts to the powers of the federal agency that protects unions, as corporations including Elon Musk’s SpaceX barrage the National Labor Relations Board with lawsuits and Trump allies consider firing its Democratic members. This week, Amazon, […]

GOP effort to police trans bathroom use could extend to D.C. schools, agencies

By Emily Davies, Lauren Lumpkin · The Washington Post (c) 2024 Rep. Nancy Mace (R-South Carolina) on Wednesday introduced a bill to ban transgender people from using bathrooms that align with their gender identity in buildings owned by the federal or D.C. governments – thrusting the nation’s progressive capital onto the front lines of a conservative culture […]

GOP effort to police trans bathroom use could extend to D.C. schools, agencies

By Emily Davies, Lauren Lumpkin · The Washington Post (c) 2024 Rep. Nancy Mace (R-South Carolina) on Wednesday introduced a bill to ban transgender people from using bathrooms that align with their gender identity in buildings owned by the federal or D.C. governments – thrusting the nation’s progressive capital onto the front lines of a conservative culture […]