New Mexico In Depth (https://nmindepth.com/)
A ranch for troubled youth in Sierra County is facing allegations of shackling children at their ankles and abuse. Recent lawsuits and other developments raise a question: Why didn't the state require the ranch to be licensed and subject to oversight years ago?
The chaotic transition a state agency forced last year from 15 New Mexico-based health organizations to five Arizona companies had many problems, an annual audit has found.
The audit the state used to justify suspending Medicaid payments to an Alamogordo health center last year appears to have included mistakenly flagged claims, according to the state Attorney General’s Office.
The 2014 session of the New Mexico Legislature ended today with lawmakers once again failing to fund suicide prevention programs tailored to Native American youth.
The $6.2 billion budget bill the New Mexico Senate approved Thursday evening doesn't include funding for culturally-based suicide prevention programs focused on Native American youth.
COMMENTARY: The state's leading transparency group considered giving the governor and attorney general its top award even as it prepared to sue them for keeping an audit secret. That's ludicrous, and it's indicative of changes the organization needs to make.