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The Roundhouse Report: Bernie Sanders praises New Mexico
1+ day, 5+ hour ago (624+ words) U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders delivered a gift to New Mexico the day after Christmas. Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt. administers the oath of office to Mayor Zohran Mamdani as Rama Duwaji holds the Quran during Mamdani's inauguration ceremony, Thursday, Jan. 1, 2026, in New…...
First-of-its-kind Santa Fe-funded apprenticeship creating 'on-ramp' to early child care careers
2+ day, 5+ hour ago (1377+ words) Etagu Wondimu, a teaching assistant and registered apprentice with the early childhood teacher apprenticeship program Aprende, plays with Adriel Campos, 2, on Nov. 18 at the Santa Fe Community College Kids Campus. Etagu Wondimu first came to the Santa Fe Community College…...
New Mexico turns to registered home-based providers to expand child care system
1+ week, 5+ hour ago (1738+ words) Students at Desert Montessori School in Santa Fe climb a structure during recess earlier this month. As New Mexico endeavors to fulfill the bold promise of what Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham has called free universal child care, the state will…...
Data: Little progress so far in expanding New Mexico child care capacity
1+ week, 1+ day ago (1344+ words) Day care teacher Brittany Sandrik walks through a building that is being renovated to serve as a second Turquoise Child Development Center in Tucumcari on Dec. 11. Once opened, Sandrik will be the director of the new center. TUCUMCARI " Michelle Chavez…...
Timeline: Expansion of subsidized child care in New Mexico
1+ week, 1+ day ago (517+ words) Day care teacher Gabby Perez helps soothe Delilah Stevenson to sleep at Turquoise Child Development Center in Tucumcari on Dec. 11. New Mexico's child care assistance program went through multiple rounds of cuts and expansions before being made universally accessible to…...
Universal child care: It took cooperation and compromise
3+ week, 1+ day ago (538+ words) Much has been written lately about New Mexico's Universal Child Care initiative. But I think we risk missing the most important lesson if we focus only on the word universal. The real story is not about labels or ideology " it…...
Early Childhood Department pitches $1.2B budget as it grows child care access
3+ week, 4+ day ago (936+ words) Amid an expansion of New Mexico's child care assistance program to universal access, the state Early Childhood Education and Care Department pitched a $1.2 billion budget for the coming fiscal year to the Legislative Finance Committee on Tuesday. Still, Cabinet Secretary…...
New Mexico taxation department works to increase utilization of child tax credit
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (710+ words) Children ride a bird nest swing in March during a spring break camp at the'Randall Davey Audubon Center and Sanctuary on Upper Canyon Road.' More New Mexico families have been taking advantage of the state's child tax credit in recent…...
Providers concerned about finances, government overreach in New Mexico's universal child care plan
2+ mon, 3+ week ago (1162+ words) Providers and advocates listen to public comments during a hearing Thursday in the PERA Building on proposed rule changes to make child care universally accessible to New Mexico families. Though many lauded the state's good intentions behind its universal care…...
New Mexico has slipped in increasing child care capacity, analysts say
3+ mon, 3+ week ago (555+ words) Evelyn Berrera, center, reacts to her classmate's dubious breakfast choice in June as she eats toast slathered in yogurt and peaches during the morning meal in Randy Orona's pre-kindergarten class at Santa Fe Community College's Kids Campus. New Mexico has…...