There have been a lot of game-changers since COVID-19 began – including the virus itself, which has completely upended our ways of life across the globe. For two years we have been in a dead heat, racing against emerging variants, lining our tool kit with the most successful vaccine in human history, collectively postponing big life events to save the very lives we are meant to be celebrating…and so much more. How are we faring in this race? A look back helps define where we are, how far we have come, and why what we do now matters.

SANTA FE, NM – Effective July 1, 2022, NMCIA will provide workers’ compensation coverage to 32 of New Mexico’s 33 counties for the 2022-23 policy year. NMCIA welcomes Los Alamos County to the NMCIA self-insurance pool, with their participation in the workers’ compensation coverage program.

GRANTS, N.M. – Statewide, threats to schools are on the increase. The Federal Bureau of Investigation is seeing a massive increase in threats to schools. In just the first six months of 2022, the FBI noted an 850 percent increase in threats of violence toward schools.

Cibola County has so far had a rough month in the battle against COVID-19. Cases are on the rise, and due to holidays COVID-19 data is lagging from the state Department of Health.

SANTA FE – Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham on Monday signed an executive order protecting access to reproductive health care services in New Mexico, protecting medical providers from attempts at legal retribution and establishing that New Mexico will not entertain extradition attempts from other states relating to receiving or performing reproductive services.

ALBUQUERQUE, NM – New Mexico Attorney General Hector Balderas and a national coalition of 22 attorneys general today issued the following joint statement reaffirming their commitment to supporting and expanding access to abortion care. Despite the U.S. Supreme Court decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, access to safe and legal abortion remains robustly protected in numerous states across the country, including in New Mexico and the coalition states. As highlighted by the multistate coalition’s efforts in the amicus brief led by California in Dobbs, the coalition of attorneys general will continue to fight to support the rights of pregnant people nationwide.