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New Mexico settles child care lawsuit, promises subsidies
By CEDAR ATTANASIOApril 27, 2021 GMT
SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) New Mexico’s early childhood department has settled a lawsuit with anti-poverty groups, cementing access to child care subsidies for low-income residents.
Under the agreement announced between the Early Childhood Education and Care Department last Thursday, households can qualify if they earn up to 200% more than the poverty line, which is income less than $52,400 for a family of four.
The lawsuit was initially filed in 2018 against the Children Youth and Families Department and former Republican Gov. Susana Martinez, alleging that eligibility for child care subsidies was reduced without following the proper rulemaking process.
High court justice, who authored end to execution, to retire Follow Us
Question of the Day By MORGAN LEE - Associated Press - Tuesday, April 27, 2021
SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) - State Supreme Court Justice Barbara Vigil is retiring from the New Mexico Supreme Court at the end of June after more than eight years at the high court.
Vigil wrote the lead majority opinion in 2019 that set aside the death penalty for the final two inmates awaiting execution a decade after the state repealed capital punishment. She also authored recent opinions on utility regulation amid the state’s transition away form coal-fired power plants.
COVID Deaths And Hospitalizations Increase In New Mexico –
Albuquerque Journal, KUNM
New Mexico health officials announced 181 new confirmed COVID-19 cases Tuesday and twelve additional deaths related to the virus.
The Albuquerque Journal reports that while case numbers remain fairly steady, the number of deaths and hospitalizations reported yesterday mark a rise in New Mexico, where daily deaths due to COVID-19 in April have mostly remained in the single digits.
The state announced yesterday 130 New Mexicans are now hospitalized with COVID-19. The Journal reports that’s a 35% increase since the beginning of the month, though remains well below the numbers seen at the end of last year.
Governor Vaccine Progress Means New Mexico Can Open Soon -
By Susan Montoya Bryan, Associated Press
Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham on Wednesday said she expects New Mexico to reopen completely by the end of June if the state reaches its goal of having at least 60% of residents fully vaccinated by then.
She made the announcement during a virtual briefing, proclaiming that the state was “conquering COVID.”
Lujan Grisham and state health officials said the state s pace of vaccinations has been as an overwhelming driver for the progress seen in recent months, with more than 60 people vaccinated for every new case of COVID-19 reported.