By Julia Goldberg | Editor-in-Chief
Good morning, folks. It’s Wednesday, with heavy rainfall expected through tomorrow. Heavy rainfall means likely flash flooding across the state, particularly in the burn scars. In anticipation, the New Mexico Department of Homeland Security and Emergency Management announced yesterday afternoon it had activated the State Emergency Operation Center, and issued several safety warnings to residents. You can find more information on flood safety on the agency’s website. We have plenty of non-weather news for you to start your day, including updates on the state’s efforts at combatting homelessness and housing shortages, along with new recommendations for young students’ classroom screen time. You’ll find even more to read below and online at sourcenm.com. Thanks for reading. Stay safe and dry out there.
Workers with Health Care for the Homeless offer water, education and treatment to unsheltered New Mexicans in Albuquerque in response to high heat risk. (Photo courtesy of Health Care for the Homeless/Sara Lucero)
Report shows New Mexico still struggling with housing, homelessness despite $524M in recent spending
Despite the construction of about 62,000 housing units in recent years, New Mexico still struggles with housing affordability, uneven regional growth and increasing homelessness. Source senior reporter Joshua Bowling digs into a new report from the Legislative Finance Committee.
An historical poster from 1977 created by Rachael Romero for the Wilfred Owen Brigade in San Francisco, California. (Image via the Library of Congress)
Study on forced sterilization practices in New Mexico moves forward with group of experts
A working group of over 30 experts have convened to inform a comprehensive study on the impact of forced sterilization practices on Indigenous women and women of color in the state, as directed by the passage of Senate Memorial 14 earlier this year.
New well testing revealed PFAS in wells in La Cienega and La Cieneguilla, Santa Fe County announced earlier this week. (Photo by Matthew Mondschein/Source NM)
PFAS found in 43 water wells in La Cienega and La Cieneguilla communities, new tests show
A total of 43 wells in the La Cienega and La Cieneguilla communities in Santa Fe County showed ‘forever chemical’ contamination in recent tests, Santa Fe County announced earlier this week. The well testing, which the New Mexico Environment Department undertook, follows a data-sharing agreement the state and county made earlier this year.
New Mexico’s interim Legislative Education Study Committee heard recommendations on Tuesday from a task force that studied screen time use in elementary classrooms. (Photo via Getty Images)
Task force recommends New Mexico education department consider eliminating K-2 screen time
Source’s Matthew Mondschein reports a task force studying the impact of screens in classrooms on Tuesday recommended New Mexico education officials consider issuing guidelines that would eliminate screen time for students from kindergarten through second grade.
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