/tags/federal-cuts Federal cuts en-US Copyright Fri, 29 Aug 2025 00:06:13 GMT /local-news/2025-08-28/navajo-nation-vice-president-raises-concerns-around-federal-funding-education-cuts Richelle Montoya, vice president of the Navajo Nation, told state lawmakers on the Federal Funding Stabilization Subcommittee on Thursday her community is concerned about its schools in the face of federal funding cuts. Fri, 29 Aug 2025 00:06:13 GMT /local-news/2025-08-28/navajo-nation-vice-president-raises-concerns-around-federal-funding-education-cuts Jeanette DeDios /NM-New-Mexico-HCA-health-care-authority-trying-to-cover-federal-SNAP-food-stamp-reductions-cuts Federal cuts to food assistance through the budget reconciliation bill, better known as the “Big Beautiful Bill,” put more than 450,000 New Mexicans at risk seeing their benefits drop by more than 20%, or losing their assistance altogether. But, state officials say they’ll do everything they can to fill gaps left by those federal cuts. Wed, 27 Aug 2025 21:36:56 GMT /NM-New-Mexico-HCA-health-care-authority-trying-to-cover-federal-SNAP-food-stamp-reductions-cuts Daniel Montaño /local-news/2025-08-26/after-trump-and-congress-spending-cuts-public-media-stations-wait-on-money-for-emergency-alerts The Corporation for Public Broadcasting, which distributed federal funds to public media stations, is shutting down on September 30. This closure threatens the resilience of the nation's emergency alert systems. Tue, 26 Aug 2025 20:19:26 GMT /local-news/2025-08-26/after-trump-and-congress-spending-cuts-public-media-stations-wait-on-money-for-emergency-alerts Gabriela Aoun Angueira /public-health-new-mexico/2025-08-22/lawsuit-could-restore-federal-humanities-funding A lawsuit seeking to restore millions of dollars in grant funding that was stripped from humanities councils across the country will move forward after a federal judge issued a preliminary injunction in the case earlier this month. Fri, 22 Aug 2025 15:26:31 GMT /public-health-new-mexico/2025-08-22/lawsuit-could-restore-federal-humanities-funding Daniel Montaño /show/university-showcase/2025-08-18/brain-researchers-host-a-teach-in-to-stand-up-for-science On this month’s program we’ll hear from a local coordinator with Stand Up For Science and three University of New Mexico neuroscience researchers about their work and what they will discuss at a public event on August 23rd. Tue, 19 Aug 2025 04:16:43 GMT /show/university-showcase/2025-08-18/brain-researchers-host-a-teach-in-to-stand-up-for-science Megan Kamerick /local-news/2025-08-07/as-tribal-colleges-face-funding-cuts-iaia-president-remains-optimistic In recent months, the Institute of American Indian Arts (IAIA) was one of many tribal colleges facing federal funding cuts. President Trump’s budget proposal threatens to reduce the school’s federal allocation from $13.482 million to zero beginning October 1, 2025. Thu, 07 Aug 2025 22:35:51 GMT /local-news/2025-08-07/as-tribal-colleges-face-funding-cuts-iaia-president-remains-optimistic Jeanette DeDios /local-news/2025-08-07/new-iaia-president-sees-opportunities-to-cultivate-more-donors-and-recognition-of-indigenous-artists On August 1 2025, Shelly Lowe (Navajo) from Ganado Arizona became the newest president of the Institute of American Indian Arts (IAIA) in Santa Fe, NM. She previously served as chair of the National Endowment for the Humanities and led the Harvard University Native American Program. Lowe told 91���� about her first introduction to IAIA when her son was looking for an art school. Thu, 07 Aug 2025 22:28:29 GMT /local-news/2025-08-07/new-iaia-president-sees-opportunities-to-cultivate-more-donors-and-recognition-of-indigenous-artists Jeanette DeDios /public-health-new-mexico/2025-07-18/kunm-general-manager-says-the-rescission-bill-will-be-a-hard-hit-but-the-station-will-forge-ahead 91���� will lose 12% of its budget, or about $275,000, after the House and Senate passed the rescission bill that was put forth at the request of President Donald Trump. The station’s new General Manager, Jeff Pope, said the cut could have drastic effects, but remains confident the station will find a way to forge ahead. Fri, 18 Jul 2025 23:38:23 GMT /public-health-new-mexico/2025-07-18/kunm-general-manager-says-the-rescission-bill-will-be-a-hard-hit-but-the-station-will-forge-ahead Daniel Montaño /local-news/2025-07-07/tribes-could-feel-potential-cuts-to-federal-law-enforcement Officials with the Mescalero Apache Tribe told state lawmakers on Monday, they’re concerned about the impact of potential cuts to federal law enforcement on the reservation. Mon, 07 Jul 2025 23:15:48 GMT /local-news/2025-07-07/tribes-could-feel-potential-cuts-to-federal-law-enforcement Jeanette DeDios /Senator-Heinrich-visits-First-Nations-medicaid-cuts-patient-stories-nm-New-Mexico On Friday, before hosting a roundtable discussion about the effects of the federal budget bill’s impact on New Mexico’s health care, Senator Martin Heinrich got the story straight from the horse's mouth. The meeting was at First Nations Community Healthsource, where Heinrich talked to patients about what losing Medicaid would mean for them. Tue, 24 Jun 2025 01:48:25 GMT /Senator-Heinrich-visits-First-Nations-medicaid-cuts-patient-stories-nm-New-Mexico Daniel Montaño