inflation /tags/inflation inflation en-US Copyright Wed, 16 Oct 2024 01:15:17 GMT Senate candidates offer different approaches to relieve New Mexicans’ financial strain /local-news/2024-10-15/senate-candidates-new-mexico-inflation-financial-strain While inflation is finally coming down, many are still hurting in New Mexico. U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich and his Republican challenger in this year’s election, Nella Domenici, have differing proposals to provide some relief. Wed, 16 Oct 2024 01:15:17 GMT /local-news/2024-10-15/senate-candidates-new-mexico-inflation-financial-strain Nash Jones Gov. Lujan Grisham says she will ‘absolutely’ pursue codifying Roe in state law if reelected /local-news/2022-10-19/gov-lujan-grisham-says-she-will-absolutely-pursue-codifying-roe-in-state-law-if-reelected Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham praised President Biden’s pledge this week to codify abortion protections in federal law if the Democrats secure a majority in congress. She characterized the move as a commitment to “echo” the work being done here in New Mexico, and tells 91 she "absolutely" would pursue codifying the right to an abortion in state law if reelected. Thu, 20 Oct 2022 01:39:49 GMT /local-news/2022-10-19/gov-lujan-grisham-says-she-will-absolutely-pursue-codifying-roe-in-state-law-if-reelected Nash Jones Harvard center reports NM housing struggles mirrored nationally, but ABQ suffers higher than average rent increases /local-news/2022-07-20/harvard-center-reports-nm-housing-struggles-mirrored-nationally-but-abq-suffers-higher-than-average-rent-increases It turns out, New Mexico’s story of a dearth of affordable housing and rents that just keep going up are mirrored around the country, but there is an exception – Albuquerque rents have risen more than many other cities. That’s according to the Harvard Joint Center for Housing Studies, which recently released its annual State of the Nation’s Housing report for 2022. Wed, 20 Jul 2022 16:58:18 GMT /local-news/2022-07-20/harvard-center-reports-nm-housing-struggles-mirrored-nationally-but-abq-suffers-higher-than-average-rent-increases Kaveh Mowahed Soaring costs threaten farming livelihoods — and ways of life /local-news/2022-04-27/soaring-costs-threaten-farming-livelihoods-and-ways-of-life In agriculture, especially growing fruit and vegetables, margins have long been tight, with labor costs and drought causing headaches. But now supply chain issues and the war in Eastern Europe have driven fuel and fertilizer prices way up. And farmers are having to make tough choices. Wed, 27 Apr 2022 18:00:10 GMT /local-news/2022-04-27/soaring-costs-threaten-farming-livelihoods-and-ways-of-life Alice Fordham