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Category Archives: News
Disability Coalition: Legislative Report #4
This message is from Ellen Pinnes and The Disability Coalition. The Legislature promised to make behavioral health and crime priorities in this year’s legislative session, and both chambers took steps in that direction last week. By the end of last week, the count of bills introduced in the legislative session was up to 834, plus 39 memorials and 32 resolutions.
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Disability Coalition: Legislative Report #3
This message is from Ellen Pinnes and The Disability Coalition. This message is from Ellen Pinnes and The Disability Coalition. By the end of last week, 661 bills had been introduced in the legislative session, along with 24 memorials and 26 resolutions. The Disability Coalition’s Legislative Report #3 is attached with a review of items of interest to the disability community.
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Disability Coalition: Legislative Report #2
This message is from Ellen Pinnes and The Disability Coalition. Nearly 500 bills, memorials, and resolutions had been introduced in the New Mexico Legislature by the end of last week, so the legislative committees have plenty to deal with. Read the Disability Coalition's Legislative Report #2 for the 2025 session to stay up to date.
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Disability Coalition: Legislative Report #1
This message is from Ellen Pinnes and The Disability Coalition. Check out the Disability Coalition’s first legislative report of the 2025 session. It includes information on the legislative and executive budget recommendations along with bills of interest to the disability community that were introduced in the first week of the session.
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Disability Rights Awareness Day at the Roundhouse
Disability Rights Awareness Day at the Roundhouse is Thursday, February 13. The event features live music, speakers, disability organizations, and a drop-in legal clinic with Disability Rights New Mexico followed by a community discussion on Medicaid.
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February Youth Coffee
Join us for a Youth Coffee meet up! Saturday, February 15th at 11am at Weck's (5115 Central Ave. NE). Fill out the interest form to let us know if you will join us, or if you can’t make it to this one but are interested in joining another time.
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