With President Donald Trump back in office, Congressional Republicans are eager to extend his 2017 tax cuts, which likely means slashing the Medicaid program which covers half of all children living in rural New Mexico.

New Mexico legislative leaders are recommending a 5.7% general fund spending increase for the coming fiscal year.

New Mexico legislative leaders are recommending a 5.7% general fund spending increase for the coming fiscal year SANTA FE, N.M. -- Leading New Mexico legislators on Wednesday recommended a 5.7% ...

Combined state and federal spending on health care in New Mexico — principally Medicaid — would increase by $3.3 billion to $15.5 billion, a 27% jump. New Mexico is using a new assessment on ...

SANTA FE, N.M. — Leading New Mexico legislators on Wednesday recommended a 5.7% general fund spending increase for the coming fiscal year that emphasizes health care access, public school ...

Donald Trump's nominee for Treasury Secretary, Scott Bessent, says he will "get back to" Senator Ben Ray Luján when asked at his Senate confirmation hearing if he would suggest cuts to Medicaid. Vile. pic.twitter.com/EM6Nx5L0XD

In the past, the state Children, Youth and Families Department has opposed changes to New Mexico's law governing how to treat children born with drugs in their system, arguing it was the best agency to manage the law and that treatments prescribed under it should not be mandatory.

President Donald Trump started his second administration with a blitz of policy actions to reorient the U.S. government.

California and Massachusetts are teaching immigrants their rights while Florida and Texas are collecting patients’ immigration status. As states offer differing guidelines for interacting with immigrant patients,

Some have an immediate policy impact. Others are more symbolic. Some already are being challenged by federal lawsuits.

Budget nominee hints at work requirements for Medicaid. Local officials respond to Trump’s immigration plans with silence or defiance. The Bishop Who Pleaded With Trump: ‘Was Anyone Going to ...

Senate Majority Floor Leader Peter Wirth (D-Santa Fe) said he is committed to making the funding for court-ordered treatment permanent.