Crooked Bough News Round-up

+ States ordered by U.S. Education Department to certify school DEI ban or lose funds—This story was updated at 1:47 p.m. EDT. WASHINGTON — The U.S. Depart...

+ Social Security commissioner nominee advances to U.S. Senate floor amid DOGE questions—Frank Bisignano, Social Security commissioner nominee, at his Senate F...

+ New Mexico to join other states to share best practices in mental health care—Only 34.8% of people in New Mexico with private insurance were able to...

+ U.S. House Dems say NOAA cuts will harm weather forecasting, fisheries, Navy operations—A NOAA NO-XP radar antenna prior to operations in VORTEX 2 in Norman, ...

+ Senate GOP budget resolution sets stage for raising debt limit by as much as $5 trillion—The U.S. Capitol. (Photo by Jennifer Shutt/States Newsroom)WASHINGTON ...

+ Western NM University regents tasked with addressing previous allegations of financial malfeasance—Western New Mexico University campus pictured in Silver City, New Mexi...

+ Vexed by judicial restraints on Trump, U.S. Senate GOP floats bill to undercut courts—Opponents of President Donald Trump’s executive order indefinitely hal...

+ Trump to impose 10% base tariff on international imports, higher levies on some nations—U.S. President Donald Trump holds up a chart while speaking during a “...

+ Surprise guest shows up as U.S. House Dems slam education cuts: the Education secretary—From left, U.S. Reps. Frederica Wilson of Florida and Gwen Moore of Wi...

+ Dems celebrate a Wisconsin rejection of Musk, while GOP keeps 2 House seats in Florida—Demonstrators protest outside the KI Convention Center before the star...

+ NM wildfire outlook above normal for most of state—Crews work to secure containment lines on the Mogote Hill Fire near Wa...

+ New Mexico reports childhood obesity improvements—The New Mexico Health Department released its most recent report on ch...

+ Judge orders fired federal probationary workers reinstated in 19 states, D.C.—Democratic U.S. Sen. Chris Van Hollen of Maryland speaks at a rally in...

+ Trump administration targets Planned Parenthood’s family-planning grants—Federal health officials temporarily froze Title X family-planning fun...

+ Outlook for Mexican gray wolf still positive, despite recent death—A male Mexican gray wolf tries to elude capture inside an enclosure at...

+ ‘These are not normal times,’ Sen. Cory Booker says in record-breaking Senate speech—Sen. Cory Booker's 25-hour-plus speech broke a record previously held ...

show more ...

see all...

As of 4/3/25 3:17pm. Last new 4/3/25 10:08am.