New Mexico gets $156 million for solar projects
by KRQE News 13
KRQE News 13— ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is giving New Mexico $156,120,000 to fund solar projects. The goal is to bring solar energy to low-income families through the "Solar for All" initiative. “With the fires, drought and heat that New Mexico is experiencing because of the global climate crisis, there is real hope in []
KRQE News 13—New Mexico getting over $28 million for drinking water improvements. ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – The Bipartisan Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, signed in 2021, is putting more than $28 million in federal funding towards bringing clean drinking water to New Mexicans, New Mexico's congressional officials say. “Every New Mexican deserves the right to a clean and reliable supply of safe drinking water,” U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich []
KRQE News 13—New Mexico gets $2 million to help provide utilities to low-income homes. SANTA FE, N.M. (KRQE) – New Mexico has received over $2 million in federal grant money to put towards utility assistance in lower-income households. The program helps more than 30,000 households in the state as well as tribal communities, the New Mexico Human Services Department says. “We are grateful to our LIHEAP [Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program] []
MYHIGHPLAINS—New Mexico School Superintendent Association, multiple schools file lawsuit against the New Mexico Public Education Department. The New Mexico School Superintendent Association along with multiple schools and their superintendents have filed a lawsuit in Curry County against the New Mexico Public Education Department in regard to the departments implementation of its new administrative rule, School Instructional Time Requirements.