New Mexico lawmakers eye ‘really robust’ Children’s Cabinet under next governor

By: Joshua Bowling

Outlets: Source New Mexico

Published: June 16, 2026

Words: 543

Last Updated: 1 month, 1 week ago

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As members of a New Mexico legislative committee Tuesday afternoon discussed the troubling finding of a recent report — that some 32,000 young people statewide neither work nor go to school — longtime state lawmakers in the room broached the idea that New Mexico’s next governor could revitalize the state’s Children’s Cabinet.

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The April Legislative Finance Committee report said that many of the disconnected …

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