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Community honors late owner of Giovanni’s Pizzeria 4 years after death https://www.diningandcooking.com/restaurants/19650/ #AlbuquerqueNews #Alcachupas #Its #Kersting #NewMexicans #NewMexicoNews #Pizzeria #Pizzerias #RosarioZito #Zito

#Albuquerque’s #Route66 #Motels Are Turning Into #AffordableHousing

Amid the ongoing #housingcrisis, once-#dilapidated #buildings are finding new life as #homes for #immigrants and other #workingclass #NewMexicans.

https://reasonstobecheerful.world/albuquerque-motels-affordable-housing/

More than 2,200 #NewMexicans #died of #alcohol-related causes in 2021, according to new estimates from Department of Health, capping a decade in which such fatalities nearly doubled and setting a new high-water mark in a state already beset by the worst drinking crisis in the nation.

17% uptick in 2020 and another 13% jump in 2021.

https://nmindepth.com/2022/deaths-due-to-drinking-rose-sharply-in-2021/

100,000 #NewMexicans may no longer qualify for #Medicaid next year. State’s Medicaid program is bracing for the end of federal COVID-19 health emergency that will close off additional funding for the state, and restructure eligibility on an annual basis.

https://www.abqjournal.com/2553451/end-of-the-line-3.html?utm_term=Autofeed&utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Twitter#Echobox=1669610485