by Christine Mai-Duc | Jan 7, 2026 | California, health care, Insurance, Medicaid, New Mexico, News Analysis, One Big Beautiful Bill Act
In 2013, before the Affordable Care Act helped millions get health insurance, California’s Placer County provided limited health care to some 3,400 uninsured residents who couldn’t afford to see a doctor. For several years, that number has been zero in the predominantly white, largely rural county stretching from Sacramento’s eastern suburbs to the shores of Lake Tahoe.
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by Dan Ross | Dec 11, 2025 | AI, Climate Crisis, data centers, Emissions, New Mexico, News, Pollution, Water
At the very Southeastern tip of New Mexico bordering Texas and Mexico, a new artificial intelligence (AI) data center is gearing up to be a greenhouse gas and air pollution behemoth, an additional water user in a drought-afflicted region, and a sower of community discontent. Project Jupiter is one of five sites in the $500 billion Stargate Project, a national pipeline of massive AI systems…
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