The bars in this chart show the percentage of New Mexicans receiving at least one vaccine dose by ethnicity. Source: New Mexico Department of Health. Created by Eli Ben-Naim
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Republican State Leadership Committee Launches Commission To Restore Public Confidence In Elections
Alabama Secretary of State John Merrill
RSLC News:
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Republican State Leadership Committee (RSLC), home to the national caucuses for Republican state legislators and secretaries of state, today announced a commission to restore the American people’s confidence in the integrity of their free and fair elections by convening leading policymakers to share and discuss voter-centric current laws and future reforms that make it easier to vote and harder to cheat.
The commission, co-chaired by Alabama Secretary of State John Merrill and Michigan state Sen. Ruth Johnson, Read More
Legislative Roundup: 32 Days Remaining In Session
Sen. Cliff Pirtle, R-Roswell and his bow tie at the Capitol. Image taken from video
Legislative Roundup
SFNM
Abortion repeal bill could become law: Members of the House Judiciary Committee voted 8-4 along party lines, with little debate, to approve a bill repealing a decades-old and currently unenforceable law making it a crime to perform an abortion in New Mexico. Senate Bill 10 — which the full Senate passed Friday — now goes to the House floor, where it is likely to pass. Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham, a Democrat, has said she will sign the bill into law if it reaches her desk.
About 25 people spoke Read More
Virtual Participation In 2021 Session Setting Record Pace
Speaker of the House Brian Egolf
NMDP News:
Santa Fe — Virtual participation in the New Mexico House of Representatives for weeks 2 and 3 of the 2021 Legislative Session continues at a record-setting pace in the New Mexico House of Representatives.
Exactly 6,119 New Mexicans made their voices heard virtually in House committee meetings with 32 out of 33 counties in the state represented over the two-week period from Feb. 1 to Feb. 13.
An additional 32,606 people watched the Legislature’s online webcast. For comparison, roughly 2,400 participated in the first full week of committees. A map of Read More
COVID Relief Bills To Move Quickly Through House
House Speaker Brian Egolf
NMDP News:
SANTA FE — The three COVID-relief bills recently passed by the Senate are scheduled to move quickly through the House with the aim of getting to the Governor’s desk in short order.
Thursday, they each received a single committee assignment from House Speaker Brian Egolf in order to ensure expedient review before they are brought to the House Floor for a vote.
“Providing relief for New Mexico’s struggling businesses and families is our number one reason for convening this session,” Speaker of the House Brian Egolf said. “These initiatives are time-sensitive Read More
Father Theophan: Tools
Pottery tools. Photo by Father Theophan
By Father Theophan
Saint Job of Pochaiv Orthodox Church
Los Alamos
I’ve come to realize something over the years of puttering around in my workshops, both here and in the previous places I’ve lived and worked: I like tools. If there is a hobby that requires a bunch of tools, equipment, and/or skills, there is a better chance that I will like pursuing it. That may be why I’d rather rock-climb than run. All the harnesses, ropes, and carabiners are fun and interesting! Running shoes? Bah! Everyone has shoes!
Pottery is one of those things in which, the deeper you Read More
Long-Sought Permanent Funding For Early Childhood Programs Takes Big Step Forward With House Passage
The Roundhouse in Santa Fe. File photo
STATE News:
SANTA FE — A transformational long-term investment in New Mexico’s youngest children won House passage Friday, moving the state one step closer to providing permanent and sustainable funds for early childhood programs.
Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham and Cabinet secretaries cheered the House action.
House Joint Resolution 1 – sponsored by Representative Moe Maestas, Javier Martinez, Georgene Louis and Liz Thomson – would put a constitutional amendment on the ballot to earmark an additional small portion of the Land Grant Permanent Fund each Read More
Student Artwork On Display At Los Alamos Medical Center
Chamisa Elementary School Art Teacher Renee Mitsunaga worked with Los Alamos Medical Center to bring back ‘Art From the Schools’ to display throughout the first floor at LAMC. Mitsunaga provided art created by students at Chamisa, Mountain and Barranca elementary schools. The art is on display to bring happiness to patients and employees and allow the students’ creativity to be appreciated. Courtesy/LAMC
Art created by students at Chamisa, Mountain and Barranca elementary schools on display to bring happiness to patients and employees at LAMC. Courtesy/LAMC
Art created by students at Read More
NHCC: Art Museum Offers World Class Collection Of Works
Art Museum on National Hispanic Cultural Center campus reopened Feb. 5. Courtesy/NHCC
NHCC News:
An extraordinary selection of works are on exhibit at the Art Museum on the campus of the National Hispanic Cultural Center (NHCC), which reopened to the public Feb. 5, in accordance with COVID-safe practices and public health measures to protect the well-being of patrons.
Located in the historic and vibrant Barelas neighborhood of Albuquerque, the NHCC Art Museum is open 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Tuesday through Sunday, and visitation is limited to 75 people at any one time.
“El Perú: Art in the Contemporary Read More
‘Flattening The Curve’ Has Been Voted Most Detested Pandemic-Related Phrase Among New Mexicans
PR PIONEER News:
A new poll by PR Pioneer reveals that “Flattening the curve” is voted the most detested pandemic-related phrase among New Mexicans.
While almost every American can’t wait to get the vaccine and resign the coronavirus to the pages of future history books, it’s likely that many of us also are eager to part with certain pandemic-related words and phrases – hopefully never to be uttered again.
Whereas this time last year, many of these terms were rarely used in everyday conversation across America, it now feels as though every aspect of our lives is flooded with them.
From work chats, Read More