Spy Museum Responds To Senator Appeal To Modify Exhibit Misrepresenting CIA Torture Program
From the Office of U.S. Sen. Martin Heinrich:
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The International Spy Museum in Washington, D.C. has responded to a request made by U.S. Senators Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) and Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.), all members of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, that the museum make changes to its exhibit on the CIA torture program.
In December 2019, the senators sent a letter to Tamara Christian, president and chief operating officer of the International Spy Museum, expressing disappointment over the exhibit’s misrepresentation of the CIA’s torture Read More
Former LANL Director Siegfried Hecker To Speak At Alice And Lawry Mann Lecture Saturday, Jan. 11
Dr. Siegfried Hecker during the official CTBTO photostream. Courtesy photoHe has spoken to a full house each year he has returned to Los Alamos for this event. Come early for the best seating! Read More
Gessing: Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham’s Budget Highlights Contrast Between New Mexico And Colorado
By PAUL J. GESSINGNew Mexico Supreme Court Forms Committee To Consider Changes In Pretrial Detention Rules
SUPREME COURT News:
SANTA FE – The New Mexico Supreme Court has ordered the establishment of a 15-member committee to consider possible changes in procedures for the pretrial detention of criminal defendants.
“The work of the committee can help strengthen the reforms approved by voters in the 2016 constitutional amendment and provide additional guidance to judges making the difficult decisions about pretrial detention and release,” Chief Justice Judith K. Nakamura said in a statement.
Retired Justice Edward Chávez will chair the Ad Hoc Committee to Review Pretrial Read More
Commissioner SGR Signs Executive Order Providing Land Office Employees 12 Weeks Paid Parental Leave
NMSLO News:
SANTA FE – New Mexico Land Commissioner Stephanie Garcia Richard signed her first Executive Order of 2020 Jan. 3 to provide a paid 12-week parental leave policy for employees of the State Land Office.
This order follows Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham’s Executive Order signed Dec. 31, 2019 to provide eligible state employees who work at agencies under her oversight paid parental leave. The Governor urged other independent State agencies to also provide this important benefit.
“I’m extremely grateful to the Governor for taking this initiative and prompting this Read More
Governor Announces Extreme-Risk Protection Order Legislation To Be In 2020 30-Day Session ‘Call’
New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham. Courtesy photo
From the Office of the Governor:
- Initiative creates procedure to enhance public safety by empowering family members, public safety officers to act on early-warning signs, threats of violence
LAS CRUCES – Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham announced today her support for a public safety proposal in the upcoming legislative session authorizing extreme-risk protection orders, an important, proven-effective and proactive step toward minimizing the risk of gun violence in New Mexico communities.
Legislation co-sponsored by Sen. Joseph Read More
Speaker Brian Egolf Launches Jobs Listening Tour
STATE News:
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Hosting leaders, Egolf discusses local needs to grow and develop economically for continued job growth and economic diversification
SANTA FE – New Mexico House Speaker Brian Egolf (D-Santa Fe) begins his travels today to Los Lunas, Socorro, Ruidoso, Hobbs, Carlsbad, Mescalero, Alamogordo and Portales to host a Jobs Listening Tour.
Focused on finding solutions to the challenges facing both urban and rural communities, the tour is part of an ongoing effort to meet with community, business and economic development leaders to get ideas for local and statewide economic development, Read More
CIR: War With Iran? Risks And Implications Jan. 16
CIR News:- Will there be war with Iran?
- What are the implications and risks of assassinating
LAFRW Hosts CD3 Candidate Karen Bedonie Thursday
LAFRW News:
The Los Alamos Federated Republican Women will hols its January meeting Thursday, Jan. 9.
The business meeting begins promptly at 11:30 a.m., and all registered Republican women are invited to attend.
Congressional District 3 candidate Karen Bedonie will speak at noon and all county Republicans are invited to attend to hear about and meet this candidate.
Call Cathy Walters at 505.690.2309 for the meeting address. Call Shona Neff at 505.470.3177 for further information. Read More
Sara Scott Re-elected Los Alamos County Council Chair And Randall Ryti Elected Vice Chair For 2020
This evening during its first meeting of the new year, Los Alamos County Council elects Sara Scott to serve another year as chair and Randall Ryti to serve as vice chair. Photo by Kirsten Laskey/ladailypost.com
Staff Report
At this evening’s first Los Alamos County Council meeting of 2020, Councilor David Izraelevitz nominated and councilors unanimously elected Sara Scott to serve another year as chair. Councilor James Robinson nominated, and council voted 5-2 to elect Randall Ryti to serve as vice chair. Councilor Antonio Maggiore nominated Vice Chair Pete Sheehey to serve as chair Read More
Longtime Albuquerque Meteorologist Mark Ronchetti Seeks Republican Nomination For U.S. Senate
Mark Ronchetti
From the Mark Ronchetti U.S. Senate Campaign:
Longtime Albuquerque meteorologist Mark Ronchetti announced that he will run for U.S. Senate in New Mexico.
Ronchetti, who has served as chief meteorologist at Albuquerque’s CBS-affiliated news station for 13 years, will seek the Republican nomination in the race.
“Like all New Mexicans, I want my kids to grow up in an America where opportunities are created right here in New Mexico – where the American dream is as strong today as it’s ever been. I’m concerned that Washington is standing in the way of that bright future,” Ronchetti Read More
Annual Military & Veterans Day At Legislature Jan. 25
NMDVS News:
SANTA FE – Military & Veterans Day at the 2020 Legislature has been designated as Saturday, Jan. 25, at the State Capitol in downtown Santa Fe.
This is the annual day during the legislative session presented by the New Mexico Department of Veterans Services (DVS) and the New Mexico National Guard to honor active-duty service members and veterans.
Every year, a segment of the military also is highlighted at an 11 a.m. ceremony in the Capitol Rotunda. This year, the spotlight is on former Prisoners of War (POW’s) and those still listed as Missing in Action (MIA).
The public is invited Read More
U.S. Sen. Tom Udall Joins War Powers Resolution To Prevent Unauthorized War With Iran
U.S. Sen. Tom Udall
From the Office of U.S. Sen. Tom Udall:
Also calls for a vote on his bipartisan Prevention of Unconstitutional War with Iran Act, co-sponsored by 27 senators.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sen. Tom Udall (D-N.M.) officially signed on as a cosponsor to a war powers resolution (S. Res. 63) today to prevent further escalation of hostilities with Iran, introduced Friday by U.S. Sen. Tim Kaine (D-Va.).
Udall is the author of the bipartisan Prevention of Unconstitutional War with Iran Act, first introduced in 2018 and then again in 2019, a bill to prohibit the United States from expending Read More
Udall On Death Of Former Questa Mayor Esther Garcia
Former Village of Questa Mayor Esther Garcia
New Mexico Republican Deplore-A-Ball Feb. 29
County Parks And Recreation Board Meets Thursday
William Perry Pendley Reauthorized As Acting Director Of BLM, Groups Protest His Arrival In Grand Junction
An unwelcoming committee waits for Acting Deputy Director William Perry Pendley to arrive Thursday at the Bureau of Land Management office in Grand Junction, Colo. Courtesy photo
ENVIRONMENTAL News:
Governor Releases FY 2021 Executive Budget
From the Office of the Governor:
- Education represents almost 50 percent of new spending, including another round of raises for educators and school personnel; other highlights include significant investments in infrastructure, health and well-being, public safety.
SANTA FE – Ahead of the 2020 legislative session scheduled to begin later this month, Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham released today her second state budget proposal as New Mexico governor.
The fiscal year 2021 executive recommendation underscores the governor’s commitment to the next step in growth for the state of New Read More
League Essay Contest Honors 100th Anniversary Of Women’s Suffrage … 1920 – 2020
Courtesy/LWVLA
LWVLA News:
A hundred years ago on Aug. 18, 1920, Tennessee was the last of the necessary 36 states to secure ratification of the Nineteenth Amendments allowing women the right to vote.
To celebrate the event and to remind citizens of those momentous times, the League of Women Voters is sponsoring an essay contest open to all Los Alamos students in grades 9 through 12 attending public, private or home schools.
The essay topic is “U.S. women fought for decades for the right to vote, finally achieving the vote in 1920. What were some of the obstacles to achieving suffrage? Since 1920, Read More
Trinity, Hiroshima & Nagasaki Commemoration Events
CCNS News:- Archbishop John C. Wester;
- Lt. Gov. Howie Morales;
- Rep. Angelica Rubio;
- Marian Naranjo, of Honor Our Pueblo Existence;
- Tina Cordova, of the Tularosa Basin Downwinders Consortium, also known as the Trinity Downwinders; and
- Ken Mayers of Veterans
