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Los Alamos Daily Post Turns 7 Years Old Today!

Submitted by Carol A. Clark on February 7, 2019

The Los Alamos Daily Post is celebrating its 7-year anniversary today at its world headquarters at 1247 Central Ave. The news team wants to take this opportunity to thank our many readers throughout the community, state, nation and world … it is a privilege to bring you the news each and every day! Photo by Erika Clark

Staff Report

Today marks another milestone in the history of the Los Alamos Daily Post newspaper as it celebrates seven years of delivering local news at lightning speed.

Award-winning journalist Carol A. Clark launched the Los Alamos Daily Post at 8 a.m. Tuesday, Feb. 7, 2012 Read More

Legislative Roundup: Feb. 7

Submitted by Carol A. Clark on February 7, 2019
Snow flurries Wednesday dust the Capitol grounds in Santa Fe. Gabriela Campos/The New Mexican
 
Registered therapy dogs Maya, Sophie, Honey and Karma of Pet Pals of Farmington stand in the state Capitol lobby in Santa Fe after being recognized on the Senate Floor and receiving the John Henry Award for Outstanding Service on Behavioral Heath Day at the Capitol. Gabriela Campos/The New Mexican

By The New Mexican:

Days left in session: 37
 
Heralding hope: Citing sobering statistics about the abuse and neglect of children in the state of New Mexico, Attorney General Hector Balderas
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RSF: Founder Of Human Rights Website Sentenced To 5 Years In Prison In China

Submitted by Carol A. Clark on February 7, 2019
Liu Feiyue
 
RSF News:
 
Reporters Without Borders (RSF) urges for the immediate release of Liu Feiyue, founder of a Chinese human rights information website, who was sentenced today to 5 years for “inciting subversion of state power.”
 
Jan. 29, the Suizhou Intermediate People’s Court in central China (Hubei province) sentenced citizen-journalist Liu Feiyue, 48, founder of human rights website Civil Rights and Livelihood Watch (also known as Minsheng Guancha) to 5 years in prison for “inciting subversion of state power” and “publishing articles that opposed the socialist
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Governor Breaks Barriers, Slams Trump’s Wall In Video

Submitted by Carol A. Clark on February 7, 2019
Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham political ad on Twitter smashing through walls in high heels while talking about breaking barriers to improve New Mexico. Courtesy/SFNM
 
Scene from Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham political ad on Twitter. Courtesy/SFNM
 
 
By Daniel J. Chacón
 
New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham does her own stunts.
 
In high heels, no less.
 
As President Donald Trump delivered the State of the Union address Tuesday night, Lujan Grisham released a never-before-seen political ad on Twitter that shows the diminutive
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SB 458 Aims To Increase Transparency On Transactions

Submitted by Carol A. Clark on February 7, 2019

Land Commissioner Stephanie Garcia Richard

From the State Land Office:

  • Requires public notice on land exchanges and sales, proposals for large transmission lines and pipelines

SANTA FE – Following up on her campaign promise to increase transparency at the State Land Office, Commissioner Stephanie Garcia Richard worked with Sen. Daniel Ivey-Soto (D-15) to introduce SB 458.

This bill will require public notice and input prior to the agency taking final action on any proposed land sales, land exchanges and rights-of-way (ROW) permits for large-scale electrical transmission lines and oil/gas Read More

Udall, Haaland Introduce ANTIQUITIES Act To Protect America’s National Monuments From Unlawful Attacks

Submitted by Carol A. Clark on February 7, 2019

CONGRESSIONAL News:

Bill, co-sponsored by more than 100 members of Congress, reinforces that only Congress can alter national monuments

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, U.S. Sen. Tom Udall (D-N.M.) and U.S. Rep. Deb Haaland (D-N.M.), along with U.S. Repesentatives Ben Ray Luján (D-N.M.) and Ruben Gallego (D-Ariz.), led a group of more than 100 Democratic Members of Congress in re-introducing legislation to protect America’s treasured national monuments against the Trump administration’s relentless attacks on public lands. Read More

Udall, Heinrich Call On EPA To Set Federal Drinking Water Standards For PFOA And PFOS

Submitted by Carol A. Clark on February 7, 2019
U.S. SENATE News:
 
WASHINGTON, D.C. ― U.S. Senators Tom Udall (D-N.M.) and Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) are urging Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Acting Administrator Andrew Wheeler to develop federal drinking water standards for perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA) and perfluorooctanesulfonic acid (PFOS) as part of the agency’s national management plan for this class of chemicals.
 
In a bipartisan letter to Wheeler, the Senators also request that the EPA provide briefings on the agency’s efforts on this issue, as well as regular updates on the progress of those efforts. The
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Bills Raise Public Records Issues On Costs, Expunction

Submitted by Carol A. Clark on February 7, 2019
State Sen. John Sapien
 
By ROBERT NOTT
State Sen. John Sapien says he wants the general public to bear a greater share of the cost for public records.
 
Sapien, D-Corrales, has introduced a bill that would require people to pay up to a dollar per page for electronic copies of these documents.
 
“It’s not nefarious,” he said of his Senate Bill 442. “The reality is public records cost money, and the time and energy put into putting together an electronic copy of a request is the same as a print copy.”
 
Sapien said
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Lawmakers, Governor Introduce Bill To Create Office Of Outdoor Recreation And Outdoor Equity Fund

Submitted by Carol A. Clark on February 7, 2019
STATE News:
 
SANTA FE ― Lawmakers and the Governor are taking innovative steps to diversify the state’s economy by targeting growth and small business development in the outdoor recreation industry.  
 
The outdoor recreation industry is responsible for $9.9 billion of spending in New Mexico, according to the Outdoor Industry Association.
 
Tuesday, State Senators Jeff Steinborn (D-Doña Ana) and Steven Neville (R-San Juan), State Representatives Nathan Small, Angelica Rubio, (D-Las Cruces) and Wanda Johnson (D-McKinley and San Juan) introduced Senate Bill 462,
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House Votes To Repeal Criminal Law On Abortion In New Mexico

Submitted by Carol A. Clark on February 7, 2019
By ROBERT NOTT
 
Following three hours of impassioned testimony and debate, the state House of Representatives late Wednesday voted 40-29 to repeal a 50-year-old law that made it a fourth-degree felony to perform an abortion in New Mexico.
 
Although a 1973 U.S. Supreme Court decision rendered the law unenforceable, arguments over removing the statute from the books reflected continuing discord in the nation between pro-choice advocates and pro-life supporters over the question of who should have the right to decide whether a woman should have an abortion
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Gov. Lujan Grisham, Congressional Delegation Release Joint Statement On Air Force Base Contamination

Submitted by Carol A. Clark on February 7, 2019

Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham

From the Office of the Governor:

SANTA FE — Following a call this afternoon between Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham, the New Mexico congressional delegation, and U.S. Air Force Secretary Heather Wilson regarding contamination at Cannon and Holloman Air Force Bases, in which the group expressed their concerns to Secretary Wilson, the governor and members of the delegation issued the following joint statement:

U.S. Air Force Secretary Heather Wilson

“We firmly expect the Air Force to show much more urgency in responding to the contamination around Holloman Read More

New Mexico Senate & House Starting Day With Ancient Hindu Prayers Feb. 7

Submitted by Carol A. Clark on February 7, 2019
Rajan Zed
 
STATE News:
 
Both New Mexico Senate and House of Representatives in Santa Fe will open their February seven sessions with Hindu mantras, containing verses from world’s oldest existing scripture.
 
Hindu statesman Rajan Zed will deliver the invocation from ancient Sanskrit scriptures before the Senate and House. After Sanskrit delivery, he then will read the English interpretation of the prayer. Sanskrit is considered a sacred language in Hinduism and root language of Indo-European languages.
 
Zed, who is the President of Universal Society of Hinduism,
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More Action Needed To Move Roxy’s Law Forward

Submitted by Carol A. Clark on February 6, 2019

Courtesy/TrapFree New Mexico

TrapFree New Mexico News:

The bill to ban traps and poisons on New Mexico public lands has a critical hearing this Thursday. TrapFree New Mexico is asking for help to get over this first hurdle.

Call and email Rep. Debra Sariñana and Rep. Nathan Small. Tell them that you’re a New Mexican. Tell them that you want dangerous and cruel traps and poisons OFF public lands in the Land of Enchantment. Tell them that you want them to support House Bill 366. Be courteous and thank them. You may have to leave a message.

Rep. Sariñana: 505.986.4227, debbie.sarinana@nmlegis.gov Read More

Lawmaker Aims To Ease Burden For Independents To Run For Office

Submitted by Carol A. Clark on February 6, 2019
By ANDREW OXFORD
If you wanted to run for governor as an independent last year, you would have needed to get more than 15,000 registered voters to sign a petition to get your name on the ballot.
 
It was a nearly impossible goal.
 
New Mexico law sets a high bar for independent candidates to even qualify for an election.
 
A new state legislator wants to make it easier for independents to run for office by drastically slashing the number of signatures they need to file with election officials.
 
While the Legislature has consistently shot down
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NM House Of Representatives Recognizes Threat Or Harm To Companion Animals As Domestic Abuse

Submitted by Carol A. Clark on February 6, 2019
APV News:
 
New Mexico is combatting the state’s serious domestic violence problem from an important angle: adding to the defintion of “domestic abuse” the act of threatening or harming companion animals, thereby empowering domestic abuse survivors to secure a protection order when the abuser threatens to—or carries out—harm to the survivor’s companion animal(s).
 
Studies show up to 65% of domestic violence survivors delay leaving abusive relationships because they fear possible harm to their animals if they are left behind.
 
Today, the New Mexico House
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Legislative Roundup: Feb. 6

Submitted by Carol A. Clark on February 6, 2019
Jeremías Martinez, left, of Truchas and David Garcia of Española play music in the Rotunda of the state Capitol on Tuesday, designated as Acequia Day at the Legislature. Photo by Luis Sánchez Saturno/The New Mexican
 
SFNM News:
 
Days left in session: 38
 
Keeping doctors: State senators voted 32-0 Tuesday for a bill that would generate more private money to recruit and retain osteopathic physicians.
 
The measure, Senate Bill 21, would supplement existing funding in a medical school loan repayment program for osteopaths providing primary care.
 
Proceeds from
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Scenes From Advocacy Day At New Mexico Legislature

Submitted by Carol A. Clark on February 6, 2019

Stephanie Nakhleh, left, and Amy Storey, second from left, of Los Alamos joined scores of volunteers Tuesday for Advocacy Day at the Roundhouse to fight for commonsense gun laws like HB8 and SB8, requiring background checks for all gun sales. They were joined by Santa Fe Mayor Alan Webber, Albuquerque Mayor Tim Keller, Albuquerque Police Chief Mike Geier, and Albuquerque Deputy Chief of Police Harold Medina—all of whom support universal background checks, as do the majority of New Mexicans. State Rep Christine Chandler, center, and Los Alamos Sheriff Joseph Granville joined the group in Read More

Governor Orders Withdrawal Of Guard Troops At Border

Submitted by Carol A. Clark on February 6, 2019
Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham
 
By DANIEL J. CHACON
 
New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham ordered the withdrawal Tuesday of most National Guard troops who have been deployed to the U.S.-Mexico border, reversing a decision by her Republican predecessor.
 
The Democratic governor, who directed other states to pull their Guard troops out, too, announced her decision just before Republican President Donald Trump delivered a State of the Union address in which he continued to push for the construction of a wall along the border — one of his signature
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Local YMCA Participates In Y Day At Legislature

Submitted by Carol A. Clark on February 6, 2019

Gov. Michellle Lujan Grisham, center, with YMCA Youth In Government representatives today at the State Capitol including elected Youth Governor Lucas Gatterman behind her right shoulder during Y Day at the legislature. Representatives from The Family YMCA in Los Alamos Attended the special event at which governor read a proclamation naming Feb 5, 2019 ‘Y Day’ at the Legislature. Photo by Diana Martinez/YMCA

CEO Rob Wilkinson, left, of The Family YMCA in Los Alamos with Operations Director Marc Lewis of the YMCA of Central NM and Y Government Relations Representative Judy Barrett Read More

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