U.S. Sen. Heinrich, Mayor Keller To Host Public Safety & Consumer Protection Fair In Albuquerque
U.S. SENATE News:Council Candidate James Robinson Launches Website
By JAMES ROBINSONGood evening everyone! I would like to invite you all to take a look at my campaign website www.vote-robinson.com.
I would like to thank my team who have helped me put this wonderful site together, and I hope you will share it with you friends, family and neighbors. Read More
Heinrich: Conservation Measures Will Grow New Mexico Outdoor Rec Economy, Improve Access To Public Lands
U.S. Sen. Martin Heinrich
From the Office of U.S. Sen. Martin Henrich:
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sen. Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), a member of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, announced today the passage of several conservation measures that he has championed to expand access to public lands and improve the health and resiliency of New Mexico’s land, water, wildlife, and the communities that depend on them.
The measures were included in the fiscal year 2018 omnibus funding bill, which passed the House and Senate and has been signed into law.
One of the measures to be signed into Read More
AG Balderas Launches Facebook Probe With Bipartisan Coalition Of State Attorneys General
Attorney General Hector BalderasFrom the Office of Attorney General Hector Balderas:
Gov. Susana Martinez Appoints Michael Brasher To UNM Board Of Regents
Gov. Susana MartinezUdall: Climate Change Greatest Threat To Nation
U.S. Sen. Tom UdallBLM Postpones National Wild Horse And Burro Advisory Board Meeting
Members of the National Wild Horse and Burro Advisory Board. Courtesy/BLMHeinrich, Capito Introduce Legislation To Improve Access To Colon Cancer Screenings For Seniors
U.S. SENATE News:Pearce Statement On House Spending Package
U.S. Rep. Steve PearceMilenski: About Code Enforcement Proposal
By HELEN MILENSKIMore than a year ago, Heather Ortega and I reunited in Los Alamos County Councilor James Chrobocinski’s office over the matter of Notices of Violation (NOV) being issued to people in the community.
Heather and I had known each other during high school and in our 20’s. Over the past year she and I have grown close as friends as we steadily continued to work toward understanding the ordinance, the way it was being enforced, and what it was intended to accomplish.
In this process, we discovered many cases where code enforcement was, sadly, a desirable tool Read More
Greg White Files Petition To Recall Council Chair
Greg White
Los Alamos resident Greg White has filed a petition for the recall of Los Alamos County Council Chair David Izraelevitz.
White’s petition, filed in First Judicial District Court in Santa Fe contains 31 counts alleging wrongdoing by Izraelevitz who is seeking reelection this year.
White, who announced his intention to run for Los Alamos County Sheriff in this year’s election as an Independent candidate, has reportedly spent the last several months researching the Los Alamos County Council, the Los Alamos Read More
More Scenes From March For Our Lives Saturday
The March For Our Lives gets underway Saturday in Santa Fe, led by Grupo Divino, a musical troupe out of Santa Cruz. Approximately 5,000 protestors marched from the Roundhouse to Santa Fe Plaza to hear student leaders from Northern New Mexico speak out against gun violence in schools. Three students from Los Alamos High School were among those to speak. Photo by Salvador Zapien/ladailypost.com
Los Alamos High School student Sonyia Williams, center, marches with a contingent from Los Alamos. Photo by Salvador Zapien/ladailypost.com
Rhonan Peden, a student at Memorial Middle School Read More
Los Alamos Joins March For Our Lives In Santa Fe
Students from Los Alamos, Pojoaque, Santa Fe, Taos, Espanola, Santa Domingo high schools and Monte Del Sol and School of the Arts charter schools and others spoke eloquently about the state of their lives. They said going to school should be a safe place. They did have the pleasure of knowing that those older than they had never known about school violence. Why is the second amendment more sacred than their lives, they wondered? Those from Parkland were honored as each name was read with their age. Everyone mourned those students who would never go to their first prom or share a first Read More
NM Federation Of Labor Appoints New Leadership
New Mexico Federation of Labor Secretary-Treasurer Ashley Long swears in Vince Alvarado as the new President of the state labor federation. Courtesy photoGovernor Appoints Jim Smith To Bernalillo County Commission After Wayne Johnson Made State Auditor
Jim Smith
STATE News:
SANTA FE — Gov. Susana Martinez has appointed Republican Jim Smith of Tijeras to the Bernalillo County Commission, filling the vacancy created by the resignation of Wayne Johnson, who stepped down to become New Mexico state auditor.
“Jim has a fine record of leadership and service as a teacher and legislator,” Martinez said Friday. “I know that his experience and dedication to public service will serve the people of Bernalillo County well.”
Smith has served in the New Mexico House of Representatives since 2011, representing House District 22. Before serving in the Legislature, Read More
State Auditor Wayne Johnson To Look For Audit Solutions For New Mexico’s Guardianship Program
State Auditor Wayne Johnson
STATE AUDITOR News:
SANTA FE – State Auditor Wayne Johnson today says he’s honored to join a task force with the New Mexico Supreme Court and representatives from throughout state government to bring sunshine and accountability to New Mexico’s adult guardianship system.
The task force Johnson has joined is charged with implementing newly passed legislation for improving the adult guardianship system.
Family members and advocates have complained for years about a process shrouded in secrecy that can take advantage of incapacitated adults, including the possibility Read More
Gibson Speaks To LWV About Legislative Session
Robert Gibson spoke to the League of Women Voters, March 20 at Mesa Public Library, about his experiences at this year’s legislative session. Gibson has been a bill analyst for the past four sessions of the New Mexico State Legislature, researching proposed legislation for three House committees and the Senate minority caucus. At the League meeting, he summed up the legislation passed, and not passed and what was vetoed and answered questions from the audience. Courtesy photoDOE Releases RFP, Announces Pre-Proposal Site Tour For Outfall 200 Mercury Treatment Facility Procurement
DOE News:Shin: Single-payer Is Not The Answer
By LISA SHINObamacare had thousands of pages of job-killing mandates, regulations, and taxes. Why should we be surprised at rising costs and skyrocketing premiums? We should have learned that more government regulation over health care is disastrous. Instead, we have Councilors Sheehey and Chandler competing to be the louder voice for single-payer: the most control government can have over health care.
Be wary of those who tout the merits of socialized medicine. They love to talk about access to preventative, primary, and specialty care, but avoid the Read More
Council Of Carpenters Backs Lujan Grisham
U.S. Rep. Michelle Lujan Grisham“Congresswoman Lujan Grisham is the type of fighter New Mexico needs to help bring jobs to New Mexico and help ensure that the jobs go to New Mexicans,” New Mexico Carpenter Representative Matthew Suarez
