County Lobbyist Briefs Council On Legislative Session
Despite Gov. Susana Martinez vetoing Senate Bill 17, Los Alamos County Lobbyist Scott Scanland shares some good news during his briefing Tuesday night to Council. He reported the latest legislative session produced a positive budget, adding that the state put almost 10 percent in reserves. Regarding Senate Bill 17, which would have stabilized gross receipts tax revenues received from prime contractors at Los Alamos National Laboratory and Sandia National Laboratories, Scanland said, ‘Frankly, I have just concluded Ronald Reagan could have called Teddy Roosevelt … (and the) bill Read More
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DPNM News:Heinrich Secures Commitment From Energy Secretary On Key LANL Mission, Highlights Funding For New Mexico Labs
U.S. Sen. Martin Heinrich
From the Office of U.S. Sen. Martin Heinrich:
WASHINGTON, D.C. – During a Senate Armed Service Committee hearing to review the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) atomic energy defense programs for Fiscal Year 2019, U.S. Sen. Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) secured a commitment from Energy Secretary Rick Perry to support maintaining Los Alamos National Laboratory’s (LANL) role as the nation’s Center of Excellence for Plutonium Research.
Work is currently underway to upgrade facilities at LANL in preparation to produce 30 pits per year by 2026, and the National Nuclear Read More
Sheehey: Listening To The Community
Dist. 43 Candidate Pete Sheehey, left, talks with Estaban Summers at the Los Alamos Co+op Market. Courtesy photoBy PETE SHEEHEY
House Dist. 43 Candidate
A very important part of my job as a County Councilor is to go to as many community meetings as I can. At these meetings I learn and offer information, but most importantly, I listen to the concerns that are expressed. In addition to public meetings, I answer questions and exchange ideas with people when I ride the bus, shop at the Co-op, eat at fundraisers, go to church or the YMCA, or attend the many cultural, arts, music, educational and recreational
Luján On FY2018 Omnibus Appropriations Package
U.S. Rep. Ben Ray Luján
From the Office of U.S. Rep. Ben Ray Luján:
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Rep. Ben Ray Luján (D-NM) today released the following statement on the $1.3 trillion omnibus appropriations package for Fiscal Year 2018.
Luján opposed the bill:
“Once again, Republican leaders in Congress have delivered a funding bill that ignores our nation’s true priorities and fundamentally fails in their responsibility to govern. The bill fails to provide a permanent solution for 800,000 Dreamers, despite repeated promises by the President and Speaker Paul Ryan; it does not safeguard the pensions Read More
‘Kremlinologist’ At Fuller Lodge Thursday March 29
LIBRARY News
A new book, “The Kremlinologist” by Jenny Thompson and Sherry Thompson will be the topic for the March Authors Speak lecture at 6:30 p.m. Thursday, March 29 at Fuller Lodge.
The authors are the daughters of the subject of this biography, “The Kremlinologist – Llewellyn E. Thompson, America’s Man in Cold War Moscow,” and spent eight years of their childhood in Moscow. Published by Johns Hopkins University Press, the book traces the life of their father from boyhood in rural Colorado and New Mexico to U.S. ambassador to the USSR to presidential advisor on Soviet affairs. The Read More
Governor Announces Construction To Begin On WIPP Road Improvements
STATE News:Attorney General Balderas Issues Consumer Safety Advisory Regarding New Mexico Facebook User Data
Attorney General Hector Balderas
From the Office of the Attorney General:
ALBUQUERQUE – Attorney General Hector Balderas, as New Mexico’s chief law enforcement officer, has issued a Consumer Safety Advisory intended to protect all users of Facebook in the aftermath of the revelation that Facebook gave away the personal information of some 50 million subscribers to a political campaign.
“You, as a Facebook user, are the best editor of your own information,” Attorney General Balderas said. “You can decide who can see and use your data just as you can decide who to allow into your home. Read More
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Gov. Bill Richardson
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From the Office of U.S. Rep. Steve Pearce: Joe Granville On Running For Los Alamos Sheriff
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New Mexico Attorney General Hector BalderasHopkins: Christine Chandler Superbly Qualified For Dist. 43 House Seat
By JOHN C. HOPKINS
Los Alamos
I urge all Democrats in District 43 to vote for Christine Chandler in the June 5 primary. She is superbly qualified through temperament, knowledge and experience.
I have known Christine almost from her first day at the Los Alamos National Laboratory in late 1986. At that time, I was a lab associate director responsible for the nuclear weapons program. Christine and I worked together on numerous issues and problems facing the lab.
She was always professional in the face of serious challenges. I remember one case early in her career when she was selected by the legal office
