U.S. Sen. Tom Udall Questions Energy Secretary On Safety And Future Of Plutonium Mission At LANL
U.S. Sen. Tom Udall questions Energy Secretary Rick Perry during a hearing Wednesday of the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee about steps LANL and the NNSA have taken to ensure safety and the future of the plutonium mission. Screenshot/LADP 
U.S. Sen. Tom Udall questions Energy Secretary Rick Perry during a hearing Wednesday about steps LANL and the NNSA have taken to ensure safety and the future of the plutonium mission. Screenshot/LADP Neeper: What Drives A Culture Insane?
By DON NEEPERPrice cites studies
State Auditor Tim Keller Issues Executive Order To Support New Mexico Businesses
Auditor Keller, left, with OSA staff Bernadet Martinez, Records Custodian and Antonio Medina, director of Budget and Finance. Courtesy photoU.S. Sen. Martin Heinrich Calls On New Mexicans To Share Health Care Stories
U.S. Sen. Martin HeinrichCongressional Delegation Urges Zinke To Protect New Mexico’s National Monuments
CONGRESSIONAL DELEGATION News:Heinrich Provides Online Resources To Help New Mexicans Prepare For Wildfire Season
U.S. Sen. Martin Heinrich V.B. Price: Can A National Culture Go Insane?
Image by Christopher Dombres
In the wake of last Wednesday’s shooting in Virginia at a Republican workout for the bipartisan Congressional Baseball Charity game, the murder of four UPS workers in San Francisco on the same day, and now a mass killing of five people in Northern New Mexico around Tres Piedras and Abiquiu, many of us are left with the deeply disturbing feeling that we’re experiencing once again another tremor in the spasmodic unraveling of America’s cultural sanity.
According to massshootingtracker.com, over 196 mass shootings have Read More
Klotz Responds To Center For Public Integrity’s Series On Safety Culture At NNSA Sites
NNSA Administrator Frank Klotz
NNSA News:
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Safety is paramount at the National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA). We have uncompromising standards for our plants and laboratories to perform work in a safe and secure manner that protects our employees, our facilities, and the public.
An article published Sunday by the Center for Public Integrity (CPI), the first in a planned series on safety at NNSA sites, attacks the safety culture at Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) without offering all of the facts and the full context.
In 2013, LANL, in Read More
Udall Introduces Bill To Prevent Skyrocketing Costs of Prescription Drugs; Hold Companies Accountable For Price Gouging
U.S. Sen. Tom Udall Heinrich: Congress Must Take Energy Innovation Seriously
U.S. SENATE News:Notice Of Possible Quorum: County Council Tuesday
Regional Coalition Discusses LANL’s Small Business Program Support And Waste Classifications Overview
RCLC News:More Scenes From Los Alamos Rally For Healthcare
Dr. Tyler Taylor of Los Alamos spoke at the rally for healthcare Saturday at LAMC about common myths about healthcare that are used to confuse the debate. Courtesy photo
Los Alamos residents rally for healthcare Saturday near LAMC. Courtesy photo
Staff Report:
Saturday, New Mexicans rallied at 20 simultaneous events throughout the state to voice their concern over changes to the healthcare system that the “American Health Care Act “(aka Trumpcare) would bring if it becomes law.
Medical professionals and local elected officials spoke at the rally in Los Alamos near Los Alamos Medical Center Read More
State Auditor Report On Out-of-State Spending
State Auditor Tim Keller
STATE News:
ALBUQUERQUE – State Auditor Tim Keller has released a report on state and local governmental food contracting. The report was released at a panel discussion hosted by the South Valley Economic Development Center and co-presented by Three Sisters Kitchen, a culinary incubator.
The report from the Office of the State Auditor (OSA) finds that the food industry has a high proportion of out-of-state contracting compared to other industries. State and local agencies such as school districts and correctional facilities had over $132 million in large food contracts Read More
Locals Rally Against Repeal Of Affordable Care Act
Local residents and Democrats rally against repeal of the ACA this morning near Los Alamos Medical Center. Photo by Kyle Wheeler 
Scene from this morning’s rally near LAMC against repeal of the ACA. Photo by Kyle Wheeler
State Secures Federal Funds To Fight El Cajete Fire
Gov. Susana Martinez
SANTA FE — Today, Gov. Susana Martinez announced that New Mexico has secured federal funding to help fight the Cajete Fire.
New Mexico’s request for a Fire Management Assistance Grant has been approved by the Federal Emergency Management Agency. Funds through the grant will help cover costs of emergency protective measures and firefighting activities.
“Our coordinated response, through state agencies and our local partners, is working hand in hand with the Forest Service to fight the fire and protect the lives and property of New Mexicans,” Martinez said. “These Read More
DOE Releases Full Text Of EM’s FY18 Budget Request
DOE News:Heinrich Statement On Federal Interest Rate Hike
Letter To The Editor: Saudi Arabia, Iran And US Politics
By Dr. T. DOUGLAS REILLY- It is the only country in the world where women can not drive.
- The reason is the belief that driving injures a woman’s ovaries.
- A male must drive a woman to work.
- From age 8 to death a woman must wear a black burkah whenever she is outside the house in major cities like Riyahd, Mecca and Medina. In some smaller villages women may be able to uncover their faces, and may wear collorful head scarves.
- Women are second, if not lower, citizens because of the Law of Guardianship.
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Udall, Heinrich Advance Legislation To Address Drought Challenges In New Mexico
U.S. SENATE News:
