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AIA News:First Round Of Funding Unveiled To Commercialize Products Created Through Labs; Universities
From The Office Of The Governor:
ALBUQUERQUE — This afternoon, Gov. Susana Martinez announced the first batch of funding to help develop and commercialize several innovative products that are the result of partnerships between researchers at New Mexico’s laboratories and universities, and the private sector.
The initiative is through the Technology Research Collaborative, which Martinez reestablished in 2013 and allows teams of researchers to compete for funding to bring their ideas and products into the marketplace.
“The technology we develop and create in our labs and universities Read More
Governor To Announce Funding To Commercialize Products Created At New Mexico’s Labs And Universities
Gov. Susana Martinez
ALBUQUERQUE — Today, Gov. Susana Martinez will announce funding to help develop and commercialize several innovative products that are the result of partnerships between researchers at New Mexico’s laboratories and universities, and the private sector.
The initiative is through the Technology Research Collaborative, which the Governor reestablished in 2013 and allows teams of researchers to compete for funding to bring their products into the marketplace.
Check back at ladailypost.com for full details. Read More
Governor Acts On Legislation
Gov. Susana MartinezScenes From Saturday’s Democratic Party of New Mexico’s Pre-primary Convention At Isleta Resort
Delegates from Los Alamos County attended the Democratic Party of New Mexico’s Pre-primary Convention Saturday at Isleta Resort & Casino. Courtesy photo
Los Alamos Delegate Amy Storey, right, with Merrie Lee Soules who is running for Congress in New Mexico’s 2nd Congressional District. Courtesy photo
Delegates from Los Alamos County gather Saturday at the Democratic Party of New Mexico’s Pre-primary Convention at Isleta Resort & Casino. Courtesy photo Read More
Voter Registration Training Monday Night
DPLA New:Scenes From Thursday’s GOP Meet & Greet
Third Congressional District candidate Michael H. Romero told the audience gathered for a Meet & Greet Thursday at UNM-LA that there are a lot of things his Democratic opponent, Rep. Ben Ray Luján, hasn’t been doing that he will. ‘Another thing, once the elections are over … you never hear from them again … I will get a mobile home to use as a mobile office and travel around the state speaking to constituents about their concerns,’ Romero said. LAFRW President Bethany Douglas read prepared statements by Republicans challengers Michael Glenn Lucero and Jerald Steve McFall, unable to Read More
Scott Weaver Appointed DPS Cabinet Secretary
DPS Cabinet Secretary Scott Weaver
From The Office Of The Governor:
SANTA FE — Gov. Susana Martinez has appointed Scott Weaver as secretary for the New Mexico Department of Public Safety (DPS).
Weaver has more than two decades of law enforcement experience, serving as an officer with the New Mexico State Police from 1994 to 2015, prior to his appointment by Martinez as deputy secretary of DPS. His appointment follows the departure of former DPS Secretary Greg Fouratt, who recently stepped down to become a U.S. magistrate judge in Las Cruces.
“As a former prosecutor whose father and husband were Read More
ProgressNow NM Responds To Proposed Takeover At UNM Health Sciences Center
ProgressNow NM Managing Director Alex Curtas
ProgressNow NM News:
ALBUQUERQUE – After the New Mexico Political Report published a story early Friday morning detailing a proposal by Gov. Susana Martinez’s appointees on the UNM Board of Regents to dissolve the UNM Health Sciences Center Board, ProgressNow NM Managing Director Alex Curtas released this statement:
“It’s an incredible affront to this community, and an indication of how politicized Gov. Martinez has made the UNM Board of Regents, that there’s a proposal on the table to strip the UNM Health Sciences Center of its Read More
De Minimis Value Increases To $800
Trucks filled with merchandise line up for inspection at the World Trade Bridge in Laredo, Texas. Courtesy/fronterasdesk.org
CBP News:
WASHINGTON, D.C. — As agreed in the Trade Facilitation and Trade Enforcement Act of 2015, signed by President Barack Obama Feb. 24, U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) announced that March 10, it raised the value of a shipment of merchandise imported by one person on one day that generally may be imported free of duties and taxes from $200 to $800.
This raising of the de minimis exemption is due to an amendment of the Tariff Act of 1930 included in the Trade
Republican Candidate Withdraws From Los Alamos County Clerk Race … Throws Support To GOP Opponent
During a candidate meet & greet event Thursday evening at UNM-LA, Republican Wendy Laird announces that she is withdrawing from the Los Alamos County Clerk race and throwing her support behind GOP opponent Naomi Maestas. Photo by Carol A. Clark/ladailypost.com
Staff Report
Republican Wendy Laird filed Tuesday morning for the Los Alamos County Clerk position … not realizing her fellow Republican Naomi Maestas, who has worked at the Los Alamos County Clerk’s Office for nearly a decade, was going to run as well. Maestas filed Tuesday afternoon.
At Thursday evening’s Read More
Udall Votes For Senate Bill To Fight Drug Abuse Epidemic
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Meet The Candidates!
Candidates who filed for local offices Tuesday gathered for a group photo in the Los Alamos County Clerk’s Office, from left, Patrick Brenner, Amy Woods, Kristin Henderson, Chris Chandler, Wendy Laird, Naomi Maestas, Steven Girrens, Bill McKerley, Antonio Maggiore and Pete Sheehey. Council candidate Jaret McDonald and candidates for state offices not pictured include Dist. 43 incumbent Rep. Stephanie Garcia Richard, challenger Sharon Stover, Jennifer Attrep for First Judicial District Court judge and incumbent Karyl Ann Armbruster for PED. Photo by Carol A. Clark/ladailypost.comThird Congressional Dist. Republican Candidate Michael Romero Visits Los Alamos
Michael Romero is in town today to visit community members and stopped by the Los Alamos Daily Post to introduce himself and talk about his platform. He is one of three Republican candidates challenging Democratic incumbent Ben Ray Luján for New Mexico’s 3rd Congressional District seat. Romero garnered 60 percent of the vote over his two opponents at the recent Pre-Primary Convention in Albuquerque. To learn more about Romero, visit michaelromeroforcongress.com. Photo by Carol A. Clark/ladailypost.com Read More
Henderson: Why I’m Running For A Second Term
By KRISTIN HENDERSONLos Alamos is a great place to live and raise a family. I am running for a second term because I believe it can be even better, but there is still work to do.
The issues I’m particularly concerned with include improving our downtowns and our housing, the new National Park in town, and improving our gym space and recreation.
Most importantly, I continue to believe we need take all our citizens into account when decisions
Bechtel Spotlighted In New Book
Sally Denton, author of The Profiteers: Bechtel and the Men Who Built the World, signs copies of her book Tuesday at Collected Works in Santa Fe. Photo by Roger Snodgrass/ladailypost.com
- The Profiteers – Bechtel and the Men Who Built the World.
Veteran investigative reporter Sally Denton was drawn to write a book about Bechtel Corporation in part because she grew up in Boulder City, a town built by Bechtel for a colossal project in Nevada during the Great Depression. Denton was raised in a house overlooking a majestic view that included Lake Mead Read More
McDonald: My Platform As I Run For Council
By JARET MCDONALD, CandidateI am running for a seat on the Los Alamos County Council because I’ve always been interested in public office and I really want to make a difference in my community.
I was born in Los Alamos and many of you know my father Jan McDonald who was a longtime Los Alamos High School Band director and my mother Sheryl Parsons, a retired teacher. My stepfather Will Parsons is retired from LANL and my stepmother Lynne McDonald works part time at the Lab.
I’ve worked at Los Alamos National Laboratory for over 20 years as a contractor and employee Read More
Councilor Sheehey On His Bid For Re-Election
By PETE SHEEHEYPete Sheehey released the following statement after filing Tuesday to be a candidate on the June 2016 Democratic Primary Election ballot for reelection to the Los Alamos County Council.
Los Alamos has been a good home for me, and I think we can make it even better. When I ran and was elected four years ago to the County Council, I said that I would help County Government keep spending within reasonable limits, and yet go ahead with needed investments in infrastructure, education, economic development, and recreational amenities.
These Read More
Governor Signs Legislation To Reduce Mandated State Testing Time
Governor’s Office News:
