Regional Coalition of LANL Communities Meets Dec. 13
RCLC News:
The Regional Coalition of LANL Communities is holding its Regular Business Meeting at 11 a.m. Friday, Dec. 13, in the City of Santa Fe Council Chambers, 200 Lincoln Ave., in Santa Fe.
For more information, visit the Regional Coalition website at https:////regionalcoalition.org.
The Regional Coalition is comprised of eight cities and counties surrounding the Department of Energy’s Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL.) Founded in 2011, the Regional Coalition works in partnership to ensure national decisions incorporate local needs and Read More
New Job Training Program for Prison Inmates
Gov. Susana Martinez
STATE News:
Gov. Susana Martinez announced a new program to provide job training for prison inmates. This program will have inmates repair and refurbish broken wheelchairs and bicycles, and send them to those in need.
The New Mexico Corrections Department has partnered with Joni and Friends Wheels for the World. The non-profit organization will provide the broken wheelchairs, and active gang members at the Southern New Mexico Correctional Facility (SNMCF) will refurbish the wheelchairs. Joni and Friends will then pick up the load once 200 chairs have been refurbished, Read More
Governor to Honor Fallen Military Members at Wreaths Across America Ceremony
Courtesy/WAA
STATE News:
SANTA FE — Gov. Susana Martinez will honor fallen military members by delivering the keynote address at New Mexico’s Wreaths Across America ceremony at the New Mexico State Capitol.
The special event is at 10 a.m., today, Dec. 9 at the New Mexico State Capitol Rotunda, 490 Old Santa Fe Trail in Santa Fe.
Wreaths Across America coordinates wreath-laying ceremonies all across the country to honor America’s fallen military members. Read More
DPU’s Bob Westervelt at Lunch with a Leader Dec. 17
Robert WesterveltSen. Tom Udall Visits NMC’s Bio Lab
Sen. Tom Udall, center, questions scientist Natalia Friedland, left, about her research on plants to be used as biofuel. Photo by Salvador Zapien/ladailypost.com 
Sen. Tom Udall addresses guests at a reception during his visit to the New Mexico Consortium’s Biological Laboratory and Greenhouse Friday. Photo by Salvador Zapien/ladailypost.com
Sen. Tom Udall, D-N.M., visited the New Mexico Consortium’s Biological Research Laboratory and Greenhouse in Los Alamos Friday. The Senator toured the facility, talked with researchers and spoke to guests Read More
Udall Issues Statement on Renewable Energy
Sen. Tom Udall
U.S. SENATE News:
ALBUQUERQUE – Thursday, Sen. Tom Udall, D-N.M., welcomed the president’s “Presidential Memorandum,” challenging federal agencies to nearly triple their renewable energy consumption to 20 percent by 2020.
Udall, who has led the effort to set a national Renewable Electricity Standard (RES), requiring utilities to generate 25 percent of their power from renewable sources by 2025, issued the following statement:
“The United States should lead the world in clean energy jobs, innovation and in efforts to fight global Read More
Veterans Get 1.5 Percent Cost-of-Living Increase
U.S. Rep. Michelle Lujan Grisham
CONGRESSIONAL News
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Rep. Michelle Lujan Grisham (NM-01) announced that veterans, their families and survivors who receive disability compensation and pension benefits from the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) will receive a 1.5 percent cost-of-living increase in their monthly payments beginning Jan. 1, 2014.
“New Mexico’s veterans, their families and their survivors have sacrificed a great deal in service to our country, and they deserve the added financial stability that next year’s cost-of-living increase will provide,” Read More
GOP Women Host Holiday Luncheon
LAFRW News:
The Los Alamos Federated Republican Women will hold a Christmas Luncheon 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 12 at the home of Lawry and Alice Mann.
All registered Republican women are invited, and guests are welcome. Please bring a dish to share. Members are reminded to bring non-perishable food items and toiletries for charity donations.
For further information about the luncheon, contact Donna MacDonald at 505.662.4001. For information on the LAFRW “Adopt-A-Family” for Christmas project, call Kathy Walters at 505.662.5266 or 505.423.0132. Read More
Udall Hosts Women’s Career Success Conference
Sen. Tom Udall at a previous Women’s Career Success Conference held in October. Courtesy photo
STATE News:
ALBUQUERQUE – The Office of U.S. Sen. Tom Udall and Central New Mexico Community College (CNM) is hosting an additional Women’s Career Success Conference at 9 a.m. Thursday, Dec. 12.
The Women’s Career Success Conference will bring together businesses, nonprofit organizations and federal agency officials to help women in New Mexico learn how to enhance their careers and increase their competitiveness in the job market.
Space is limited, so women interested in attending Read More
Udall Presents Two New Mexico Consortium Outstanding Achievement Awards for Mentored Research
Sangeeta Negi works with Dr. Richard Sayre, a joint NMC-LANL scientist. Courtesy/LANL
Loreen Lamoureux of UNM. Photo by Ann Kuiper
LANL News:
- Sangeeta Negi of the NMC and Loreen Lamoureux of UNM to receive awards for their work in Algal Bio-technology and Bio-medical Engineering.
Senator Tom Udall will recognize Dr. Sangeeta Negi of the New Mexico Consortium (NMC) for achieving a two-fold increase in bio-mass productivity in algae this Friday. Loreen Lamoureux, a graduate student at the University of New Mexico (UNM) will be recognized for her work on rapid E. coli detection methods. Read More
Senators: End the N.S.A. Dragnet, Now
U.S. SENATE News:
The following op-ed by U.S. Senators Ron Wyden, Mark Udall, and Martin Heinrich about their fight for privacy rights, was published in The New York Times Nov. 26:
WASHINGTON, D.C. — THE framers of the Constitution declared that government officials had no power to seize the records of individual Americans without evidence of wrongdoing, and they embedded this principle in the Fourth Amendment. The bulk collection of Americans’ telephone records — so-called metadata — by the National Security Read More
Help Your Community … Shop Local This Holiday Season
U.S. SENATE News:
- Udall Cosponsors “Small Business Saturday” resolution in U.S. Senate
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sen. Tom Udall issued the following statement announcing his cosponsorship of a resolution to designate Nov. 30, 2013, as “Small Business Saturday” and to increase awareness of the importance of locally owned small businesses. On Saturday, Udall will visit Albuquerque small businesses to talk to owners and shoppers about the important role small business plays in our economy.
“Small businesses have been the economic foundation of communities across America Read More
Governor to Light New Mexico State Christmas Tree
Christmas candle. Courtesy photo
STATE News:
SANTA FE – Gov. Susana Martinez will participate in the annual lighting of the New Mexico State Christmas Tree Monday in Santa Fe.
The public is invited to attend this event and hot apple cider and biscochitos will be served.
When: Monday Dec. 2, 5:15 p.m.
Where: Southwest corner of State Capitol Grounds, 490 Old Santa Fe Trail. Read More
Udall, Heinrich Announce $1.49 Million Federal Grant for Innovation Center
U.S. SENATE News:Saturday: Udall to Discuss Toy Safety
STATE News:
- Udall, CPSC, UNM to provide tips to help parents avoid hazards, keep kids safe during the holidays
ALBUQUERQUE – As the holiday shopping season begins, parents across New Mexico will head to the stores to buy children’s gifts. Saturday, Nov. 30, U.S. Sen. Tom Udall will hold an informational news conference at UNM Children’s Hospital to announce tips that will help parents ensure the toys they buy are safe for their kids. Joining Udall at the event will be Commissioner Marietta Robinson of the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) and Dr. Loretta Cordova de Read More
Heinrich Addresses Agreement on Iran’s Nuclear Program
U.S. SENATE News:
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sen. Martin Heinrich, D-N.M., a member of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, issued the following statement on the agreement reached on Iran’s nuclear program:
“The agreement reached today is a positive first step to limit Iran’s nuclear program. The United States, United Kingdom, Germany, France, Russia, China, and the European Union have all worked to negotiate strict oversight, enforcement mechanisms, and daily inspections that are critical to overseeing this agreement.
“While I welcome this Read More
Nov. 22 Marked 50-Year Anniversary of JFK Death
‘Fast for Families’ Calls for Immigration Reform
U.S. Rep. Michelle Lujan Grisham
STATE News:
ALBUQUERQUE – In conjunction with the National “Fast for Families” in Washington, D.C., and echo fasts being held across the nation, Rep. Michelle Lujan Grisham of New Mexico’s First Congressional District, faith leaders, local and state elected officials, workers and families impacted by the broken immigration system will fast in Albuquerque after Mass Sunday, Nov. 24.
The fast is being taken to draw attention to the moral crisis and suffering being caused by the broken immigration system.
Participants will fast, as able, Read More
Governor Appoints Los Alamos Housing Manager Paul Andrus to Regional Board
Paul Andrus
STATE News:
Gov. Susana Martinez has appointed Paul Andrus of Los Alamos to the Northern Regional Housing Authority Board of Commissioners.
Andrus has more than 20 years of experience in community development and affordable housing. He serves as Los Alamos County’s manager of Housing and Special Projects in the Community and Economic Development Department.
Andrus was hired for the post one year ago, replacing former manager Steve Brugger who took a position with the County of Santa Fe.
Andrus is from Aurora, Colo., has a wife, children and three schnauzers. He and Read More
Efforts to Designate Columbine-Hondo as Wilderness Continue
Courtesy/Jan Studebaker
STATE News:
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Wednesday, during a Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources hearing, U.S. Senators Tom Udall, D-N.M., and Martin Heinrich, D-N.M., who serves on the committee, continued their effort to designate the 45,000-acre Columbine-Hondo area in Taos County as wilderness.
Udall and Heinrich introduced the proposal, S. 776, the Columbine-Hondo Wilderness Act, earlier this year. A companion bill, H.R. 1683, was introduced in the House by Representative Ben Ray Luján (D-N.M.-03).
The legislation would expand the Wheeler Read More
