Disappointing Conditions On Display At Smith’s Marketplace
Conditions found in an aisle around 11 a.m. on a recent Monday at Smith’s Marketplace. Photo by Ann McLaughlin
Conditions found in an aisle around 11 a.m. on a recent Monday at Smith’s Marketplace. Photo by Ann McLaughlin
Conditions found in an aisle around 11 a.m. on a recent Monday at Smith’s Marketplace. Photo by Ann McLaughlin
By ANN MCLAUGHLIN
Los Alamos
When it opened ten years ago, Smith’s Marketplace was a huge, almost glittering, improvement over its predecessors. There were understandable problems during the pandemic, but conditions in the store have not improved. In some ways they Read More
Salute To Rep. Christine Chandler For Developing And Sponsoring HB11 – Paid Family Medical Leave Act
By BILL WADT
Los Alamos
We are so fortunate to have Christine Chandler represent us in the NM House. Her combination of compassionate, incisive thinking with extensive legal knowledge and experience as a County Councilor and State Representative makes her an ideal chair of the House Judiciary Committee as they consider legislation to improve public safety.
Chris looks at the big picture and long-term consequences of legislation. Research has repeatedly shown that investment in early childhood and enabling positive social-emotional relationships between primary caregivers and children Read More
Senate Bill 176 Introduced To Reform Medical Malpractice Law To Center Patient Needs And Safety In New Mexico
From Think New Mexico:
Senate Bill 176 has been introduced by Senator Martin Hickey (D-Albuquerque and the only doctor in the legislature) and Senate Minority Whip Pat Woods (R-Curry, Harding, Quay & Union Counties).
The bill would reform New Mexico’s medical malpractice system by:
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- capping attorney’s fees in medical malpractice attorney lawsuits;
- ending lump-sum payouts from the Patient Compensation Fund (PCF); and
- sending 75% of any punitive damages awarded in a medical malpractice cases to a new public fund designed to improve patient safety.
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The bill was drafted by the nonpartisan Read More
Robinson: Future Disaster Costs Shadow State Tax Bills
By SHERRY ROBINSON
All She Wrote
© 2024 New Mexico News Services
Republicans want to get rid of personal income taxes in the state, and they’ve made it their priority for the current legislative session. It’s a big step, but in recent years a surge in oil and gas revenues have fattened state coffers so much that we can think about it.
“Eliminating the personal income tax will return more than $2 billion a year to New Mexico’s families, without disrupting our public services or tax credits that many families rely on,” wrote House Minority Leader Gail Armstrong, R-Magdalena, in an op-ed.
Freshman Rep. Read More
Ringside Seat: Senator Again Pitches Prohibition At Capitol
By MILAN SIMONICH
The Santa Fe New Mexican
Legislating under the influence of booze isn’t a crime.
State Sen. Harold Pope continues campaigning for what he believes is the next-best option. Pope, D-Albuquerque, wants a prohibition against members of his chamber drinking alcohol while they are working.
Pope for the third consecutive year has introduced Senate Resolution 1. It contains a single sobering sentence: “No senator shall consume alcohol before or during any floor session or meeting of a committee to which a member has been appointed.”
Beginning his fifth year in office, Pope said Read More
Weekly Fishing Report: Jan. 26, 2025
By GEORGE MORSE
Sports and Outdoors
Los Alamos Daily Post
The snowpack in Northern New Mexico is 47-percent of normal. The weather forecast for this coming week includes some much-needed snow.
The Arctic Blast last week appears to be over. Temperatures can still plunge well-below zero in some of our high mountain valleys.
The Moreno Valley where Eagle Nest Lake is located is a prime example. Temperatures here can reach minus-15 or even lower. Angel Fire hit a low of -30 last week. Please dress warmly.
The record low temperature for New Mexico is -50 degrees in 1951 at Gavilan, a small community Read More
Tales Of Our Times: Optimizing The Use Of Low Cost Air Sensors
Tales Of Our Times
By JOHN BARTLIT
New Mexico Citizens
for Clean Air & Water
Optimizing The Use Of Low Cost Air Sensors
Notable remedies for public conflicts begin with new information. New approaches lead to better answers to perennial problems.
Yet, contentious times bring all manner of outcomes when we choose a topic and line up two speakers from different entities for a public program. Legions of talks set out to dispute contradictory facts. At the end, the dispute stands where it began. Loads of talks are pep talks for one side of an issue, which offer nothing new.
Talks that help a breadth Read More
