Holland: A Huge Day For AFT NM-Supported Legislation
By WHITNEY HOLLAND
President
AFT New Mexico
As we have conveyed throughout the legislative session, sometime progress is slow and in other cases, it seems like everything happens all at once.
Wednesday was an “all at once” day for legislation that our union supports and has been advocating for on behalf of our members.
Wednesday, five major pieces of legislation advanced in their respective committees, and we are beginning to see more clarity about legislative outcomes relating to both healthcare and minimum hours of instruction in our schools.
Read below to see what happened Wednesday:
Wednesday, Read More
Ringside Seat: Controversial Cabinet Nominee Deserves Speedy Hearing
By MILAN SIMONICH
The Santa Fe New Mexican
It looks as if James Mountain will collect a salary of $169,600 a year to be the unconfirmed leader of the state Indian Affairs Department.
Aside from the money, Mountain won’t benefit from a process that’s putting the public last. It only serves to undermine his effectiveness.
Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham is at fault, having stalled Mountain’s confirmation hearing before the Senate Rules Committee.
Lujan Grisham on Feb. 3 selected Mountain to be Cabinet secretary of the Indian Affairs Department. She soon found Mountain, 51, has more than the usual Read More
Democrats Table Second Medical Malpractice Proposal
Sen. Mark Moores
By DANIEL J. CHACÓN
The Santa Fe New Mexican
A bipartisan bill that would have left the cap on medical malpractice payouts for independent outpatient health care facilities at $750,000 for another two years stalled Thursday in the Senate Tax, Business and Transportation Committee.
Supporters said the measure was designed to fix a flaw in the state’s medical malpractice law that has left health care facilities that are not majority-owned by a hospital unable to obtain medical malpractice insurance — further exacerbating New Mexico’s shortage of doctors.
After a two-hour Read More
Posts From The Road: Casa Grande Neon Sign Park
Neon Sign Park: Shown is a view of several of the neon signs in the Casa Grande Neon Sign Park. All signs in the park are from local businesses except for the Dairy Queen sign, which was rescued from Holbrook, Ariz. on Route 66. The neon sign park contains 14 saved and restored signs. Photo by Gary Warren/ladailypost.com
Horse Shoe Motel: This sign and the waving bellman seen beside the sign originally attracted visitors to the motel beginning in the 1940s. The sign has been restored to its original state but the bellman is a reproduction of the bellman that stood at the motel in Casa Grande. This was Read More
Fr. Glenn: Engineering A Transfiguration
By Fr. Glenn Jones:
Have you ever thought about the types of books and movies that you like, and why you like them? We just luuuuuv stories of proverbial ugly ducklings becoming beautiful swans, no more so than when reforming his ways from selfishness to doing good. Or, one who is usually self-absorbed, having witnessed the last straw he could stand of injustice or desperation, finally surrendering to conscience and to the good long buried inside him despite danger or challenge. Who has not been edified by stories of the downtrodden who rise through herculean efforts to become a great philanthropist Read More
Amateur Naturalist: Consider The Remarkable Hummingbird
A broad tailed hummingbird. Photo by Bob Walker
Two hummingbird eggs in a nest. The nest is about two inches wide. Courtesy Photo
By ROBERT DRYA
Los Alamos
The month of April will arrive shortly and a remarkable bird will be returning at the start of this month.
A calendar can be nearly organized around its arrival date in early April. This bird will be migrating back from its winter stay in southern New Mexico or northern Mexico. This is 300 to 400 miles away in a straight line going south. This line does not consider flying up and over mountains or down into canyons. It also does not consider winds that Read More
Catch Of The Week: Phone Scams
Courtesy photo
By REBECCA RUTHERFORD
Los Alamos
I received this question from a Los Alamos Daily Post reader:
“We receive a lot of robocalls and other spam calls, while there does not seem to be a way to block them, we were wondering if you know why flooding everyone with scam calls is effective? We have answered a few of these calls and nobody is there, and when we call the number back it is disconnected.”
I would not recommend answering or calling back any of these scam calls, it’s always better to avoid interaction. That said, good question, and what possible benefit can it be to scammers to send out Read More
