Udall Introduces Tech Transfer Legislation
U.S. Sen. Tom Udall
U.S. SENATE News:
WASHINGTON – U.S. Sen. Tom Udall introduced legislation to improve the Department of Energy’s (DOE) technology transfer process and help innovators turn research into marketable products and businesses.
Udall’s Accelerating Technology Transfer to Advance Innovation for the Nation (ATTAIN) Act would help New Mexico entrepreneurs create jobs and revolutionary products. The changes it proposes are critical to helping leverage research at the state’s two DOE labs and develop high-tech private sector businesses.
Udall discussed Read More
Alcohol-Related Fatal Crashes Decrease
NMDT News:
SANTA FE— Thursday, Gov. Susana Martinez announced that fatal alcohol-related crashes on New Mexico’s roads and highways decreased by 13.7 percent from 2012 to 2013, demonstrating that the state’s increased measures to make the roads safer are working. Traffic fatalities as a whole also decreased by nearly 16 percent from 2012 to 2013.
“This progress shows that the hard work of New Mexico’s law enforcement and public safety officials is saving more lives,” Martinez said. “While there is still much work to be done to make our roads and highways safer, like cracking down on repeat DWI Read More
Officials Address WIPP Fire Investigation Report
Courtesy/DOE Report
U.S. SENATE News:
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senators Tom Udall and Martin Heinrich issued the following statement today on the release of the U.S. Department of Energy’s accident investigation report for the underground mine fire involving a salt haul truck at the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP) near Carlsbad.
“The findings of the accident investigation board on the Feb. 5 fire at WIPP are deeply concerning. Fortunately, no one was hurt. The community of Carlsbad and the nation expect WIPP to operate with the highest level of safety. The board has Read More
Internships Target Migrant/Seasonal Farmworking Students
NMSHSA News:
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Five migrant/seasonal farmworker college students will be selected to live and work in Washington, D.C. for an intensive eight week internship and professional mentoring program. The goal is to provide life altering experiences and networks to help students make the intellectual, cognitive, and emotional transition from agricultural life to that of a professional.
Instead of youth working in the fields harvesting fruits or vegetables in the sweltering summer heat, they will live with host families, be placed in positions from the Department of Read More
Rep. Stephanie Garcia Richard Meets With Seniors
Rep. Stephanie Garcia Richard met with senior citizens at the White Rock Senior Center Thursday. Garcia Richard addressed a variety of topics including her proposals for strengthening repeat DUI offenders, solutions to the Lottery Scholarship’s lack of funding, a constitutional amendment on class size limits for K-3, House Memorials promoting the Manhattan Project National Historic Park and supporting LANL’s major subcontractors. She secured $350 million for Los Alamos County fire mitigation and said the biggest success of this year’s legislative Read More
Governor Acts on 22 Pieces of Legislation
STATE News:
SANTA FE—Gov. Susana Martinez signed legislation Wednesday to reform and provide additional funding for the Legislative Lottery Scholarship. Martinez used her line-item veto authority to fix a widely reported drafting error in the legislative language that could have kept some students from receiving their tuition on time.
“I’m pleased that a bipartisan solution was reached to protect the Lottery Scholarship for students currently in their spring semesters, and I believe we’ve begun the process of instituting reforms to the Scholarship to ensure that students Read More
Governor Signs $6.15 Billion State Budget
Gov. Susana Martinez
STATE News:
RIO RANCHO – Gov. Susana Martinez signed New Mexico’s Fiscal Year 2015 State Budget Tuesday, a bipartisan compromise that enacts several initiatives to increase New Mexico’s healthcare workforce, invests in key job creation efforts, and expands education reform initiatives as a means of getting more education dollars into the classroom to help struggling students and schools.
As signed, the $6.15 billion budget increases state spending by 4.3 percent over the current fiscal year. Education spending increases by 5.75 percent to a record high of $2.7 Read More
Vincent P. Chiravalle files for State Representative Dist. 43
Former Los Alamos County Councilor Vincent P. Chiravalle filed for State Representative District 43 today at the Secretary of State’s Office in Santa Fe. Chiravalle will face fellow Republican Geoff Rodgers in the June 3 Primary Election. The winner of that race will face Democrat Rep. Stephanie Garcia Richard in the November General Election. Chiravalle said that he believes in core Republican principles and wants to apply common sense conservative solutions that put state government on the side of our citizens – adding that he has a proven track record of fighting for the needs Read More
Karyl Ann Armbruster Files For Public Education Commission District 4
Democrat Karyl Ann Armbruster filed for Public Education Commission Dist. 4 today. Armbruster was required to submit 272 Democratic signatures and submitted 388 signatures to qualify for the November ballot. She served 39 years of her professional life in public education, as president of the American Federation of Teachers 2002-2008 and is an active member of the Los Alamos Public Schools Foundation, League of Women Voters and Northern New Mexico Central Labor Council. Courtesy photo Read More
Rep. Garcia Richard Submits Over 450 Petition Signatures
Today, Rep. Stephanie Garcia Richard made her re-election campaign official when she filed all appropriate paperwork to qualify for the November ballot. ‘I am excited to submit over 450 signatures of registered voters spanning all four of the counties that create House District 43,’ Garcia Richard said. ‘I have worked tirelessly for the residents of our district and the outpouring of support shown from voters spanning the entire political spectrum, proves just that. I look forward to continuing my service as your Representative and thank you for the opportunity to move Read More
