Public Education Department Contracts With Advance CTE For Creation Of Graduate Profiles
NMPED News:
SANTA FE — The New Mexico Public Education Department is pleased to announce that Advance CTE has been selected to provide state-level services to facilitate the creation and publication of graduate profiles.
A graduate profile (sometimes referred to as a “profile of a graduate” or a “portrait of a graduate”) is a visualization of core academic competencies and subjects a community believes are key to their local graduates’ post-high school success. A school district or charter school co-creates their graduate profile with input from key community partners and uses the document Read More
New Mexico Economic Development’s JEDI Office Publishes Outcomes Report
2023 Hispanic Business Summit Entrepreneur Panel – Rita Carina Veleta, Guillermina Osoria, Diana Cano, Cindy Campos. Courtesy photo
EDD News:
SANTA FE — The New Mexico Economic Development Department (EDD) has published the first outcomes report from its Justice, Equity, Diversity and Inclusion (JEDI) Office.
Established in April 2021, under the previous leadership of Shani Harvie, the JEDI Office has worked toward its vision to create a space where all New Mexican business owners, regardless of background and affiliation, can comfortably access EDD resources and services to Read More
Luján Condemns Potential Closure Of Carlsbad Facility
U.S. Sen. Ben Ray Luján
U.S. SENATE News:
WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Sen. Ben Ray Luján (D-N.M.) released the following statement in response to reports stating that the General Services Administration (GSA) is moving to discontinue the government’s lease for the Department of Energy’s (DOE) Carlsbad Field Office. DOE’s Carlsbad Field Office employs nearly 200 federal workers who oversee highly radioactive nuclear waste from nuclear defense activities at the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP).
“WIPP is critical to our national security. Now, Elon Musk and President Trump are jeopardizing Read More
Senator Pushes New PED Overhaul Legislation After Original Resolution Loses Favor
Roundhouse in Santa Fe. Post file photo
By Esteban Candelaria
The Santa Fe New Mexican
Sen. Bill Soules, D-Las Cruces, said his proposal to overhaul the leadership structure of New Mexico’s public education system lost its, well, soul, after undergoing significant changes in the Senate Education Committee, of which he is the chair.
So in an effort to leapfrog over the dying Senate Joint Resolution 3, Soules is pushing a different measure, Senate Joint Resolution 15.
That legislation would still cut the Cabinet secretary position leading the state Public Education Department, a key feature Read More
New Mexicans Can Protect Themselves Against HPV
NMDOH News:
SANTA FE — About 85% of people nationwide will get a human papillomavirus (HPV) infection in their lifetime – often without even knowing it.
HPV is the most common sexually transmitted infection. High risk HPV can cause illness and several types of cancer. March 4, the New Mexico Department of Health’s (NMDOH) Immunization Program wants New Mexicans to know that vaccination of 11–12-year-olds can protect them long before they are ever exposed. HPV vaccination can prevent more than 90% of HPV-related cancers when given on time.
“You can get HPV from skin-to-skin sexual contact. Read More
ENMU To Confer Honorary Degrees On Three Distinguished Leaders At 2025 Spring Commencement
June and Max Merrick. Courtesy photo
Steve Loy
ENMU News:
PORTALES — Eastern New Mexico University will bestow honorary doctorate degrees upon three distinguished business leaders during commencement Saturday, May 10, 2025. The candidate’s entrepreneurial and community impact in their respective fields is an extraordinary example of what it means to be a Greyhound. The Candidates are:
Steve Loy – Business leader, sports Agent, Coach, and champion of ENMU
Max Merrick – Business leader, Eastern New Mexico developer, and champion of ENMU
June Merrick – Business leader, Eastern New Mexico Read More
Claimants Urged To Submit Notice Of Loss By March 14
FEMA News:
SANTA FE — The FEMA Hermit’s Peak/Calf Canyon Claims Office reminds individuals, businesses, and nonprofits affected by the 2022 Hermit’s Peak/Calf Canyon Fire and subsequent flooding that there are ten days left to submit a Notice of Loss (NOL). Congress extended the deadline to March 14, 2025. This is the last day to begin the claims process.
Submitting an NOL is quick and simple. It takes less than 20 minutes and ensures that we can begin review of your claim. Claimants do not have to provide supporting documentation when submitting an NOL. Claims will continue to be processed and Read More
New Mexico Legislation On Greater Solitary Confinement Restrictions Spurs Polarized Reaction
By CORMAC DODD
The Santa Fe New Mexican
A bill that would expand restrictions on the placement of inmates in solitary confinement in New Mexico’s prisons and jails spurred strong reactions Tuesday as former inmates and correctional officers sounded off on opposite sides of the issue.
“It’s easy to say solitary confinement is necessary when you are the one locking the door,” said Christopher Herrera, who discussed his experience being incarcerated during a House Consumer & Public Affairs Committee. “It only causes more violence.”
Offering Read More
Legislative Roundup: 18 Days Remaining In Session
The Santa Fe New Mexican Staff:
Shining a light on lobbyists: Note to freshman lawmakers: Never call a piece of legislation you’re introducing on the floor on final reading a “simple bill”
Otherwise, you’ll just end up jinxing yourself.
Rep. Sarah Silva, D-Las Cruces, learned that lesson the hard way with House Bill 143, a measure that would require lobbyists and lobbyists’ employers to file an “activity report”, depending on who engaged in the said activity.
The report would identify specific legislation lobbied and support or opposition and whether their position changed, Read More
CYFD Overhaul Bills Sail Through House; Agency Pushes Back
Minority Leader Gail Armstrong, R-Magdalena
By DANIEL J. CHACÓN
The Santa Fe New Mexican
In a sign lawmakers’ patience with the state Children, Youth and Families Department has run out, the House unanimously approved three bills Tuesday designed to bring greater oversight to the troubled child welfare agency.
All three measures now head to the Senate.
But even if they make it out of the other chamber, their fate is up in the air amid pushback from the Cabinet department.
Child welfare advocate Maralyn Beck, founder of the New Mexico Child First Network, said the unanimous approval shows the Read More
