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U.S. Sen. Ben Ray Luján Introduces Resolution To Recognize May As Mental Health Awareness Month

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U.S. Sen. Ben Ray Luján

From the Office of U.S. Sen. Ben Ray Luján:

Washington, D.C. – This month, U.S. Sen. Ben Ray Luján (D-N.M.) introduced a resolution to recognize May as National Mental Health Awareness Month. Since 1949, May has been observed as National Mental Health Awareness Month, a time when advocates and activists across the country draw attention to the mental health issues that affect as many as one in four Americans.

Today, more people die from suicide in the United States than from traffic accidents or homicides, and we lose 17 veterans to suicide daily.

“Prioritizing, understanding,  Read More

Nella Domenici Releases First Campaign Ad ‘Monroe’

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To view Nella Domenici’s first TV ad of her 2024 campaign to represent New Mexico in the United States Senate,  click here. Courtesy image

From the Nella Domenici for U.S. Senate Campaign:

ALBUQUERQUE –  Nella Domenici released her first TV ad of her 2024 campaign to represent New Mexico in the United States Senate, titled “Monroe” which is the name of the street in Albuquerque where Nella and her seven siblings lived as children.

The ad is a nostalgic nod to the Domenici family legacy of service that spans three generations in New Mexico.

Both of Nella’s parents, Pete and Nancy, were born and raised Read More

Lujan, Colleagues Introduce Bill To Streamline Access To Prescription Drugs, Reduce Physician Paperwork Burden

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U.S. SENATE News:

Washington, D.C. – U.S. Senators Ben Ray Luján (D-N.M.), Roger Marshall, M.D. (R-Kan.), Roger Wicker (R-Miss.), Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.), and Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) introduced bipartisan legislation that would streamline access to prescription drugs that require a health plan’s approval.

Known as prior authorization, physicians and other clinicians must go through time-wasting administrative hurdles to get their patients the prescription medicine they need, including life-saving treatment. The current process causes delays in care and can sometimes result Read More

Democratic Party Of Los Alamos Honors Amy Storey

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The Democratic Party of Los Alamos County (DPLA) honored longtime resident and party member Amy Storey, third from right, on May 18 at the 10th annual JFK Dinner at Pig+Fig Cafe. Among those gathered for the celebration from left, Michael Redondo, Ryn Herrmann, Laura Crucet, Storey, Beverly Neal Clinton and Denise Derkacs. Storey was instrumental, and, in fact, was one of the leaders of a small group of Democrats who worked to revitalize the county party in 2010. The award dinner memorializes John F. Kennedy, the first sitting President to visit Los Alamos, and is held near his May birthday. Read More

Dannemann: Do Your Research Before You Vote

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Correction: In Merilee Dannemann’s column, she stated incorrectly that no Democrat was running in the House District 31 race. Vicky Estrada-Bustillo, a Democrat, is running in that district. We apologize for the error.

By MERILEE DANNEMANN
Triple Spaced Again
© 2024 New Mexico News Services

“We need bold solutions, drastic overhauls and serious reforms,” writes a candidate for the Legislature in an op-ed article.

Bold, huh? Boy, that’s new and exciting. Oh, wait. It isn’t. It’s a standard cliché for everybody who runs for office.

This particular candidate wrote an entire op-ed filled with Read More

Leger Fernández, Heinrich Celebrate Renaming Of Gallup VA Clinic In Honor Of Hiroshi ‘Hershey’ Miyamura

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U.S. Rep. Teresa Leger Fernández speaks at the Hiroshi ‘Hershey’ Miyamura renaming ceremony for the VA Community-Based Outpatient Clinic Saturday in Gallup. Courtesy photo

From the Office of U.S. Rep. Teresa Leger Fernández:

  • Watch U.S. Rep. Teresa Leger Fernández’s remarks Saturday at the renaming ceremony Here.

GALLUP – U.S. Rep. Teresa Leger Fernández honored Hiroshi “Hershey” Miyamura at the renaming ceremony for the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Community-Based Outpatient Clinic (CBOC) Saturday in Gallup, for the late Staff Sgt. Hiroshi “Hershey” Miyamura, who died Read More

Sen. Heinrich Issues Statement On Memorial Day 2024

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U.S. Sen. Martin Heinrich

U.S. SENATE News:

WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Sen. Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), a member of the Appropriations Subcommittee on Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies, released the following statement in commemoration of Memorial Day.

“On Memorial Day, we remember the brave Americans who gave their lives to protect our nation. And we reflect on the sacrifices these men and women made to defend the freedoms we enjoy today.

“For many generations, New Mexicans have answered the call to serve. As Code Talkers and Bataan Death March Survivors during Read More

Tales Of Our Times: Notorious Smogs In Donora And Desert Parks Keyed Air Research

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Tales Of Our Times

By JOHN BARTLIT
New Mexico Citizens
for Clean Air & Water, Inc.

Our citizens group learned the ways of air issues, inside and out. Large issues are part history, law, science, business, and emotions. Each of these has its own jargon, which impedes the exchange of information. Clean air made headway after events helped break these barriers. A notorious case was Donora.

Donora was a hilly town of industrious folks on a horseshoe bend in the Monongahela River 24 miles southeast of Pittsburgh. Donora and nearby Webster were home to U.S. Steel  Corporation’s Donora Zinc Works Read More

New Mexico Tourism Department Releases Statement About Relocation Of National Championship Air Races To Roswell

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Tourism Acting Secretary Lancing Adams

NMED News:

SANTA FE — New Mexico Tourism Department Acting Secretary Lancing Adams released the following statement in response to the announcement that the City of Roswell was selected as the new home for the National Championship Air Races:

“The New Mexico Tourism Department is excited to hear the news that the City of Roswell will become the new home for the National Championship Air Races and the economic prospects the move will present for Southeastern New Mexico. 

“Major events have served as critical drivers of tourism and economic activity for Read More