Politics

Absentee Voting Is Underway

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Absentee voting began Tuesday in Council Chambers in the Municipal Building. Photo by Carol A. Clark/ladailypost.com   

Poll workers assist residents wishing to cast their absentee vote Thursday in Council Chamber. Photo by Carol A. Clark/ladailypost.com   

Photo by Carol A. Clark/ladailypost.com   

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Education Secretary Hanna Skandera Congratulates Aspen Students On Reading For World Record

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Principal Kathryn Vandenkieboom with New Mexico Secretary of Education Hanna Skandera who is reading to students in the library this morning at Aspen Elementary School. Photo by Carol A. Clark/ladailypost.com

Aspen students ask questions this morning of New Mexico Secretary of Education Hanna Skandera in the school library. Photo by Carol A. Clark/ladailypost.com

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New Mexico Secretary of Education Hanna Skandera visited students and staff at Aspen Elementary School this morning to congratulate them on the school being listed in the 2016 Scholastic Book of World Record. Read More

New Mexico Leaders Call For Federal Review Of Behavioral Healthcare Disaster

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NMLEGIS News:
 
SANTA FE ― Leadership from both the New Mexico House of Representatives and Senate delivered a letter (attached) requesting that the Federal Congressional Delegation contact the Department of Justice and other relevant federal agencies regarding the behavioral healthcare crisis in New Mexico.
 
The request came at the urging of constituents and of three of the behavioral healthcare providers that were shut down or left hamstrung as a result of allegations of fraud. The allegations were later found to be unfounded by the New Mexico Attorney
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League Of Women Voters Candidate Forum Tonight

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LWVLA News:

The League of Women Voters of Los Alamos will hold a pre-primary candidate forum this evening, Thursday May 12, in the Lecture Hall at UNM/LA. 

The forum 7-9 p.m. Come at 6:30 for refreshments and to meet the candidates. We have invited the candidates for office in northern New Mexico who face opposition in the primary. 

They include Michael Lucero and Michael Romero, who are running for the Republican nomination for the U.S. House of Representatives District 3; Jennifer Lynne Padgett, Marco Peter Serna, and Maria E. Sanchez-Gagne, who are running for the Democratic nomination Read More

Better Buildings Challenge Partners Exceed $1.3 Billion In Energy Cost Savings, Share Hundreds Of Solutions To Help Spur Future Efficiency Efforts

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DOE News:
 
WASHINGTON D.C. — U.S. Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz and U.S. Housing and Urban Development Secretary Julián Castro released Better Buildings Challenge partner results, announced three new focus areas in local communities, and highlighted overall signs of growth in the initiative’s reach and influence.
 
Since 2011, both the number of Better Buildings Challenge partners and energy efficiency commitments have tripled, resulting in energy cost savings that now exceed the $1.3 billion mark and the avoidance of 100 million tons of harmful carbon emissions. 
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League Of Women Voters Candidate Forum Thursday

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LWVLA News:

The League of Women Voters of Los Alamos is hosting a candidate’s forum for all candidates with opposition in the June Primary Election.

The forum is 7-9 p.m., Thursday, May 12 in Building 2, Room 230 at UNM-LA.

Invited candidates include:

  • Republican U.S. House Dist. 3 candidates – Michael Lucero and Michael Romero;
  • Democratic District Attorney First Judicial Dist. candidates – Jennifer Lynne Padgett, Marco Peter Serna and Maria E. Sanchez-Gagne; and
  • Democratic County Council candidates – Antonio L. Maggiore, Peter T. Sheehey, Chris Chandler
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House Speaker Don Tripp To Give Remarks At Stover Campaign Kick-off Today

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House Speaker Don Tripp

POLITICAL News: 

Sharon Stover, Republican candidate for New Mexico House Dist. 43, announced that House Speaker Don Tripp will give special remarks at her kick-off event this afternoon in Los Alamos.

“Speaker Don Tripp and I have worked together on juvenile justice issues for many years,” Stover said. “I am honored by his willingness to travel to Los Alamos from his home in Socorro to support my candidacy and help celebrate the start of my campaign.”

Dist. 43 candidate Sharon Stover

Tripp was elected in 1999 to represent House Dist. 49, which includes Catron County, Read More

Officials Break Ground On TA-3 Substation Replacement Project At Los Alamos National Laboratory

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Officials break ground on the TA-3 Substation Replacement Project during a ceremony Wednesday at LANL. Photo by Chris Clark/ladailypost.com
 
Bonita Rogozinsky, Federal Project Manager for NNSA Acquisition & Project Management delivers welcoming remarks at the groundbreaking for the new Substation at LANL. Photo by Chris Clark/ladailypost.com
 
NNSA Los Alamos Field Office Manager Kim Lebak. Photo by Chris Clark/ladailypost.com
 
Staff Report

Officials broke ground Wednesday, May 4 on a Substation Replacement Project at TA-3 at Los Alamos National Laboratory.

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