Politics

First Lady To Visit Santa Fe Indian School May 26

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First Lady Michelle Obama

DPNM News:

  • The first lady will deliver commencement address at the Santa Fe Indian School

 

ALBUQUERQUE – Democratic Party of New Mexico Chairwoman Debra Haaland, the first Native American woman to lead a statewide party in New Mexico, welcomed the announcement Monday that First Lady Michelle Obama will deliver the commencement address May 26 at the Santa Fe Indian School (SFIS).

 

DPNM Chairwoman Debra Haaland

 

“I am so excited that First Lady Michelle Obama will deliver the commencement address at SFIS,” Haaland said. “The young people who attend Read More

NNSA Delivers Annual Reports To Congress On Progress For Stockpile Stewardship/Nonproliferation

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NNSA News:

  • NNSA Delivers Annual Reports To Congress On Progress For Stockpile Stewardship And Nuclear Nonproliferation

WASHINGTON, D.C.—The Department of Energy’s National Nuclear Security Administration (DOE/NNSA) released Monday the annual reports outlining the strategic direction for two of its vital and enduring missions—maintaining a safe, secure and effective nuclear deterrent and reducing the threat of nuclear proliferation and terrorism.

These reports are key planning documents for the nuclear security enterprise and guide program activities to ensure U.S. national Read More

Lunch With A Leader Features Gene Grant April 19

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New Mexico In Focus Host Gene Grant
 
LWVLA News:
 
The League of Women Voters of Los Alamos will hold its monthly Lunch with a Leader at 11:40 a.m. Tuesday, April 19 at Mesa Public Library.
 
Gene Grant is the featured speaker/ Grant is in his 10th year as host of The Line on New Mexico in Focus. His show airs at 7 p.m. each Friday on PBS. In addition to hosting duties, he also has reported for the PBS NewsHour on six occasions. Grant was a longtime columnist for the Albuquerque Tribune before doing the same for the Albuquerque Journal and Weekly Alibi.
 
He has contributed articles
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AFTNM, Las Cruces Transportation Federation File Emergency Motion

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AFTNM News:

Albuquerque – American Federation of Teachers New Mexico President Stephanie Ly and Las Cruces Transportation Federation #6341 President Marcos Torres released the following statement:

“Yesterday, the Las Cruces Public Schools Board on behalf of the Las Cruces Public School District received an ex parte temporary restraining order against AFT NM, LCTF #6341, and STS-NM, enjoining a strike, picketing and protests.

“We received this restraining order despite no allegations that AFT NM or LCTF #6341 had engaged in, or threatened, violence. The District’s motion, and the court’s Read More

Udall, Alexander: Sick Nuclear Workers Deserve Better

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From The Office Of U.S. Sen. Tom Udall:

  • Department of Labor should delay new rule that could jeopardize benefits for those who worked at Cold War-era sites
 
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senators Tom Udall, D-N.M., and Lamar Alexander, R-Tenn., this week urged the U.S. Department of Labor to delay a new rule that could make it more difficult for sick nuclear workers who served at Los Alamos, Oak Ridge, Y-12 and other Cold War-era nuclear sites to get benefits they deserve under the department’s Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program.
 
“It’s shameful that so many Americans
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Maggiore: Running Because I Care

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Antonio Maggiore

By ANTONIO MAGGIORE
Democratic Candidate
Los Alamos County Council

I’m running for County Council because I care. I can’t put it in any simpler terms than that. I care deeply about this town.  

This secluded secretive science stuffed suburbia is home to me. I was born here, I grew up in Los Alamos, I graduated high school here. Like so many of our youth, I left as soon as I was able, and like a much smaller number, I returned.

I have never worked at the lab. I have however worked at many small businesses in town throughout my life. Now, I find myself braving the uncertain world of owning Read More

Appointed Probate Judge Bill McKerley Seeks Election

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By BILL MCKERLEY
Republican Candidate
Los Alamos County Probate Judge
 
I am Bill McKerley and I am a candidate for the position of Probate Judge for Los Alamos County. Before I tell you a little bit about me and why I am a candidate, I thought it might be informative to say a few words about probate and the function of the Probate Judge.
 
Probate is the judicial process for transferring the property of a person who has died (called decedent). The property is transferred according to either: (1) the decedent’s Will, or (2) if the decedent dies without a Will, according to New Mexico’s
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Balderas & Federal Trade Commission Announce $75 Million Settlement Against Sham Cancer Charities

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Attorney General Hector Balderas
 
STATE News:
 
SANTA FE ― Attorney General Hector Balderas along with the Federal Trade Commission and an unprecedented group consisting of all 50 states and the District of Columbia, announced that the last two nationwide sham cancer charities named in the largest charity regulation case in history, are to be dissolved, their assets transferred to a receiver for liquidation, and their president banned for life from profiting from fundraising, consulting or conducting charitable activity.
 
The stringent ban and total forfeiture of all
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Letter To The Editor: A Winning Republican Presidential Ticket For 2016

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By E. ALAN WADLINGER
Los Alamos
 
This scenario will only occur provided that there is a brokered Republican Convention.
 
I will assume that there is a stalemate between Cruz, Trump and Kasich. You start by rejecting all three of these candidates who have managed to destroy each other in the primaries. Then pick a set of dark horse nominees who are to the right of Hillary, but will be acceptable to moderate Republicans and many Democrats.
 
By rejecting all three leading Republican candidates, you will upset their supporters, but since none of them win
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