Politics

Constitution Day Essay Winners Honored

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From left, essay contest winners Jack Ammerman, Audrey Nolan, Philippa Fung and Jenny Wang with West Virginia House Rep. Saira Blair. Photo by Carol A. Clark/ladailypost.com

Staff Report

The Republican Party of Los Alamos and the Los Alamos Federated Republican Women hosted a Constitution Day Essay Contest and invited the winners to recite their essay at the annual Constitution Day Dinner held Saturday at the Los Alamos Golf Course Community Building.

Winners include:

  • High School – Jenny Wang;
  • Middle School – Audrey Nolan;
  • Elementary School – Philippa Fung; and
  • Honorable
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NM Testimony At Joint Congressional Hearing Reveals EPA Misled With Incomplete, Cherry-Picked Data

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New Mexico Environment Secretary Ryan Flynn

NMED News:

SANTA FE – At Thursday’s Joint Congressional Hearing for Natural Resources and Oversight & Government Reform, New Mexico Environment Secretary Ryan Flynn clarified numerous discrepancies from testimony made earlier in the day by the Environmental Protection Agency, including the agency’s summary-level, cherry-picked data that sought to downplay the severity of the Gold King Mine spill.

Flynn testified that the EPA neglected to include a key contaminant, arsenic, among the data supplied. Nor did EPA include total metals (just Read More

Heinrich Says New Mexico Can’t Afford Another Government Shutdown

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U.S. Sen. Martin Heinrich

WASHINGTON, D.C. – With only nine days until the until the current fiscal year ends, U.S. Sen. Martin Heinrich, D-N.M. calls on lawmakers to skip the political gamesmanship and instead begin bipartisan budget negations to keep the federal government open and end the devastating, across-the-board budget cuts known as sequestration.

“The government shutdown in 2013 hit New Mexico hard and had very real consequences for our workforce. We can’t afford another manufactured crisis,” Heinrich said. “The politics and showmanship Read More

RPLA/LAFRW Host Youngest Legislator In U.S.

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West Virginia House Rep. Saira Blair, 18, speaks with community youth and adults and Republican Party members Saturday afternoon at UNM-LA. Photo by Carol A. Clark/ladailypost.com
 
From left, Rep. Saira Blair, RPLA Chair Bill McKerley and LAFRW President Bethany Douglas at Saturday’s event at UNM-LA. Photo by Carol A. Clark/ladailypost.com
 
West Virginia House Rep. Saira Blair speaks with local youth during her Meet & Greet event at UNM-LA. Photo by Carol A. Clark/ladailypost.com
 
Staff Report
 
The Republican Party of Los Alamos and the Los Alamos Federated
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Heinrich Calls For Reforms To Mining Law In Environment And Public Works Hearing On Recent Spill

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SENATE News:
 
WASHINGTON, D.C. ― U.S. Sen. Martin Heinrich, D-N.M. spoke at a U.S. Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works (EPW) oversight hearing Wednesday on the Gold King Mine spill that occurred last month.
 
The committee examined the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) response to the accident, which caused a large plume of bright orange toxic waste to spill into the Animas and San Juan Rivers and pollute the Four Corners region, and the subsequent impact it had on the environment and economies of local states, communities, and Indian
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New Mexico State Legislature Receives National Award For Improvements Made To Tax Policy

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STATE News:
 
SANTA FE ― The New Mexico State Legislature was awarded the Property Tax Achievement Award by the International Association of Assessing Officers (IAAO) for an outstanding contribution to the improvement of property tax administration and tax policy during the 2015 Legislative Session.
 
IAAO is a nonprofit, educational, and research association founded in 1934 that is comprised of government assessment officials and others interested in the administration of property tax policy.
 
Define Agricultural Use for Property Tax (SB 112) and Disabled
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Outstanding High School Students Encouraged To Apply For Highly Competitive Senate Youth Program

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SENATE News:
 
WASHINGTON, D.C. ― U.S. Senators Tom Udall and Martin Heinrich encourage outstanding New Mexico high school juniors and seniors to apply for the highly competitive United States Senate Youth Program (USSYP).
 
Two New Mexico students will be selected to join 102 other delegates at the program’s 54th annual Washington Week from March 5-12, 2016. During their all expenses paid trip, New Mexico’s representatives will learn about the workings of the U.S.
 
Senate and federal government. Additionally, each selected participant will
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Energy Department Announces $102 Million To Tackle Solar Challenges, Expand Access To Clean Electricity

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DOE News:
 
WASHINGTON, D.C. ― Building on President Obama’s Climate Action Plan to cut climate-changing carbon pollution and continue building a clean energy economy in the United States, the Energy Department announced more than $102 million in new projects and available funding to support American leadership in clean energy innovation.
 
More than $52 million will support 22 new projects in partnership with companies, non-profit organizations, universities, and national laboratories that aim to make solar energy more affordable and accessible across the
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Clean-water Groups Respond To Ryan Flynn’s Congressional Testimony

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CVNM News:

New Mexico Environment Secretary Ryan Flynn testified in front of the U.S. House of Representatives Thursday regarding August’s Gold King Mine spill in the Animas River, promoting New Mexico’s management of natural resources.

But Flynn’s actions at the Environment Department have put New Mexico in greater danger of such water-contamination disasters in the future.

“The Animas River toxic spill provides an opportunity for Ryan Flynn and the state of New Mexico government to re-evaluate their neglect of, and indifference to, the need for stringent environmental regulations Read More

Meet & Greet West Virginia State Delegate Saira Blair At UNM-LA Sept. 19

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Saira Blair, West Virginia State Delegate
 
COMMUNITY News:
 
Meet the nation’s youngest elected state official, West Virginia State Delegate Saira Blair 1-3 p.m., Saturday Sept. 19, at the UNM-LA Student Center, Bldg 2, for “meet and greet” with free refreshments.
 
Blair won her primary election at the age of 17 (before she could even vote) and beat an incumbent. She went on to win the general election by a 63 percent margin over her competitor, all while a student at WVU and running her campaign out of her dorm room. 
 
This is a great
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