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New Mexico governor seeks funding to recycle fracking water, expand preschool, treat mental health
1 week, 5 days ago

New Mexico governor seeks funding to recycle fracking water, expand preschool, treat mental health

Associated Press  

SANTA FE, N.M. — New Mexico would make major new investments in early childhood education, industrial water recycling, and drug addiction and mental health programs linked to concerns about crime under an annual spending proposal from Democratic Gov. Released Thursday, the budget blueprint would increase general fund spending by about $720 million to $10.9 billion, a roughly 7% increase for …

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How does a new presidential administration look from the American West?
1 week, 5 days ago

How does a new presidential administration look from the American West?

NPR  

How does a new presidential administration look from the American West? The governors of New Mexico, Utah and Wyoming assess President-elect Donald Trump's incoming agenda — from energy to immigration. And I asked them to say something that's happening right now in each of their states, starting with Democrat Michelle Lujan Grisham of New Mexico. MICHELLE LUJAN GRISHAM: Holiday seasons …

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New Mexico furious after Texas installs razor wire along its border
3 months ago

New Mexico furious after Texas installs razor wire along its border

The Independent  

Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inbox Get our free Inside Washington email Get our free Inside Washington email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Texas Governor Greg Abbott announced on September 14 that his state would be “TRIPLING …

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New Mexico starts building an abortion clinic to serve neighboring states, train medical students
3 months, 2 weeks ago

New Mexico starts building an abortion clinic to serve neighboring states, train medical students

Associated Press  

SANTA FE, N.M. — Construction is getting underway on a state-funded reproductive health and abortion clinic in southern New Mexico that will cater to local residents and people who travel from neighboring states such as Texas and Oklahoma with major restrictions on abortion, Gov. “Once completed, this clinic will stand as a testament to our state’s commitment to reproductive freedom …

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New Mexico governor cites ‘dangerous intersection’ of crime and homelessness, wants lawmakers to act
5 months, 1 week ago

New Mexico governor cites ‘dangerous intersection’ of crime and homelessness, wants lawmakers to act

LA Times  

The New Mexico Capitol in Santa Fe. Michelle Lujan Grisham is urging the Democratic-led Legislature to consider longer minimum sentences for gun-toting felons, restrictions on panhandling and an expansion of involuntary detention and treatment for mental health problems and addiction. Citing what she calls the “dangerous intersection” of crime and homelessness, New Mexico’s governor is calling on lawmakers to address …

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New Mexico wildfire claims second life, while rain offers hope of relief
6 months ago

New Mexico wildfire claims second life, while rain offers hope of relief

Associated Press  

ROSWELL, N.M. — Heavy rain and hail fell Wednesday around an evacuated village in New Mexico threatened by wildfires that have killed at least two people and damaged more than 1,400 structures, offering the hope of some assistance for firefighters but adding the threat of high winds and flash floods. New Mexico State Police spokesman Wilson Silver said Wednesday that …

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At least 1 dead in New Mexico wildfire that forced thousands to flee, governor’s office says
6 months, 1 week ago

At least 1 dead in New Mexico wildfire that forced thousands to flee, governor’s office says

Associated Press  

SANTA FE, N.M. — Thousands of southern New Mexico residents fled a mountainous village as a wind-whipped wildfire tore through homes and other buildings, and killed at least one person. “Within an hour, the police department, the fire department, everybody’s there blocking, barricading the roads to our area and telling everybody to leave,” he said. “Thank God we were ready.” …

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The friendships forged in a Democratic women governors group chat
7 months, 1 week ago

The friendships forged in a Democratic women governors group chat

Raw Story  

Originally published by The 19th. The eight Democratic women leading their states — Maura Healey in Massachusetts, Katie Hobbs in Arizona, Kathy Hochul in New York, Laura Kelly in Kansas, Tina Kotek in Oregon, Michelle Lujan Grisham in New Mexico, Janet Mills in Maine and Gretchen Whitmer in Michigan — have changed what it means for women to win and …

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New Mexico special legislative session to focus on public safety initiatives
8 months, 1 week ago

New Mexico special legislative session to focus on public safety initiatives

Associated Press  

SANTA FE, N.M. — New Mexico’s Democratic governor on Wednesday announced a mid-summer special legislative session on public safety that may delve into concerns about homeless encampments, panhandling and mental health treatment after many crime initiatives have languished. Michelle Lujan Grisham said she will call legislators back to Santa Fe on July 18 “to finish what they started during the …

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13 charged in Mexican Mafia collection racket in L.A. County jails
9 months, 1 week ago

13 charged in Mexican Mafia collection racket in L.A. County jails

LA Times  

A tier of Men’s Central Jail in downtown Los Angeles is shown. Authorities this week charged 13 people with collecting money from drug sales and extorted commissary goods inside the Los Angeles County jails on behalf of Michael “Mosca” Torres, a Mexican Mafia member who controlled the jail rackets until his death in July. On a recorded jail phone in …

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Legislature and New Mexico governor meet halfway on gun control and housing, but paid leave falters
10 months, 1 week ago

Legislature and New Mexico governor meet halfway on gun control and housing, but paid leave falters

Associated Press  

SANTA FE, N.M. — New Mexico’s Democrat-led Legislature delivered on a handful of the governor’s major priorities in her calls for public safety reforms, gun control, housing construction and the use of incentives to forge new solutions to climate change as lawmakers adjourned their 30-day annual session Thursday. “I just want to just say to New Mexicans, I don’t think …

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Has Edin Alex Enamorado, influential activist and street vendor defender, gone too far?
11 months ago

Has Edin Alex Enamorado, influential activist and street vendor defender, gone too far?

LA Times  

“I’m sorry,” the skinny young man said again and again like an incantation, as if apologizing enough times would make his antagonists disappear. Activist Edin Alex Enamorado isn’t the first person to seek justice for street vendors via social media — but he’s the genre’s Michael Moore. “What Edin’s message is, is ‘If you see something, do something,’ ” said …

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2 New Mexico Republican lawmakers seek to impeach Democratic governor over gun restrictions
11 months, 1 week ago

2 New Mexico Republican lawmakers seek to impeach Democratic governor over gun restrictions

Associated Press  

SANTA FE, N.M. — Two Republican legislators filed a resolution Wednesday aimed at initiating impeachment proceedings against Democratic Gov. “We’re just trying to say to her, ‘You have too much power, you’re acting like a dictator.. And we’re going to impeach you.’” Block accused the governor of “violating the Constitution to make a political statement,” noting that Lujan Grisham said …

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New Mexico governor outlines broad legislative agenda for crime, education and climate amid protests
11 months, 1 week ago

New Mexico governor outlines broad legislative agenda for crime, education and climate amid protests

Associated Press  

SANTA FE, N.M. — New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham outlined an ambitious legislative agenda designed to rein in violent crime, improve public education, expand access to affordable housing and address concerns about climate change and drought in a State of the State speech Tuesday. “We need to guarantee that the Legislature’s billions in public education are going to the …

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Vigilantes or champions of street vendors? ‘Justice 8’ activists face allegations
11 months, 2 weeks ago

Vigilantes or champions of street vendors? ‘Justice 8’ activists face allegations

LA Times  

Edin Enamorado’s lawyer, Nicholas Rosenberg, speaks outside court in Victorville, Calif., on Monday. “We’ll be holding him accountable,” Enamorado said in his livestream video from outside the Pomona police station, where he chastised police for not investigating the attack. Several hours later, the security guard was lying on the floor of an El Super Market, battered and blasted with pepper …

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New Mexico governor proposes 10% spending increase amid windfall from oil production
11 months, 2 weeks ago

New Mexico governor proposes 10% spending increase amid windfall from oil production

Associated Press  

SANTA FE, N.M. — New Mexico’s governor is proposing a nearly 10% general fund spending increase for the coming fiscal year to shore up housing opportunities, childhood literacy and health care access, with additional payouts for electric vehicles purchases. 2 oil-producing state anticipates a multibillion-dollar surplus for the coming fiscal year, driven largely by oil and natural gas production in …

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Governor wants New Mexico legislators to debate new approach to regulating assault-style weapons
1 year ago

Governor wants New Mexico legislators to debate new approach to regulating assault-style weapons

Associated Press  

SANTA FE, N.M. — New Mexico could become an early political testing ground for a proposal to make assault-style weapons less deadly. “I’ve got a set of lawmakers that are more likely than not to have a fair debate about guns, gun violence, weapons of war and keeping New Mexicans safe than members of Congress are,” said Lujan Grisham, a …

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New Mexico governor proposes $500M to treat fracking wastewater
1 year ago

New Mexico governor proposes $500M to treat fracking wastewater

Associated Press  

SANTA FE, N.M. — New Mexico would underwrite development of a strategic new source of water by buying treated water that originates from the used, salty byproducts of oil and natural gas drilling, and help preserve its freshwater aquifers in the process, under a proposal from the state’s Democratic governor. Michelle Lujan Grisham, announced Tuesday from the international climate conference …

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New Mexico governor defends approach to attempted gun restrictions, emergency order on gun violence
1 year, 2 months ago

New Mexico governor defends approach to attempted gun restrictions, emergency order on gun violence

Associated Press  

SANTA FE, N.M. — New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham on Tuesday defended her decision to treat gun violence as a public health epidemic, citing statistics on recent firearms seizures, reduced reports of gunfire in the Albuquerque metro area and an uptick in jail bookings, while awaiting a crucial court ruling on a signature effort to suspend gun-carry rights in …

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New Mexico trial begins over allegations that Democrats tried to dilute votes with redistricting map
1 year, 2 months ago

New Mexico trial begins over allegations that Democrats tried to dilute votes with redistricting map

Associated Press  

Follow live: Updates from AP’s coverage of the presidential election. SANTA FE, N.M. — Accusations that New Mexico’s Democratic-led Legislature unfairly diluted the vote of a politically conservative oil-producing region with its redistricting map went to trial on Wednesday. They argued that Democrats cut Republican lawmakers out of deliberations as they divvied up a conservative stronghold in southeastern New Mexico …

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State governors from Arizona, New Mexico seek stronger economic ties with Taiwan
1 year, 3 months ago

State governors from Arizona, New Mexico seek stronger economic ties with Taiwan

Associated Press  

SANTA FE, N.M. — Governors from the Southwestern United States are pursuing stronger business ties with Taiwan in hopes of attracting new foreign investments and jobs to their landlocked states. A parts supplier to electric vehicle manufacturers including Tesla announced Wednesday that it would invest nearly $100 million to build a plant that employs 350 people at an industrial park …

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New Mexico official orders insurance companies to expand timely access to behavioral health services
1 year, 3 months ago

New Mexico official orders insurance companies to expand timely access to behavioral health services

Associated Press  

SANTA FE, N.M. — New Mexico’s top insurance regulator on Tuesday ordered health insurance companies to expand timely access to behavioral health services in response to the governor recently declaring a public health emergency over gun violence in the state’s largest metropolitan area. Superintendent of Insurance Alice Kane’s emergency order mandates that major medical health insurers cover out-of-network behavioral health …

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Deputy at Riverside County jail arrested, suspected of bringing narcotics into jail
1 year, 3 months ago

Deputy at Riverside County jail arrested, suspected of bringing narcotics into jail

LA Times  

A Riverside County sheriff’s deputy who worked in a county jail was arrested over the weekend for possessing and planning to sell more than 40 pounds of narcotics, according to the sheriff’s office. Oceguera-Rocha was arrested Saturday night following a traffic stop on the 10 Freeway in Calimesa on suspicion of possessing and intending to sell over 44 pounds of …

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New Mexico governor amends order suspending right to carry firearms to focus on parks, playgrounds
1 year, 3 months ago

New Mexico governor amends order suspending right to carry firearms to focus on parks, playgrounds

Associated Press  

SANTA FE, N.M. — New Mexico Gov. Gunfire and violent crime in Albuquerque have continued unabated in the week since Lujan Grisham issued the temporary public health order, she said at a news conference Friday, adding that she will continue to pursue a “framework that will pass legal muster” to rein in gun violence. “We have a very serious situation …

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