Udall, Heinrich Call For Reversal Of Trump Plan To Cut Nutrition Aid To 3 Million Americans
Submitted by Chris Clark
on August 31, 2019
- 9:44 am
U.S. SENATE News:WASHINGTON, D.C. ― U.S. Senators Tom Udall and Martin Heinrich joined a group of 19 Senators and 120 U.S. Representatives to demand that the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) withdraw its disastrous plan to kick an estimated 3.1 million Americans off of food assistance, including tens of thousands of New Mexicans.
In a letter to Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue, the lawmakers urged USDA to reverse course and rescind its proposal, which would raise serious barriers to food access for working families across New Mexico.
The Trump
Read More Udall, Heinrich Call For Investigation Of Trump Administration’s Efforts To Use Eminent Domain To Seize Privately Held Land To Build Ineffective And Expensive Southern Border Wall
Submitted by Chris Clark
on August 31, 2019
- 9:44 am
U.S. SENATE News:WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Senators Tom Udall (D-N.M.), and Sen. Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) yesterday joined Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) and Senator Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) in a letter to U.S. Comptroller General Gene Dodaro requesting that the U.S. Government Accountability Office investigate the Trump Administration’s efforts to exercise the power of eminent domain to seize privately held land to build a border wall at the southern border of the United States.
The letter follows the Senators’ January 2019 inquiry to the U.S. Department of Homeland
Read More NM Conservation, Labor, And Community Advocates Respond To PRC Decision To Delay Vote On San Juan Generating Station
Submitted by Chris Clark
on August 31, 2019
- 9:44 am
ENM News:SANTA FE ― Wednesday, New Mexico environmental, community, and labor advocates decried the NM Public Regulation Commission’s decision to delay voting on whether the Commission will apply the state’s recently enacted Energy Transition Act when closing the San Juan Generating Station.
The groups said the PRC is creating additional uncertainty by causing delays, and could jeopardize the good work by a diverse set of stakeholders and lawmakers who supported the Energy Transition Act earlier this year. The law would provide economic assistance to coal miners, San Juan
Read More Economic Development Sets Focus On Rural Communities
Submitted by Chris Clark
on August 31, 2019
- 9:44 am
NMED News:Citing the unique challenges of bringing jobs to rural communities, the New Mexico Economic Development Department will ask for a special appropriation from lawmakers to address economic needs in less-populated pockets of the state.
Wednesday, Cabinet Secretary Alicia J. Keyes told lawmakers on the Economic and Rural Development Committee that officials from rural communities around the state are asking for more investment that can potentially spur new business growth. But the cash-strapped areas are challenged to develop water, sewer, and transportation
Read More Veterans Homelessness On The Rise
Submitted by Chris Clark
on August 31, 2019
- 9:44 am
VIC News:New Mexico is one of only four states in the nation seeing the number of homeless veterans increasing. There are more than 150,000 veterans living in New Mexico. Nine percent live in poverty, and nearly 17 percent are homeless.
“We are asking the community to come together to serve those who have valiantly served our country,” said Bobby Ehrig, Executive Director of the New Mexico Veterans Integration Centers (VIC). “Our program has been in existence for nearly 15 years, and we are the only program in New Mexico that offers transitional housing for veterans and their families.”
Read More FBI: Statement Regarding FBI Director Christopher Wray’s Visit To El Paso
Submitted by Chris Clark
on August 31, 2019
- 9:44 am
FBI News:FBI Director Christopher Wray traveled to El Paso, Texas, to meet with the heroic and dedicated state and local partners and FBI personnel who continue to actively investigate the mass shooting. He expressed his support, admiration, and gratitude for their work in the aftermath of this terrible tragedy.
The FBI continues to provide full investigative, intelligence, and technical resources in support of the investigation.
Resources
Read More Portions of Abiquiu Lake to reopen
Submitted by Carol A. Clark
on August 31, 2019
- 9:44 am
ABIQUIU LAKE, N.M. – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Albuquerque District, announced today that the lake has reopened except for swimming along the Cerrito Recreation Area shoreline.
Open areas include the boat ramp and land areas within the Cerrito Day-Use Recreation Area. However, the swim beach is still closed and swimming along the Cerrito shoreline is not allowed due to the presence of a toxic blue-green algae bloom.
Signs informing the public that swimming is not allowed along the shoreline until further notice have been posted along the Cerrito Recreation Area shoreline.
Read More Balderas Leads 10 States And The District Of Columbia In Opposing EPA’s Illegal Pesticide Reviews
Submitted by Chris Clark
on August 31, 2019
- 9:44 am
Attorney General Hector BalderasAG News:
ALBUQUERQUE ― Thursday, New Mexico Attorney General Hector Balderas sent a comment letter to the Environmental Protection Agency, blasting the agency’s apparent attempt to violate the Endangered Species Act in its rollback of pesticide review requirements meant to prevent harm to federally endangered species.
New Mexico and nine other states, plus the District of Columbia, are urging EPA to withdraw its ill-conceived rollback.
“New Mexico will not stand by and allow another Trump Administration rollback of environmental
Read More State Police Arrest Murder Suspect Wanted Out Of Albuquerque
Submitted by Chris Clark
on August 31, 2019
- 9:44 am
Franklin GallegosNMSP News:
LAS VEGAS, NM ― Aug. 14, 2019, the New Mexico State Police was contacted by the Albuquerque Police Department (APD) for assistance in locating and arresting Franklin Gallegos (37) of California.
APD issued an arrest warrant on Gallegos for an open count of Murder, Tampering with Evidence, Aggravated Assault and Felon in Possession of a Firearm. APD detectives had reason to believe Gallegos was at a residence in Las Vegas, NM. At around 7:30 p.m., the New Mexico State Police Investigations Bureau, Uniform Bureau, and the Las Vegas
Read More FBI: Navajo Man From Smith Lake Sentenced To 18 Years For Federal Aggravated Child Sexual Abuse Conviction
Submitted by Chris Clark
on August 31, 2019
- 9:44 am
FBI News:ALBUQUERQUE ― Galvan L. Betonie, 25, an enrolled member of the Navajo Nation who resides in Smith Lake, NM, was sentenced Tuesday in Federal Court in Albuquerque, to 216 months of imprisonment for his conviction on two aggravated child sexual abuse charges.
Betonie previously pleaded guilty to the two charges April 18, 2019. In his plea agreement, Betonie admitted committing the crimes in Indian Country in McKinley County, NM, Nov. 18, 2016. According to the plea agreement, Betonie sexually abused a child who had not attained the age of twelve years.
The
Read More AGU: Warmer Winters Are Changing The Makeup Of Water In Black Sea
Submitted by Chris Clark
on August 31, 2019
- 9:44 am
AGU News:WASHINGTON, D.C. ― Warmer winters are starting to alter the structure of the Black Sea, which could foreshadow how ocean compositions might shift from future climate change, according to new research.
A new study published in AGU’s Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans analyzing water temperatures, density and salinity in the Black Sea from 2005 to 2019 finds warming winter weather is warming the middle water layer of the Black Sea, known as the cold intermediate layer, which exists between the oxygen-free bottom layer of the sea and the oxygenated top layer of water.
Read More Balderas Sues President Trump Challenging Department Of Homeland Securities’ Attempt To Impose ‘Public Charge’ Rule
Submitted by Chris Clark
on August 31, 2019
- 9:44 am
Attorney General Hector BalderasAG News:
SANTA FE ― Thursday, Attorney General Hector Balderas and 13 other attorneys general filed a lawsuit against the U.S. Department of Homeland Security over changes to the “public charge” rule that target immigrants and their families.
Under the changes, if an immigrant who is legally in the country uses benefits to which he or she is entitled ― such as food assistance to feed their U.S. citizen children or housing assistance ― even for a short time, the federal government may revoke their legal status, or even deport them.
“President
Read More New Mexico Ranks 9th In The Nation For Employment Growth
Submitted by Chris Clark
on August 31, 2019
- 9:44 am
NMDWS News:ALBUQUERQUE ― Employment data recently posted by the U.S. Department of Labor and the New Mexico Department of Workforce Solutions (NMDWS) shows that New Mexico has outpaced the national job growth rate again.
Over the year, New Mexico’s total nonagricultural employment increased by 21,700 jobs, or 2.6 percent. The nation’s job growth rate was 1.5 percent.
Most of the gains came from the private sector (18,700 jobs, or 2.8 percent), which had New Mexico ranked 9th in the nation for private sector job growth. The highest rate was in Nevada with 4.1 percent growth,
Read More Federal Grand Jury Indicts Navajo Man From Crownpoint On Federal Assault And Firearm Charges Arising From Drive-By Shooting That Injured Two Navajo Children
Submitted by Chris Clark
on August 31, 2019
- 9:44 am
FBI News:ALBUQUERQUE ― A federal grand jury sitting in Albuquerque, NM, returned an indictment yesterday charging Eli Frank Woody, 25, an enrolled member of the Navajo Nation who resides in Crownpoint, NM, with federal assault and firearm charges arising out of a July 18, 2019 drive-by shooting that injured two Navajo children.
The three-count indictment charges Woody with two counts of assault resulting in serious bodily injury to a child, and discharging a firearm during a crime of violence. According to the indictment, Woody assaulted and seriously injured
Read More Western Zone Long Course Age Group Swimming Championships
Submitted by Chris Clark
on August 31, 2019
- 9:44 am
Duncan Henderson. Courtesy photo
Duncan Henderson. Courtesy photo
SPORTS News:
Western Zone Long Course Age Group Swimming Championships were held in Gresham, Oregon Aug 7-10 in typically Pacific Northwest Seasonal conditions, that is cold with some rain.
USA Swimming (USA S) Local Swim Committees (LSC) from WA, OR, CO, CA, AK, NM, AZ and HI among others competed using swimmers from hundreds of USAS teams. California teams from Pacific Swimming, and SoCal were the toughest, as they have 15k+ swimmers registered in those LSCs, and tend to work very hard, and end Read More
Luján, FCC Commissioner Starks Tour San Felipe Pueblo
Submitted by Carol A. Clark
on August 31, 2019
- 9:44 am
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San Felipe Pueblo, N.M. – On Friday, Congressman Ben Ray Luján (D-N.M.), the U.S. House Assistant Speaker, and Federal Communications Commission Commissioner Geoffrey Starks led discussions with community leaders on efforts to close the digital divide and increase broadband access in New Mexico. |
Letter to President Trump from LCWR
Submitted by Carol A. Clark
on August 31, 2019
- 9:44 am
As a member of the Leadership Conference of Women Religious I recently attended the annual assembly. 663 members in attendance sent a letter to President Trump beseeching him to end all divisive rhetoric. The letter states in part, “We implore you to never use language that disrespects, dehumanizes, or demonizes others. We expect our president, and all who serve this nation as leaders, to be always mindful of the common good and the dignity of each and every person. You hold a position that has the potential to inspire the best of every one of us and we ask you to Read More
Daily Postcard: Folklorico Dancers
Submitted by Chris Clark
on August 31, 2019
- 9:44 am
Folklorico dancers from Moving Arts Espanola swirl to traditional Mexican music Saturday at Fuller Lodge during Fiesta Los Alamos, a fundraiser held by the Rotary Club of Los Alamos. Photo by Linda Hull
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World Futures: Energy – Part Two
Submitted by Chris Clark
on August 31, 2019
- 9:44 am
By ANDY ANDREWSWorld Futures Institute
In Energy – Part One we looked at the energy consumption of humanity at both the individual and collective levels, noting the change in climate but finishing with a question of affordability. This is a challenging question because it deals with a long time scale while most of us are concerned about buying food or paying the rent or mortgage next week. Yet we, collectively, are considering House Resolution 109, the Green New Deal, and Senate Bill 59 dealing with the Arapaho National Forest Boundary Adjustment. Each of these proposed pieces of legislation,
Udall, Heinrich, Luján Announce $384,777 To San Juan College To Launch Big Idea Innovation Accelerator
Submitted by Chris Clark
on August 31, 2019
- 9:44 am
U.S. SENATE News:WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Senators Tom Udall and Martin Heinrich and U.S. Representative Ben Ray Luján announced that the U.S. Department of Commerce’s Economic Development Administration (EDA) has awarded $384,777 to San Juan College in Farmington, New Mexico to launch the Big Idea Innovation Accelerator, which will offer resources, consulting, and mentorship to boost entrepreneurship.
The accelerator will provide critical assistance to entrepreneurs, researchers, and inventors as they translate innovative ideas into products, services, companies,
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