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Udall, Carper Respond To EPA Withdrawing Proposal To Scrap Worker Protection Rules

U.S. SENATE News:
 
WASHINGTON, D.C. U.S. Sen. Tom Udall (D-N.M.), ranking member of the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies, and U.S. Sen. Tom Carper (D-Del.), ranking member of the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works, responded to news that the Trump Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has withdrawn—for now—its proposal to scrap two critical worker protections, the updated Agricultural Worker Protection Standard (WPS) and Certification of Pesticide Applicators (CPA) Rule.
 
Carper previously secured
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Bill Lets Parties Choose: Open Primaries Or Pay For Them

The Roundhouse. Courtesy photo
 
By ANDREW OXFORD
 
One lawmaker wants to give political parties a choice of whether to let independent voters participate in primary elections.
 
The option is: Let independents vote or pay for the election yourselves.
 
Backers hope Senate Bill 418 will win over legislators wary of letting just any voter help pick their party’s nominees.
 
If it does, the bill could also end for now a long-running debate over the role of independent voters, who are a growing segment of the electorate in New Mexico.
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CVNM: Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham Keynotes Annual Legislative Reception

CVNM News:
 
SANTA FE — Conservation Voters New Mexico (CVNM) will present State Rep. Patricia Roybal Caballero (HD 13, Bernalillo) with the 2019 Luminaria Award at CVNM’s 13th annual Legislative Reception Feb. 6. Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham will serve as keynote speaker.
 
CVNM’s annual Legislative Reception is a dynamic gathering of policymakers, business leaders and community members. The program will showcase CVNM’s 2019 legislative priorities.
 
“Gov. Lujan Grisham has already demonstrated her commitment to diversifying our economy while protecting the health
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Commissioner Garcia Richard Appoints Four Key Staff

Commissioner Stephanie Garcia Richard. Photo by Carol A. Clark/ladailypost.com

From the Office of the Land Commisioner:

SANTA FE – Commissioner Stephanie Garcia Richard has appointed four key staff to assist in executing a bold agenda for the land office.

The new hires include General Counsel and three Assistant Commissioners for Mineral Resources, Commercial Resources, and Communications.

On the job for just a month, Commissioner Garcia Richard has begun to implement her key initiatives, including issuing an Executive Order to ban killing contests on state trust land, requesting Read More

LANL Director Thom Mason Reflects On First 90 Days

LANL Director Thom Mason. Photo by Bonnie J. Gordon/ladailypost.com
 
By CAROL A. CLARK
Los Alamos Daily Post
caclark@ladailypost.com

Thom Mason today completes his first 90 days at the helm of Los Alamos National Laboratory.

During an interview in his office last Thursday, Mason spoke of his admiration for the scientists, engineers and staff at the Lab and his gratitude to the community for its warm welcome. He also touched on the best thing about his job as well as the challenges.

“During these first 90 days one thing that has really struck me as I’ve visited the various areas of the Laboratory

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Heinrich, Kennedy, Cassidy, Carper, And Colleagues Introduce Bipartisan Legislation To Restore Wetlands And Migratory Bird Habitat

U.S. SENATE News:
 
WASHINGTON, D.C. On the 30th anniversary of the North American Wetlands Conservation Act (NAWCA), U.S. Sen. Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), a member of the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources and a member of the Migratory Bird Conservation Commission, U.S. Senators John Kennedy (R-La.), Bill Cassidy (R-La.), Tom Carper (D-Del.), and colleagues introduced bipartisan legislation to reauthorize NAWCA through 2024.
 
The legislation would also increase authorized annual funding for the program to $60 million.
 
NAWCA was originally enacted
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National Weather Service Announces Major Upgrade To Cannon Air Force Base Doppler (KFDX) Radar

NOAA News:
 
The Cannon Air Force Base WSR-88D Doppler Radar near Clovis will undergo a major hardware upgrade beginning Wednesday, Feb. 6.
 
The radar will be shut down for approximately three weeks while technicians replace the pedestal, as well as the stand that rotates and positions the antenna.
 
Once the antenna is disassembled, the protective radar dome and pedestal will be removed by a crane. A new pedestal will then be installed, the protective dome replaced, and the antenna reassembled.
 
Once the estimated three-week project commences, the radar cannot and
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Who Are The Four Last Graduates Of Los Alamos Ranch School?

Boys of the Los Alamos Ranch School at dinner in the Dining Hall at Fuller Lodge, ca. 1930s before the final group of graduates left the school in 1943. Courtesy/LAHS

By Sharon Snyder
Los Alamos Historical Society

In the 25 years of the Los Alamos Ranch School’s existence, more than 550 boys came to the Pajarito Plateau as students and/or summer campers. Almost all of them went on to earn college degrees and make contributions to their chosen communities and, in many cases, to the nation.

The last four boys to graduate from the ranch school in late January of 1943 went on to make the school proud, and Read More

Stewart Bill Overhauls Teacher Evaluation To Support Professional Development

SENATE News:
 
Sen. Mimi Stewart’s bill to overhaul the state’s teacher evaluation system by focusing on professional development passed the Senate Education Committee Wednesday.
 
“As a retired educator, I know that professional development—not punishment—is what teachers need to succeed,” Stewart said. “And when teachers succeed, our kids succeed.”
 
SB 247 calls on the Public Education Department to develop–in consultation with educators and other stakeholders–by July 1, 2019, a new evaluation system based on instructional quality (which will be
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