Roch Files Legislation To Significantly Reduce Workers’ Comp When Employee Is Drunk Or High On Job
Rep. Dennis Roch
STATE News:
SANTA FE – In order to hold people accountable for their actions in the workplace, Rep. Dennis Roch has announced that he has filed legislation to significantly reduce workers’ compensation in cases when the employee’s death or injury is the result of being drunk or high on the job.
“Being high or drunk on the job puts lives at risk,” Roch said. “This legislation will help protect our workers and hold violators accountable for their actions.”
Currently, when alcohol or drugs contributes to injury or death, the employee is eligible Read More
Partners Launch $2 Million Open Innovation Challenge
Acting Under Secretary of Commerce for Technology and Standards and Acting NIST Director Willie May speaks to reporters at a news conference in Phoenix, Ariz., held in conjunction with Super Bowl XLIX. May was jointly announcing with the National Football League, GE and Under Armour a new effort called Head Health Challenge III, an open competition to advance materials that better absorb or dissipate energy. Photo by Porter/NIST
NIST News:
NEW YORK – The NFL, GE and Under Armour announced Thursday that they have joined with the U.S. Department of Commerce’s National Institute of Standards Read More
Energy Department Announces Five Year Funding Renewal For First Energy Innovation Hub
Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz
DOE News:
- Consortium for Advanced Simulation of Light Water Reactors to Receive up to $121.5 Million
WASHINGTON, D.C. – In support of the President’s call during his State of the Union Address to advance an all-of-the-above energy strategy, the U.S. Department of Energy announced Friday it would renew funding, subject to congressional appropriations, for the Consortium for the Advanced Simulation of Light Water Reactors (CASL), an Energy Innovation Hub established in 2010 to develop advanced computing capabilities that serve as a virtual version Read More
Adkins Files ‘Small Business Saturday’ Legislation
- Bill Creates Tax Holiday Saturday After Thanksgiving
IRS Warns About Donating To Fake Charities
IRS News:
PHOENIX – The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) recently warned taxpayers about groups masquerading as charitable organizations to attract donations from unsuspecting contributors.
“When making a donation, taxpayers should take a few extra minutes to ensure their hard-earned money goes to legitimate and currently eligible charities,” IRS Commissioner John Koskinen said. “IRS.gov has the tools taxpayers need to check out the status of charitable organizations.”
Phony charity organizations are included the IRS “Dirty Dozen” list for the 2015 tax filing season. Compiled Read More
Watch Pedro Leonardo Mascheroni Of Los Alamos On Video Offering Nuclear Weapons To Venezuela
Pedro Leonardo Mascheroni meeting with ‘Jimenez’ in a hotel room. Screen shot/FBI video
FBI News:
In FBI undercover video and audio recordings, Pedro Leonardo Mascheroni of Los Alamos explains to undercover agent Jimenez that he had a “top of the top” clearance and that he held a security clearance from the Department of Defense and from the Department of Energy.
Mascheroni, 79, a naturalized U.S. citizen from Argentina, was recently sentenced to 60 months in prison for Atomic Energy Act and other violations relating to his communication of classified nuclear Read More
Governor And Rep. Announce Targeted Tax Relief Proposal To Help Small Businesses Get Off The Ground
Gov. Susana Martinez
STATE News:
Proposal Helps Entrepreneurs Reinvest To Grow And Create New Jobs
ALBUQUERQUE—Gov. Susana Martinez and Rep. Sarah Maestas Barnes announced a proposal today for targeted tax relief to help small businesses as they are getting off the ground.
Rep. Sarah Maestas Barnes
The legislation would allow eligible small business owners to deduct up to 100 percent of their business income from personal income taxes.
“This targeted tax relief will help small business owners reduce their tax burden during the early stages, while they are hiring new employees and getting Read More
Heinrich: Strengthen Worker Overtime Protections
U.S. Sen. Martin Heinrich
U.S. SENATE News:
“Too many Americans are working longer and harder without anything to show for their efforts in their paychecks.” —U.S. Sen. Martin Heinrich
WASHINGTON, D.C.— U.S. Sen. Martin Heinrich, D-N.M., joined a group of 26 senators in supporting updating overtime rules to ensure more middle-class workers are paid fairly for overtime hours.
In a letter to President Obama, the senators urged the administration to increase the income threshold to $56,680 per year to strengthen overtime protections for millions more middle-class workers.
MIFA: The Red That Colored The World
Sewing box and cover with cochineal dyed wool yarn. Courtesy/IFAF
MIFA News:
- Red, with its brilliant hue and broad cultural history, has inspired artists’ imaginations and seduced viewers for millennia
SANTA FE—The exhibition, The Red That Colored the World, opening at the Museum of International Folk Art, combines new research and original scholarship to explore the history and widespread use in art of cochineal, an insect-based dye source for the color red whose origins and use date to the pre-Columbian Americas.
The Red That Colored the World opens May 17 and runs through Sept. Read More
State Police Launch Checkpoints And Saturation Patrols
Courtesy/NMSP
STATE News:
SANTA FE — New Mexico State Police (NMSP) will conduct Sobriety Checkpoints, Saturation Patrols and Registration, Insurance and Drivers’ License Checkpoints in all New Mexico counties during the month of February.
These efforts continue to show a significant reduction in alcohol related fatalities, NMSP said. This is attributed to the continued media attention and intensive advertising.
These checkpoints are helping to change society’s attitude about drinking and driving. People are choosing to not drink and drive. This is the biggest step in keeping impaired Read More
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