Legislative Roundup: 23 Days Remaining In Session
The Santa Fe New Mexican:
New representative takes oath of office: Rep. Martha Garcia, a former Cibola County commissioner who was appointed Wednesday to represent House District 6, took the formal oath of office Thursday.
Garcia, a Democrat from Pine Hill, will serve the remainder of the legislative session, representing parts of Cibola and McKinley counties.
“We’re so glad to have you. We are complete,” said Rep. Jenifer Jones, R-Deming, welcoming her new colleague to the House.
Education oversight overhaul advances: Michael Jordan played his last game. The crew members of the Space Read More
DOE Secretary Chris Wright Describes AI As ‘The Next Manhattan Project’ During Visit To Los Alamos
Energy Secretary Chris Wright speaks to members of the press early Monday evening outside the Oppenheimer House on Bathtub Row in downtown Los Alamos. Photo by Kirsten Laskey/ladailypost.com
By KIRSTEN LASKEY
Los Alamos Daily Post
kirsten@ladailypost.com
- The major race is in AI and it is critical that the U.S. comes out ahead. –DOE Secretary Chris Wright
Standing outside the former residence of J. Robert Oppenheimer early Monday evening, U.S. Department of Energy Secretary Chris Wright paid homage to Los Alamos’ past while laying out the objective for the present.
Wright, who assumed the Read More
New Zozobra Scratchers At Meow Wolf’s Adulti-Verse: Zozobra Celebration March 6
MEOW WOLF News:
SANTA FE — The Zozobra Team and the New Mexico Lottery are teaming up to unveil the brand-new Zozobra Scratchers at a special edition of Meow Wolf’s monthly 21+ night, Adulti-verse: Zozobra Celebration, presented by New Mexico Lottery.
This 21+ event at Meow Wolf Santa Fe, 1352 Rufina Circle, Santa Fe, takes place Thursday, March 6, 2025, starting at 6 p.m. The three iconic New Mexico organizations will offer an unforgettable night dedicated to Old Man Gloom with giveaways, face painters, plus immersive art and live band karaoke entertainment inside the exhibit.
“New Mexico’s Read More
Women Aviators Of Mercury 13 Featured In Free Launch Pad Lecture March 7
Jerrie Cobb, one of Mercury 13. Courtesy photo
NMMSH News:
ALAMOGORDO — Stars of a Different Kind: The Mercury 13 and Their Quest for Space, is next in our monthly Launch Pad Lecture series at New Mexico Museum of Space History. The Mercury 13 tested the mental and physical rigors of space flight for women. Despite its groundbreaking potential, it fell victim to gender biases, as the 13 women involved were deemed to have the “right stuff” but the “wrong sex” for space missions.
Uncover the full story of the Mercury 13, revealing their remarkable achievements and the Read More
Robinson: DOGE’s Undisciplined Flunkies Know Nothing Of Government
By SHERRY ROBINSON
All She Wrote
© 2025 New Mexico News Services
In the who-what-when that’s the architecture of news stories, it’s usually the who that’s most important and the how that’s least important. But in recent federal firings, I find the how equally compelling.
Consider the slash and burn of Elon Musk and his DOGE groupies at the National Nuclear Security Administration, an agency of the Department of Energy.
NPR pieced together an account from interviews with fired employees. They were shut out of their email accounts before learning they were fired. Some were not notified they were Read More
LCV Releases 2024 National Environmental Scorecard
CVNM News:
SANTA FE — Wednesday, the League of Conservation Voters (LCV) released the New Mexico delegation’s scores for the LCV 2024 National Environmental Scorecard, highlighting our state’s leaders’ work to protect our environment despite the extremism and chaos from anti-environmental members of Congress. Since 1970, LCV’s Scorecard has been the primary yardstick for evaluating the environmental records of members of Congress.
“The 2024 Scorecard shows that New Mexico’s Congressional delegation stood up for our values, voting against cuts to clean energy investments, Read More
Denish: Building A Barn
By DIANE DENISH
Corner To Corner
Building a Barn takes a carpenter or a legislature.
I was reminded recently of a quote by former U.S. House Speaker Sam Rayburn: “Any Jackass can tear down a barn. It takes a carpenter to build one.”
In a recent Senate Rules committee on Feb. 17, Senate Joint Resolution 6, sponsored by Sen. Michael Padilla (D-Bernalillo) had its first committee hearing. This is the Early Childhood Trust Fund Constitutional Amendment. If approved by voters in the next general election, SJR6 will mandate the fund be spent only on prenatal and early childhood programs and services Read More
NM Delegation Reintroduce Slate Of Tribal Water Rights Settlements Legislation
NM DELEGATION News:
WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Sens. Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) and Ben Ray Luján (D-N.M.) and U.S. Reps. Teresa Leger Fernández (D-N.M.), Gabe Vasquez (D-N.M.), and Melanie Stansbury (D-N.M.) are reintroducing a slate of Tribal water rights settlement bills they are pushing to pass in this Congress.
The full slate of Tribal water rights settlements legislation includes:
- The Rio San José and Rio Jemez Water Rights Settlements Act;
- The Ohkay Owingeh Rio Chama Water Rights Settlement Act;
- The Zuni Indian Tribe Water Rights Settlement Act; and
- The Navajo Nation Rio San José Water
Gessing: State Gets Richer, You Get Poorer
By PAUL GESSING
President
Rio Grande Foundation
New Mexico’s Legislature continues to meet in Santa Fe. Sadly, it continues along the same trajectory it has been on in recent years where the government spending grows while also keeping more of our money and (often) adding an ever-increasing number of taxes for us to pay.
For starters, the House recently passed a budget that increases spending across all areas of New Mexico government. An amendment was offered by Republicans to rebate a portion of the money ($600 each) to average New Mexicans. The plan was rejected by Democrats.
That’s by no means Read More
