Independent Redistricting Commission Is On Its Way To Senate Floor Of New Mexico Legislature
The Roundhouse in Santa Fe. Post file photo
By ROBERT NOTT
SFNM
After a slow, bumpy and contentious start, a bill that would create an independent redistricting commission is on its way to the Senate floor.
Senate Bill 15, a compromise bill sponsored by Sen. Daniel Ivey-Soto, D-Albuquerque, and hammered out in the Senate Rules Committee less than a week ago, earned a “do pass” recommendation from the Senate Judiciary Committee on Saturday.
Four people — all advocates of open government and an independent redistricting commission — voiced support for the bill during the less than 10-minute Read More
AFRL Honors 70 Air Force And Space Force Individuals, Teams During 2020 Phillips Research Site Awards Ceremony
Col. Eric Felt delivers remarks to a live Zoom audience during the Phillips Research site’s Annual Awards Ceremony as Dr. Kelly Hammett listens at left. Courtesy/AFRL
AFRL News:
KIRTLAND AIR FORCE BASE — Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) Space Vehicles and Directed Energy Directorates honored achievements of 70 Air Force and Space Force individuals and teams in their 2020 Phillips Research Site Annual Awards.
The virtual ceremony was held Feb. 24. It illustrated how personnel from both directorates enabled the discovery, development and delivery of warfighting technologies for Read More
Second Member Of New Mexico State Police And National Guard State Capitol Security Detail Tests Positive For COVID
By DANIEL J. CHACÓN
dchacon@sfnewmexican.com
A second member of the New Mexico State Police and National Guard security detail at the state Capitol has tested positive for COVID-19.
“The individual who tested positive was not working inside the Capitol,” Raúl E. Burciaga, director of the New Mexico Legislative Council Service, wrote in an email Saturday.
Burciaga said contact tracing and appropriate isolation and quarantine measures have been taken.
The positive test result emerged among 93 people tested Friday by the state Department of Health. Another case is pending results.
The positive Read More
Leger Fernández Secures Key Provisions In For People Act
U.S. Rep. Leger Fernández
From the Office of U.S. Rep. Leger Fernández:
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Earlier in the week, U.S. Rep. Leger Fernández spoke on the House floor highlighting the value of New Mexico’s experience to H.R. 1, the For the People Act to reform and strengthen our democracy.
“We brought New Mexico’s experience to this bill to improve voting access for Native Americans, respect tribal boundaries during redistricting, and reduce wait times at the polls. Our democracy is the very foundation in which we rest every American ideal. We love it and we must protect it for the people,” Leger Read More
Food For Love Raises Over $862K For Hungry New Mexicans
STATE News:
…People Still Encouraged to Donate as State’s Hunger Crisis Continues
SANTA FE – Food for Love organizers are thrilled to report that so far the benefit concert has raised $862,577.
All the money is going to the New Mexico Association of Food Banks who, through their partner food banks, will be able to provide 3,450,300 nutritious meals for New Mexicans who are having trouble putting food on their tables.
“New Mexico food banks are grateful for the generous help provided by people from our home state, those from other parts of the U.S, and people from as far away as Europe and Australia,” Read More
New Mexico COVID-19 Update: 288 New Cases, Total 186,742 With 10 New Deaths, 155,000 Patients Recovered
Today’s update includes 10 more deaths in New Mexico related to COVID-19.
The New Mexico Department of Health reports today’s most recent cases:
- 75 new cases in Bernalillo County
- 4 new cases in Chaves County
- 5 new cases in Cibola County
- 2 new cases
Chart 357 COVID-19 In New Mexico March 6, 2021
The line in this chart shows the cumulative number of COVID-19 related deaths in Los Alamos County versus date. Source: New Mexico Department of Health. Created by Eli Ben-NaimLAPS Celebrates Increase In 4-Year Graduation Rate
By Superintendent Kurt Steinhaus
Los Alamos Public Schools
I am pleased to report encouraging news about four-year graduation rates in Los Alamos.
Recently released data show that the districtwide rate for LAPS is 93.3%, up from 91.4% in last year’s report. The statewide rate is 76.9% and the national average is 85%.
I am so very proud of staff in the Los Alamos Schools who have kept their “eye on the prize” – high school graduation. This achievement is a true testament to the hard work of LAPS students, teachers, staff, parents and the whole community.
It really is a communitywide achievement. Read More
Dallas FBI And Dallas Museum Of Art Announce Transfer Of Recovered Stele Of Lakshmi-Narayana To Nepal Government
FBI and Dallas Museum of Art representatives pose Tuesday with the Stele of Lakshmi-Narayana. Courtesy/DMA
FBI agents trained in art transportation package and crate the stone artifact in preparation for its return to the government of Nepal. Courtesy/DMA
FBI News:
Officials from the Dallas FBI Field Office and the Dallas Museum of Art announced Tuesday the transfer of a recovered stone artifact previously on loan to the museum from a private collection.
With the full support of the object’s lender, the Stele of Lakshmi-Narayana was transported from Dallas, Texas, to Washington, D.C., Read More
Legislative Roundup: 14 Days Left In 2021 Session
Legislative Roundup
SFNM
Don’t fence me in, Part II: The chain-link fence around the state Capitol continues to divide Republicans and Democrats inside the building. The latest dust-up happened near the end of Friday’s Senate floor session. It started when Sen. Bill Sharer, R-Farmington — who has continued to question the need for the fence — joked it was “too bad we’re not chickens because then we would be free-range”. In an orchestrated move, Sen. Craig Brandt, R-Rio Rancho, then sang the first verse of “Don’t Fence Me In”, with Sharer. But Sen. Harold Pope Jr., D-Albuquerque, didn’t find the Read More
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