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FBI: Member Of Neo-Nazi Group Sentenced For Plot To Target Journalists Working To Expose Anti-Semitism

FBI News:

Johnny Roman Garza, 21, a member of the Neo-Nazi group Atomwaffen Division, was sentenced today to 16 months in prison and three years of supervised release for his role in a plot to threaten and intimidate journalists and advocates who worked to expose anti-Semitism.

Garza previously pled guilty in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington to conspiring with other Atomwaffen members to commit three offenses against the United States: interference with federally-protected activities because of religion, in violation of Title 18, U.S. Code, Section 245; mailing Read More

New Mexico Attorney General Balderas Joins Multistate Lawsuit Seeking End To Facebook’s ‘Illegal Monopoly’

Facebook Chairman/CEO Mark Zuckerberg

From the Office of the Attorney General:

…Bipartisan Coalition of 48 Attorneys General Charge Anticompetitive Conduct 

…Facebook Thwarted Competition, Reduced Consumer Privacy for Profits

SANTA FE – New Mexico Attorney General Hector Balderas today joined a bipartisan coalition of 48 attorneys general in filing a lawsuit against Facebook, Inc., alleging that the company has and continues to illegally stifle competition to protect its monopoly power.

The lawsuit alleges that, over the last decade, the social networking giant illegally Read More

AFRL Receives First Component Of Solar-Beaming Project

AFRL’s Arachne spacecraft that will pave the way for development of a space-based solar power transmission system capable of providing useable power regardless of time of day, latitude or weather. Courtesy/Melissa Grim, Partise

AFRL News:

KIRTLAND AIR FORCE BASE — The Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) has received the first flight hardware component of the Arachne spacecraft from Northrop Grumman.

Arachne is the flagship experiment within the Space Solar Power Incremental Demonstrations and Research, or SSPIDR, project.

The component, named “Helios”, is a commoditized spacecraft Read More

U.S. Rep.-Elect Teresa Leger Fernandez Of New Mexico Elected To Congressional Hispanic Caucus Leadership

From the Office of U.S. Rep.-elect Teresa Leger Fernandez:

WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Rep.-elect Teresa Leger Fernandez (NM-03) will serve as the freshman class representative to the Congressional Hispanic Caucus (CHC) for the 117th Congress.

The freshman representative is part of the CHC leadership team. In this position, she will work closely with CHC chair and whip to communicate and pass the Caucus’ message and legislative priorities.

“The Congressional Hispanic Caucus has championed legislation to address the health, economic and environmental disparities facing our Latino communities Read More

Weekly Fishing Report: For Dec. 9, 2020

By GEORGE MORSE
Sports And Outdoors
Los Alamos Daily Post

New Mexico’s State Parks reopened Dec. 3 and are now open 7 a.m. to 4 p.m., during regular day-use hours.

There is no overnight camping and facilities are open to New Mexico residents only.

Several of the lakes in Northern New Mexico have started to freeze over. There is no ice-fishing allowed due to unsafe ice conditions.

Eagle Nest Lake State Park is open. It is closed to ice fishing. When the ice becomes safe to fish on, this is the best lake in New Mexico for ice fishing. Rainbow trout, yellow perch and northern pike are the species available, Read More

New Mexico COVID Update: Network Outage Delays Report

STATE News:

…Positive cases continue to be identified and investigated

SANTA FE – New Mexico state health officials have announced that the Department of Health’s electronic laboratory reporting system was disrupted by an outage in the state government internet network, resulting in a delay of the daily COVID-19 case update.

While the New Mexico Department of Information Technology has since resolved the outage, which also briefly affected other state agency websites and email systems, it resulted in a disruption to various laboratory reports that are collected and subsequently Read More

Chart 269: COVID-19 In New Mexico Dec. 8, 2020

This area chart shows the number of COVID-19 cases in Rio Arriba County by zip code (zip codes with less than 10 cases are not displayed). About 1 in 25 people in Rio Arriba were diagnosed with COVID-19, whereas statewide, about 1 in 19 people were diagnosed. Source: New Mexico Department of Health. Created by Eli Ben-Naim
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New Mexico Legislative Finance Committee Vice Chair Patty Lundstrom Issues On Today’s FY 21 & FY 22 Budget Outlook  

Rep. Patty Lundstrom

STATE News:

SANTA FE – New Mexico Legislative Finance Committee Vice Chair Rep. Patty Lundstrom issued the following statement today regarding FY 21 and FY 22 budget outlook:  

“Today’s positive budget outlook is due to the decisive actions the Legislature took in June’s Special Session to limit the economic fallout caused by the pandemic.

“As we go into the 2021 Legislative Session, our state will continue to have healthy reserves up to 33.4 percent, with over $160 million in new money.

“But we’re not out of the woods. Our recovery must reach the hardworking New Mexicans Read More

Sen. Tom Udall Delivers Farewell Address On Senate Floor

Sen. Tom Udall delivering his farewell address this morning on the Senate floor. Screenshot/LADP

Staff Report

U.S. Sen. Tom Udall delivered his farewell address this morning on the floor of the United States Senate.

Udall reflected on his service in Congress and discussed his vision for tackling the crises facing American democracy and the planet’s environmental sustainability.

He has served the state of New Mexico for nearly 30 years. Following his service as New Mexico’s Attorney General, New Mexicans elected Udall to the U.S. House of Representatives in 1998 and to the U.S. Senate in 2008. Read More

State Insurance Office Releases COVID-19 Related Directives

Insurance Superintendent Russell Toal

OSI News:

SANTA FE — New Mexico Superintendent of Insurance Russell Toal has issued a series of directives aimed at addressing emerging concerns during the recent spike in COVID-19 cases.

The Bulletin and Notices  relate to fair reimbursement of health care providers, medical malpractice insurance, and a moratorium on filing new COVID-19 related commercial insurance products.

These actions were taken in response to Executive Order 2020-083 issued by Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham Friday, Dec. 4, 2020. 

“The Office of Superintendent of Insurance Read More

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