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Luján Introduces Legislation To Strengthen Tribal Protections For Children And Law Enforcement Under VAWA Reauthorization

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U.S. SENATE News:

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sen. Ben Ray Luján (D-N.M.), introduced The Native Youth and Tribal Officer Protection Act, to strengthen Tribal protections for children and Tribal law enforcement by building on the expansions of Tribal authority under the Violence Against Women Reauthorization Act of 2013.

The Violence Against Women Reauthorization Act of 2013 (VAWA 2013) authorized Tribes to exercise special domestic violence criminal jurisdiction (SDVCJ) to arrest, prosecute and detain non-Indians for domestic violence, dating violence, and violations of protection Read More

Posts From The Road: Zion National Park-East Entrance

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Highway 9: Visitors entering Zion National Park from the east travel Utah Highway 9, (Zion-Mt. Carmel Byway). This short 24-mile drive takes travelers through some of the most spectacular scenery in the world. Photo by Gary Warren/ladailypost.com

Tunnel: The Zion-Mt. Carmel Tunnel was considered an engineering marvel when constructed in the 1920s. The tunnel stretches 1.1 miles on Highway 9 within Zion National Park. The tunnel was blasted through sandstone rock formations to complete the Highway 9 entrance to the park. The roadway opened in 1930. Photo by Gary Warren/ladailypost.com Read More

Heinrich Cosponsors Inclusion Of Unidentified Aerial Phenomena Amendment In Final National Defense Authorization Act

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U.S. SENATE News:

WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Sen. Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), a member of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, is cosponsoring an amendment included in the final National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for Fiscal Year 2022.

The amendment is to establish an office that would replace the current Unidentified Aerial Phenomena (UAP) Task Force and would have access to Department of Defense (DoD) and Intelligence Community data related to UAPs.

The office will have the authority to establish a coordinated effort to report and respond to UAPs, significantly improve data-sharing Read More

Luján, Thune Lead Fight For Cattle Producers, Demand Halt Of Brazilian Fresh Beef Imports

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U.S. Sen. Ben Ray Luján

U.S. SENATE News:

WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Sen. Ben Ray Luján (D-N.M.) and Sen. John Thune (R-S.D.), members of the Senate Agriculture Committee, led a bipartisan group of senators in expressing support for the cattle industry’s recent requests for the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) to immediately suspend fresh beef imports from Brazil.

In 2017, Brazilian fresh beef imports were suspended due to food safety concerns, and USDA allowed these imports to resume in 2020. The Senators are concerned with Brazil’s recent failure to quickly disclose two cases of atypical Read More

New Mexico Museum Of Natural History & Science Joins NASA Celebration Of James Webb Space Telescope Launch

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Celebrate the launch of the James Webb Space Telescope – read details here. Courtesy/NASA

NMDCA News:

ALBUQUERQUE — New Mexico Museum of Natural History & Science has joined almost 500 sites across the country to celebrate the launch of the James Webb Space Telescope, NASA’s next great space science observatory.

The museum will offer a range of public programs to bring the excitement of STEAM (science, technology, engineering, arts, and math) to children, teens and adults.

Webb is the largest and most complex space science telescope ever built – the premier observatory of the next Read More

Luján Chairs Commerce Subcommittee On Communications Hearing On Disrupting Dangerous Algorithms

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U.S. Sen. Ben Ray Luján

U.S. SENATE News:

WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Sen. Ben Ray Luján (D-N.M.), chair of the Subcommittee on Communications, Media, and Broadband, convened a hearing Thursday titled “Disrupting Dangerous Algorithms: Addressing the Harms of Persuasive Technology” to consider legislative solutions that address the dangers of online platforms’ use of technology to manipulate user experiences.

“The pandemic has expedited our reliance on social media and the internet,” Luján said. “Americans are more connected to each other than ever before. Big Tech knows this – and while Read More

National Park Service Awards $3.3 Million To Preserve 536 Acres Of American Revolutionary And Civil War Battlefields

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Sites associated with wars fought on American soil help provide a means for Americans to understand and interpret various periods in our country’s history. At the direction of Congress, the ABPP has over the past two decades identified, surveyed and assessed significant sites associated with the American Revolution, Civil War and War of 1812. Courtesy/NPS

NPS News:

WASHINGTON, D.C. — The National Park Service’s (NPS) American Battlefield Protection Program (ABPP) has awarded $3,378,437 in Battlefield Land Acquisition Grants to the City of Chattanooga, Tenn., and the Virginia Read More

Dr. Richard Sayre Elected To National Academy Of Inventors

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New Mexico Consortium Chief Scientist Dr. Richard Sayre has been elected to the prestigious NAI. Courtesy/LANL

New Mexico Consortium News:

Dr. Richard Sayre, a New Mexico Consortium Chief Scientist, has just been elected to the National Academy of Inventors (NAI).

In 2021, the NAI has elected 164 academic innovators from all over the world to NAI Fellow status. The NAI Fellows Program is a distinction that calls attention to academic inventors that have demonstrated a spirit of innovation in creating or facilitating outstanding inventions that have made a great impact on the quality of Read More

Skolnik: COVID Briefing Note #7 – Still Surging?

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By RICHARD SKOLNIK
Los Alamos

Editor’s Note: This is the seventh in a series of COVID-19 Updates by Richard Skolnik that appear bi-weekly in the Los Alamos Daily Post. These are meant to keep the community informed on the status of the pandemic, critical new findings on the pandemic, and what this information suggests for our community’s response to COVID-19. These updates complement the data that Eli Ben-Naim prepares for the Post. Unless otherwise noted, data is from the New York Times and the New Mexico Department of Health.

Pandemic Data and Trends – For the Week Ending Dec. 6, 2021

In Read More

New Mexico Attorney General Enters Into Historic Settlement For Opioid Dollars, Will Continue To Push Toward Trial Against Remaining Bad Actors

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Attorney General Hector Balderas

From the Office of the Attorney General:

ALBUQUERQUE — Attorney General Hector Balderas Tuesday announced that New Mexico will join in an $18.5 billion nationwide settlement with the three largest distributors of opioid medications in the United States.

The three distributors who will pay into the settlement over the next 18 years are McKesson, AmerisourceBergen and Cardinal Health.

In 2017 Attorney General Balderas filed his lawsuit against the three companies, as well as against the manufacturers that make opioids and the retail pharmacies that sell Read More