Chart shows the cumulative cases of COVID-19 by county in New Mexico. Courtesy/Eli Ben-Naim
Chart shows total cumulative tests of COVID-19 statewide in New Mexico, Courtesy/Eli Ben-Naim
Chart shows number of COVID-19 cases per county across New Mexico. Courtesy/Eli Ben-Naim
Chart shows COVID-19 in the United States and the US fraction of cases worldwide. Courtesy/Eli Ben-Naim
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NMDOH News:
Testing people sick (not needing immediate medical attention) or who have recently traveled.
SANTA FE – The New Mexico Department of Health (NMDOH)’s reports a COVID-19 screening Thursday, April 2, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. or while supplies last, at Overlook Park in White Rock.
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Priority screening will be provided for the following:
It is critical to Read More
CB FOX Department Store on Central Avenue falls into the category of a nonessential business and will temporarily close at 4:15 p.m. today. Courtesy photo
CB FOX News:
Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham’s Stay at Home Order issued Monday due to the COVID-19 pandemic lists retail stores as nonessential businesses in New Mexico.
CB FOX Department Store falls into that category and has announced that it will temporarily close at 4:15 p.m. today.
“We will re-open to sell off the remaining items as soon as we can. Watch for updates!”
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Metzger’s Do It Best Hardware at 1607 Central Ave., in downtown Los Alamos and the store on N.M. 4 in White Rock are essential businesses and will remain open. Courtesy photo
Metzger’s Hardware Store News:
Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham’s Stay at Home Order issued Monday due to the COVID-19 pandemic specifically lists hardware stores as an essential business in New Mexico.
“Metzger’s Hardware takes our responsibility to our community seriously, and will remain open during this crisis,” General Manager David Jolley posted on Metzger’s Facebook page. “We will continue to do our best to keep in
By JENS GOULD
New Mexican
Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham signed five bills into law Monday, including legislation that authorizes New Mexico law enforcement to apprehend traffickers of endangered wildlife.
Senate Bill 75 makes it a misdemeanor to knowingly buy or sell animal species or part of any species covered by Appendix 1 of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora.
The law sets up penalties of up to $10,000 or three times the value of the product. Owners of antiques or heirlooms containing ivory or parts from other endangered animals are not affected Read More
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STATE News:
SANTA FE – Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham has ordered all U.S. and state flags to fly at half staff Friday, Feb. 21 in honor of SFC Antonio Rey Rodriguez, the Las Cruces soldier who was killed in the line of duty in eastern Afghanistan’s Nangarhar province.
Rodriguez and SFC Javier Jaguar Gutierrez of San Antonio, Texas, were killed earlier this month in Afghanistan.
“Our entire state grieves the loss of this young New Mexican who, at age 28, had already distinguished himself as a soldier through 10 deployments in support of Operation Freedom’s Sentinel in Afghanistan,”
HOUSE DEMOCRATS News:
House Democrats Champion Initiative to Lift Generations of Children out of Poverty
SANTA FE – Today, a Constitutional Amendment that would invest tens of millions of dollars every year into the success of New Mexico’s kids, passed the Senate Rules Committee.
House Joint Resolution 1, sponsored by Rep. Antonio “Moe” Maestas (D-Albuquerque), and Rep. Javier Martinez (D-Albuquerque), is a constitutional amendment that uplifts New Mexico’s kids through increased distributions from the $20 billion Land Grant Permanent Fund (LGPF) for quality early childhood education Read More
Jewelry vendor Daniel Ronquillo, center, with his cart of wares Thursday roaming the halls of the Roundhouse in Santa Fe. Photo by Luke E. Montavon/SFNM
By DANIEL J. CHACON
The New Mexican
Marian Mendez-Cera traveled to the Roundhouse from Albuquerque to support a proposed bill this week but ended up spending a few bills of her own along the way.
“I came for advocacy, and I’m leaving with earrings,” she said about her unexpected shopping trip.
While most people go to the state Capitol during a session of the Legislature to meet with lawmakers, support or oppose legislation or just to watch democracy Read More
House Speaker Brian Egolf
By ROBERT NOTT
The New Mexican
House Speaker Brian Egolf is recusing himself from taking part in consideration of a bill that would allow residents of other states to obtain medical marijuana licenses in New Mexico even if they don’t have a valid New Mexico driver’s license.
In a letter to Lisa Ortiz McCutcheon, the Legislature’s chief clerk, Egolf, a lawyer, said that because he is the lead counsel in an appeal of a court case tied to the bill, he will take an “abundance of caution” in recusing himself from any part of the bill’s assignments, discussion or debate.
The letter Read More
HOUSE DEMOCRATS News:
Defines and Lays Out Penalties for Acts of Terror
SANTA FE – Today, bipartisan-supported public safety measure House Bill 269 passed the House of Representatives.
Sponsored by Rep. Dayan Hochman-Vigil (D-Albuquerque), Rep. Natalie Figueroa (D-Albuquerque), Majority Whip Doreen Gallegos (D-Las Cruces), and Rep. Bill Rehm (R-Albuquerque), House Bill 269 defines the crimes of terrorism, possessing a terroristic weapon, making a terroristic threat, and cyberterrorism and lays out the penalties.
House Bill 269 aims to justly penalize those who attempt to or have Read More