New Mexico Green Amendment proposal seeks to ensure clean air, water, land Walter Rubel, Southern New Mexico Journalism Collaborative
LAS CRUCES All New Mexicans, both those now residing here and those who are yet to come, would have a constitutional right to clean air, water and land under legislation being co-sponsored by Sen. Bill Soules and Rep. Joanne Ferrary, both D-Las Cruces, and Sen. Antoinette Sedillo Lopez, D-Albuquerque.
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Or, to be precise, they would have a more well-defined constitutional right to those things. The New Mexico Constitution was previously amended in 1972 in an attempt to ensure the right to clean water, air, soils and environments. Sponsors of this year’s proposed “Green Amendment” say that effort failed because it left compliance in the hands of the Legislature.
Governor Issues Executive Clemency To 12 Individuals
From the Office of the Governor:
SANTA FE – Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham today issued additional pardons, invoking her power of executive clemency for 12 individuals convicted of crimes in New Mexico, the overwhelming majority of whom were guilty of a non-violent offense.
The forgiven offenses committed by the individuals included drug possession, auto burglary, forgery, and fraud, among others. All but one of the offenses dated back more than a decade; some dated back to the 1980s.
Five of the individuals had applied for clemency under the Martinez administration, four of whom received no answer to their application whatsoever.
A new study is recommending a menu of options for New Mexico lawmakers to consider as part of a larger effort to stabilize and improve the state s tax structure and reduce its reliance on a single industry or revenue source.
For the average New Mexican, it could mean paying more money at the gas pump.
For more affluent residents, it could mean a higher personal income tax rate structure or losing the capital gains personal income tax deduction.
The 141-page report by the PFM Group of Philadelphia, presented Tuesday to the legislative Revenue Stabilization and Tax Policy Committee, makes more than a dozen policy recommendations.