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By Robert Nott, The Santa Fe New Mexican Nearly a year after two federal prescribed burns ignited a historic wildfire northwest of Las Vegas, N.M., devastating communities in more than 530 square miles of Northern New Mexico, the House Labor, Veterans and Military Affairs Committee has approved a bill that aims to help attract and […]

By Robert Nott, The Santa Fe New Mexican  bill that would stymie, if not stop, efforts to build a radioactive waste disposal storage site in the southeastern  part of the state is getting closer to the legislative finish line. The House Government, Elections and Indian Affairs Committee voted 6-3 Saturday to approve Senate Bill 53, which […]

By Daniel J. Chacón, The Santa Fe New Mexican Two Republican senators proposing to designate the Monday after the Super Bowl an official holiday in New Mexico scored a touchdown Thursday with the Senate Indian, Rural and Cultural Affairs Committee. The committee endorsed Senate Bill 483, which would establish the second Monday in February as […]

By Robert Nott, The Santa Fe New Mexican One of the state’s most renowned archaeologists was working under the floorboards when he got the call early last week. Within the hour, he found out he was fired.  “I was terminated,” said Eric Blinman, the longtime director of the New Mexico Office of Archaeological Studies. “No cause was […]

Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham announced Tuesday that she is joining an alliance of governors to expand, strengthen and protect reproductive rights in the U.S.  The alliance of 20 governors, called the Reproductive Freedom Alliance, is a multi-state, nonpartisan alliance representing over 170 million individuals, according to a news release. It is the largest alliance of […]

By Daniel J. Chacón, The Santa Fe New Mexican A bill that would allow for the creation of state-funded overdose prevention centers where drug users would have a safe space to consume heroin, fentanyl and other illegal substances cleared its first legislative committee Monday. House Bill 263 passed the House Health and Human Services Committee […]

Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham nominated current New Mexico Workers Compensation Administration Director Robert E. Doucette, Jr. to serve as General Services Department secretary. “From a young age, my parents instilled in me that public service that helps address the needs in our communities is an upstanding profession,” Doucette said in a news release. “It is […]

PARENTING can be tough at the best of times, but free resources have now become available to Limerick parents following the launch of an advice booklet in assoc...

TUSLA– Child and Family Agency, in conjunction with Limerick Parenting Support Champions and Parenting Limerick last week launched The 20 Second Hug &...

Days remaining in session: 31 Human services overhaul: Sen. Elizabeth “Liz” Stefanics of Cerrillos and Rep. Elizabeth “Liz” Thomson of Albuquerque, both Democrats, introduced legislation this week that would revamp and rename the Human Services Department with a goal of expanding state residents’ access to affordable health care. Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham on Tuesday touted Senate Bill 16, which […]