A win by two or more challengers would give women first-ever …
Sep 19, 2018 · The notion struck Megan Duffy at an event she attended with several other women — and it struck her hard. It was Aug. 18. The gathering marked the anniversary of a seismic change to the U.S. Constitution: Passage of the 19th Amendment, more commonly known as women’s suffrage. “Women have only been able to vote […]
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Staff. Ted Alcorn, contributing reporter. Ted Alcorn is an independent journalist raised in Albuquerque whose reporting on health and justice has appeared in various local and national publications.He was previously the founding research director of Everytown For Gun Safety and a policy analyst in the Office of the Mayor of New York City.
Unequal Discipline – New Mexico In Depth
Aug 21, 2023 · By Bryant Furlow, New Mexico In Depth | April 8, 2023. New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham killed a bill Friday that would have strengthened Attorney General Raúl Torrez’s authority to protect children’s rights and address racial disparities in how schools discipline children. The AG’s office defends state agencies accused of ...
Dark money group agrees to disclose donors - New Mexico In Depth
Sep 23, 2024 · The agreement requires the nonprofit to register as a political action committee (PAC) by the end of Monday and to disclose its donors and details of how it spent money by Oct. 2, a week from this Wednesday. “In good faith, we have agreed to register our organization with the state of New Mexico,” the group’s president, Jeff Apodaca ...
Remembering the largest radioactive spill in U.S. history
Jul 7, 2014 · But the largest spill of radioactive material in the United States happened three and half months after Three Mile Island and several thousands of miles west of Pennsylvania. July 16 will mark the 35th anniversary of the day in 1979 when a dam on the Navajo Nation near Church Rock, N.M., broke at an evaporation pond, releasing “94 million ...
A dam's 'painful' history - New Mexico In Depth
Aug 7, 2013 · Cochiti Dam is one of the 10 largest earthen dams in the United States. It contains more than 65 million cubic feet of earth and rock, stretches more than five miles across, and rises about 250 feet above the Rio Grande. Driving past the dam on my way to check out the reservoir’s waters I was reminded of a talk the Pueblo of Cochiti’s Regis ...
Almost $6 billion in New Mexico money meant for infrastructure …
Aug 28, 2024 · Public dollars sitting unspent is a chronic problem for New Mexico. To be fair, nearly a quarter of the $5.9 billion is money authorized during this year’s legislative session. It takes time to spend money on big construction projects and other infrastructure. But that still leaves more than $4.5 billion that’s unspent from previous years.
Once skeptical, key lawmakers propose new approach to raising …
Feb 1, 2024 · The legislators filed a pair of bills that each offer its own approach but would both effectively tax alcoholic beverages a percentage of their price. For most alcohol, House Bill 212 would tax wholesalers on the products they sell to retailers — 6% for beer, 9% for wine, and 12% for spirits, with lower rates for alcohol made by small producers.
Maxeon promises solar jobs. Reality is less certain.
Aug 19, 2024 · On a vast shrubby mesa in Southeast Albuquerque, local politicians and developers for years have envisioned a master-planned urban community with more than 10,000 homes in close proximity to a jobs center with high-tech factories, film production facilities, and retail businesses. They named the development Mesa …
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State Sen. Katy Duhigg, state Rep. Joy Garratt, Judy Williams of the League of Women Voters and Political Science Professor Michael Rocca, University of New Mexico, will explore whether New Mexico’s system of part-time, unpaid lawmakers meets the needs of a functioning 21st-century democracy.. The conversation will be moderated by …