New Mexico highway funding debate stalls with elephant in the room
The state faces no new road funding next year unless a special session occurs. Officials clash over moving funds from the general fund to the road fund and borrowing against severance tax revenue. Legislators balk at gas tax hikes amid ongoing maintenance and construction shortfalls.
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New Mexico
Susana Martinez
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Lea
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Associated Press
John Arthur Smith
Deming
Tom Church
Albuquerque Journal
DOT
Pete Rahn
Transportation Commission
Maryland
Larry Hogan
Rahn
Missouri
Gary Johnson
New Mexico News Services
Editorial: GMO tradeoffs in bruise free potatoes and non browning apples
The FDA approved six bruise resistant potatoes from Simplot and two non browning apples from Okanagan Specialty Fruits, both created by genetic engineering. The piece weighs risks and benefits amid activist backlash and industry pushback, noting public opinion and a long history of plant breeding. It cites McDonald's and ConAgra hesitation and previews market timelines while highlighting gluten research in wheat and broader biotech progress.
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Food and Drug Administration
J.R. Simplot Co
Boise
Idaho
Okanagan Specialty Fruits Inc
Canada
FDA
Simplot
McDonald's
ConAgra
Consumer Reports
Nuclear dawn in New Mexico and the Trinity detonation
The Trinity test near Alamogordo New Mexico on July 16 1945 marked the first detonation of a nuclear weapon under the Manhattan Project. J Robert Oppenheimer directed Los Alamos efforts and later lobbied for international nuclear control while his security clearance was revoked amid Cold War fears. Albert Weinberg supported reactor designs and led Oak Ridge National Labs advocating molten salt reactors and safer civilian nuclear energy.
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New Mexico
Alamogordo
Trinity
U.S. Army
J. Robert Oppenheimer
Los Alamos National Laboratory
John Donne
Donne
Oppenheimer
University of California, Berkeley
United States Atomic Energy Commission
Soviet Union
Albert
Weinberg
Oak Ridge National Labs
Cancer causes: genes and lifestyle plus environment
Dear reader summarizes that cancer arises from a mix of genetics, risky behaviors, and environmental factors. A study linking stem cell division to random “bad luck” may explain some cancers but ignores regional environmental differences and future preventive insights.
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