Valley Meat Co Horse Slaughter Plant Faces ESA Violations
Valley Meat Co. near Cedarvale Road is sued by Horse Range Equine Rescue and the Humane Society alleging violations of the Endangered Species Act. The complaint cites runoff and air pollution threatening Pecos bluntnose shiner and several endangered species near South Spring River Pecos River and local wildlife refuges. The Justice Department has 60 days to respond if a suit is filed.
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VA vows to cut backlog and boost veteran care in 2015
VA Secretary Shinseki announced an aggressive plan to eliminate the claims backlog in 2015 as U.S. Senator Tom Udall pressed for rural veteran health access and telehealth. Udall met with Shinseki to discuss New Mexico and national care issues and emphasized timely support for veterans through improved systems and outreach. A VA fact sheet on the initiative is available online.
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Republicans Seek Bill To Extend Preexisting Conditions Plan
House Republicans push the Helping Sick Americans Now Act to fund the PCIP program beyond 2014. They propose diverting unspent Prevention and Public Health Fund money to keep enrollment open and broaden eligibility by removing the six month uninsured requirement.
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Floods ease slowly along Mississippi Illinois rivers
Rivers crest in Illinois and Missouri as flood discharge slows. Peoria Heights and Chillicothe report flooded streets and evacuations while sandbag barriers defend riverfront areas. A rescued Boy, Lucas Schultz, returns home as St Louis area shipping resumes after Coast Guard clears 11 sunken barges.
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Immigration bill seeks to expand asylum rules and fix travel document errors
The plan would remove a strict one year asylum filing limit and allow reapplications from cases that failed under the bar. Sen. Grassley warns of weakening procedures while Napolitano and Schumer defend the changes as fixes informed by the Boston incident. The bill would implement electronic passport checks to prevent misspellings from skipping travel records.
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Homeland Security Knowledge of Russia Trip Questioned
The department had known of the Russia trip due to system redundancies, while the official praised a new electronic entry-exist proposal in the bill.
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