Former Homeland Security chief sues state over retaliation
Richard Clark, former head of New Mexico Homeland Security and Emergency Management’s Intelligence and Security Bureau, sues Cabinet Secretary Gregory Myers and Assistant Secretary Anita Tallarico Statman in state court. He alleges whistleblower and uniformed services protections were violated after his demotion linked to aiding a staffer’s time sheet records.
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Clark
Marquez
Statman
Department
Statman and Myers
Uniformed Services Employment Act
State Court of Appeals
Phillip Ramirez Jr
National
Diversity prompts rising racial isolation in Watsonville
In Watsonville, California, Hispanics increasingly outnumber whites, with Spanish spoken in most homes and one in five households linguistically isolated. The town reflects a broader California trend toward a Hispanic majority as non-Hispanic whites become a minority in coming months.
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Watsonville
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California
Golden State
Central Coast
U.S
Navajo Nation Council approves mine purchase dispute rule
The Navajo Nation Council voted 17 to 5 in Window Rock to allow disputes over the plan to buy a northwestern New Mexico coal mine to be settled in state courts rather than tribal courts. President Ben Shelly signed the legislation after executive session with delegates and lawyers present. Zurich American Insurance Co seeks sovereign immunity waiver to arbitrate in New Mexico and Arizona courts as part of a $500 million bond and insurance package for the Navajo Transitional Energy Co.
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Navajo Nation Council
New Mexico
Window Rock
Asia
Ben Shelly
Zurich American Insurance Co
Arizona
Zurich American
Navajo Transitional Energy Co
New Mexico cuts corporate paper work wait to three days
The secretary of state took over the Corporations Bureau and reduced the filing backlog from 110 days to a three day average. Online filings surged 350 percent in November, with most business processing now completed digitally.
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New Mexico
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Public Regulation Commission
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The
Albuquerque Journal
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Lenny Mamuya
Journal
Dianna Duran
Local author Arias recalls roots in orchard life
Veronica Arias recalls childhood days spent watching grandparents and relatives work the pecan orchard along Mescalero Road and Sycamore Avenue. The Roswell IDS administrator said she loved playing in the dirt under the sun as her passion for farming and faith grew into a writing career.
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Mescalero
Sycamore Avenue
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Roswell Independent
Veronica Arias Publishes Letters from the Garden
Veronica Arias, author of Letters from the Garden A Spiritual Journey of Growth, discusses her gardening influenced debut. Genesis Publishing Group released the book in June and Arias appeared at Roswell Hispano Chamber of Commerce Christmas Tierraada event at the American Legion on December 12.
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Roswell
Hispano Chamber of Commerce
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