New Mexico lawmakers reshuffle leadership and policy outlook
Senate leaders replaced Judiciary chair McSorley with Espanola Democrat Martinez and added liberal member Griego, citing committee bottlenecks and a push to modernize rules. In the House Lujan installed Madalena as Senate appointee Martinez and Cervantes allies to key panels as GOP gains narrow the majority and debate over death penalty and environmental regulation continues.
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Andy Nunez
Hatch
Agriculture and Water Resources Committee
Nunez
Susan
Joseph Cervantes
Las Cruces
Lujan
Cervantes
James Roger Madalena
D-Jemez Pueblo
Senate
Espanola
Richard Martinez
McSorley
Albuquerque
Judiciary Committee
Martinez
Tim Jennings
Droswell
Jennings
Mittee
House
Eric Griego
Peter Wirth
Santa Fe
House Judiciary Committee
Mary Helen Garcia
Voters and Elections Committee
Brian Egolf
House Energy and Natural Resources Committee
Madalena
China presses for peaceful rise despite rights concerns
House leaders voiced strong concerns over China including religious freedom and coercive abortion under the one-child policy. Hu Jintao met Obama and urged peaceful development while acknowledging room to improve rights, as the U.S. pressed broader trade and security issues with Beijing.
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John Boehner
Ohio
House
China
Ileana Ros-Lehtinen
R-Fla
House Foreign Affairs Committee
Obama
Senate
Harry Reid
D-Nev
U.S
Reid
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
John Kerry
D-Mass
U.s.china
Congress
United States
Kerry
U.s.-China
Southeast Asia
Pacific Rim
Asia-Pacific
Taiwan
Tibet
Dalai Lama
Pentagon
Beijing
Western Pacific
People's Liberation Army
Air Force
Navy
Defense
Robert Gates
White House
Refuge workers band waterfowl during outreach and tracking effort
U S Department of Agriculture animal health agency began banding ducks after trapping them for avian influenza last year. Sanchez and team tagged 76 ducks this season and 14 on Thursday, using eight heart shaped traps in the wetlands to collect data and release birds.
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Sanchez
April Easley
Maryland
Easley
Joe Sanchez
Garden Club
Opal Malone
Jan Smith
Emiller
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Bond Denied in Bravo Case Despite Family Harassment Claims
Chavez testified that Bravo repeatedly tormented Amos family members after dismissal. He cited seven restraining orders and a woman moving from her home. He also noted visits with Bravo’s wife were curtailed by the detention center over alleged deviancy. Judge Shamas kept the $500,000 cash bond amid ongoing trial in about a month.
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Chavez
Bravo
Amos
Chaves County
Witt
Ralph OD. Shamas
J.palmer
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