GOP leaders shift focus away from debt limit showdown
House Speaker John Boehner and other Republicans indicate they will not demand immediate spending cuts for borrowing capacity. The White House supports separating debt talks from other fiscal deadlines while Democrats push for revenue in any deal. Sequester cuts loom in March, targeting defense and domestic programs, with a clash over replacing automatic cuts.
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Boehner
New Mexico Spaceport Bill Aims for Stronger Liability Rules
Senator Sanchez and colleagues back a bill to align New Mexico spaceflight liability with Florida and Colorado. The measure would require $1 million coverage for Virgin Galactic, its suppliers and manufacturers, and extend the act's effective date from 2018 to 2021. Primary sponsor Papen with Sens. Smith Ingle and Sanchez. leaders urge a quick compromise to preserve the spaceport and its jobs.
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D-Deming
Stuart Ingle
R-Portales
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Ingle
Bill Burt
Alamogordo
New Mexico
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Courts consider 1 percent raise for state workers
The Legislative Finance Committee recommends a 1 percent pay raise for state workers including judicial staff and educators, costing about $32 million in the next fiscal year starting July. Gov Susana Martinez did not include the raise in her budget. Maes says raises aid retention of court workers while noting January 2013 pay lags 2009. No new judgeships are funded in current proposals. LFC proposals guide legislative decisions. The court system represents about 2.5 percent of the state budget at $142 million this year. The governor vetoed a prior measure for three new judgeships.
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Susana Martinez
Maes
LFC
UWCC Leaders Credit Community in Fundraising Triumph
Co chairs Adriana and Luke Ragsdale highlighted volunteer recruitment and broad donor support for the 2012 United Way Campaign in Chaves County. They noted gifts from $10 to $50,000 and said exceeding the half million dollar goal shows collective community care and impact. Planning for 2013 starts soon with continued efforts across the county.
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Luke
Mumford
Ragsdales
UWCC
Chaves
United Way
Adriana
Chaves County
Abortions and demographics noted by Guttmacher Institute
The text argues no precise five year statistics exist for abortions and notes that only officially recorded figures are counted. It questions potential professional losses since 1973 and cites that 57 percent of abortions are performed by unmarried women. The piece is funded by Citizens of Life.
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Guttmacher Institute
Pentagon clears Allen in Petraeus email case
The Pentagon cleared Gen. John Allen of professional misconduct over emails with Jill Kelley linked to the Petraeus scandal. Defense Secretary Panetta was told by the inspector general that allegations were not substantiated, while Allen remains in Kabul and his NATO command nomination potential is still unresolved.
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Senate
Kelley
U.S. Central Command
Tampa
Fla
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