PRC under fire as lawmakers seek to curb commission power
State legislators push to clip the Public Regulation Commission citing overreach and back room politics. The Albuquerque Santa Fe area code shift from 505 to 575 sparks metro anger while district redraws loom to tilt control to metropolitan cities.
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Public Regulation Commission
PRC
Tony Shaefer
Albuquerque-Santa Fe
State Corporation
Eric Serna
Commission
House
Ben Lujan
Danice Picroux
Ted Hobbs
Senate
Richard Romero
Tim Jennings
Roswell
Stuart Ingle
Portales
Letter to editor denounces private school prejudice in Mississippi
A Roswell reader argues that public schools in Jackson are not 92 percent black and criticizes white private church schools created after desegregation. She warns against Bush tax policy funding for church charities that could support racially biased schooling and urges voters to oppose it.
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Roswell
New Mexico
Jackson
Mississippi
Leontyne Price
Laurel
United States
Joyce Chapman Roswell
Postal Service cash crunch prompts talk of options
A Santa Fe column notes USPS financial trouble persists despite rate hikes. It surveys possibilities from cutting Saturday deliveries to new charges, flags e mail as a culprit, and debunks an Internet rumor of a postal tax on messages while weighing who would bear costs.
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Santa FE
Postal Board of Governors
Congress
Postal Service
Dennis Chavez
Schnell
Canada
Federal Communications Commission
FCC
Fortune Magazine
City Sandy Koufax League champs head to state tourney
Twenty five years ago today July 22 1976 the Sandy Koufax League winners travel to Las Cruces to play in the state tournament. Team members include Mike Hamm Kevin Curtis Todd Drumm Greg Sterrett Trini Lopez Mark Citty Jim Rowin Casey Shaw Robey Wafful Gus Garza Lesley Zamora Randy Maner Jessie Clements and others. Roswell state advisory board will discuss antelope fencing and fence modifications in two sessions August 12.
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Sandy Koufax League
Las Cruces
Mike Hamm
Ludie Brown
Kevin Curtis
Bill Curtis
Todd Drumm
Pat Drumm
Greg Sterrett
Floyd Sterrett
Trini Lopez
Mark Citty
Mike Citty
Jim Rowin
Bob Rowin
Casey Shaw
Bill Shaw
Robey Wafful
Bob Wafful
Bureau of Land Management
James O’conner
Roswell
Tax dollars fund unlikely lobbying and mentoring programs
Critics question a $618 million taxpayer funded grant to the Fair Taxes for All Coalition and a $1 million Osborne program patterned after TeamMates, funded as part of education legislation. Debates center on fiscal restraint versus wasteful spending and use of funds for mentoring and advocacy initiatives.
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Cato Institute
Fair Taxes For All Coalition
Tom Osborne
R-Neb
Nebraska
Osborne
Debbie Schlusser
WorldNetDaily.com
University of Nebraska
Nina Otero Warren a Santa Fe suffrage leader in New Mexico
Nina Otero Warren emerged as the New Mexico suffrage leader shaping votes for women. Despite limited voting rights, she built political influence, led Spanish speaking advocacy, and steered the state toward ratifying the Nineteenth Amendment in 1920. She later served as Santa Fe County superintendent and health board chair.
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Nina Otero
Los Lunas
Santa Fe
St. Louis
New Mexico
Nina Otero-Warren
Nina
Santa Fe Women's Club
Wyoming
Washington
Congress
Otero-Warren
New Mexico House of Representatives
State Senate
State Board of Health
Santa Fe County
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Lesley Zamora
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Randy Maner
Cleo Maner
Jessie Clements
Randy Hawkins
Bush
GOP
Schlusser
U.S. Air Force
Cal Thomas
Rawson D. Warren
Fifth U.S. Cavalry
Fort Wingate
Gallup
Warren
Philippines
Morrow Hall
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