Center closing effort meets political headwinds in New Mexico
Rep Colin R MacMillan seeks to end Gov Bruce King's Citizen Service Centers but faces a fatal amendment extending centers to July 1 1980. He argues centers are costly and unnecessary, proposing a statewide WATT lines network instead. The fight ties to broader policy battles including Medicaid funding and tax measures.
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Ciel Lonon
Santa FE
Colin R. MacMillan
House Appropriations and Finance Committee
House
Bruce King
New Mexico
McMillan
Senate
WATT
King
House Appropriations 2Nd Finance Committee
Challenge sends abortion bill back to committee
A House challenge on the floor sent the controversial abortion bill back to the House Judiciary Committee. The measure would require informed consent and notices to spouses and parents and was challenged as unconstitutional by Rep. Frank M. Bond. It is a committee substitute for a bill by Rep. Silas T. Garcia.
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Bill
Record Capitol Bureau
Santa FE
House
House Judiciary Committee
Frank M. Bond
Silas T. Garcia
Dsandoval
Jerusalem
Ballot Rotation Bill Delayed In New Mexico Legislature
The New Mexico House Voters and Elections Committee postponed action on a proposal to rotate candidate names on ballots by party and precinct. Speaker Cecilia Rosales backs the measure, while Republican concerns cite fairness and cost as top issues with printing bills potentially rising from 148000 to over 770000 dollars.
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Santa FE
UPI
House Voters and Elections Committee
Rep
Cecilia Rosales
McKinley
William Valentine
R-Bernalillo
Senate Rules Committee
Garvey Carruthers
Republican Party
U. S
Santiago E. Campos
Campos
Carruthers
New Mexico
Bert Prigmore
Albuquerque
Hoyt Clifton
Secretary of State’s
Senate
Sen
Gladys Hansen
D-Dana Ann
Public hearing on uranium effluent near Marquez mill site
The Health and Environment Department will hold a public hearing at the PERA building in Santa Fe starting March 27 at 9 a.m. on a proposed uranium mill effluent discharge for a Bokum Resources site east of Marquez. Details and documents are available through the Water Pollution Control Section and EID in Crown Building, Santa Fe, or via Joseph A. Pierce. Gov King to tour old St Vincent Hospital with officials to assess status and options. Meanwhile, towns employing 15+ workers must provide maternity care insurance by April 30 per Attorney General ruling based on federal Civil Rights Act amendments. Public interest drives the hearing and review process.
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G. P. Reyes
State Property Control Division
George Goldstein
House Senate
Jan Wise
Attorne General's
John Kennedy
Russell Autrey
D-Dona Ana-Luna
Autrey
Old Mesilla
Kennedy
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