New Mexico Senate committee clears HB 14 with amendments
A Senate Tax, Business and Transportation Committee approved House Bill 14 with amendments after adding credits for foster parents local journalists and newsprint operators among others. The panel's vote was 6-4 with all Republicans opposing. The measure would expand the Earned Income Tax Credit and fund changes with a new 0.28 percent oil tax when oil tops $55 per barrel, suspended if it falls below.
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Senate
New Mexico
House of Representatives
Senate Tax, Business and Transportation Committee
Nicholas Paul
Alamogordo
Lincoln
Otero
Chaves
Funda
Derrick Lente
Sandra Pueblo
Lente
House
Carrie Hamblen
D-Las Cruces
Foster Parent and Guardian
Quantum Facility Infrastructure
ACLU files complaint over ICE roundups in New Mexico
The ACLU of New Mexico filed a complaint with the DHS Office for Civil Rights and Civil Liberties and the Immigration Detention Ombudsman after 48 people were rounded up by ICE and other federal agencies in Santa Fe Albuquerque and Roswell. Rebecca Sheff said authorities have not provided information on the four dozen detainees, who appear to have disappeared from three facilities where immigrants are held on civil immigration violations.
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ACLU
Santa Fe
Albuquerque
Roswell
U.S. Department of Homeland Security
American Civil Liberties Union
New Mexico
U.S. Department of Homeland Security Office For Civil Rights and Civil Liberties
Office of the Immigration Detention Ombudsman
Immigrations and Customs Enforcement
ICE
Department of Homeland Security
Rebecca Sheff
Roundhouse
Roswell geocache hunter Trevor Spencer visits HSSNM
Lynne Spencer, a Jacksonville geocacher with about 34 000 finds across the United States, toured the Historical Society for Southeast New Mexico before a dust storm. She started in 2008 and favors Odyssey caches that are wheelchair accessible, aiming to visit all 254 Texas counties. Spencer envisions a Roswell geocaching event and posed with Roswell Museum Director Caroline Brooks and HSSNM Executive Director Amy McVey Teller.
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Lynne Spencer
The
Historical Society For Southeast
Texas
Roswell
Spencer
Caroline Brooks
HSSNM
Amy McVey Teller
Grant sought to improve Roswell hydrant system
Roswell seeks NMFA grant to reconcile hydrant locations and document the system. Fire Chief Steve Chavez notes uncertainty over exact hydrant counts among staff, with figures like 1,956 cited in related cost estimates. Resolution 25-15 authorizes staff to apply for the grant and proceed with the documented reassessment.
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Grant
Roswell
Roswell City Hall
Steve Chavez
New Mexico Finance Authority
NMFA
Chavez
Spe
North Virginia Avenue
East Third Street
Measles exposure spans Valencia and Guadalupe counties
NMDOH reports a traveler from Texas with measles visited Santa Rosa Los Lunas Bosque Farms and Peralta sites on March 8 to 10. Exposure windows include TA Travel Center, Days Inn, Sopa restaurant, and Our Lady of Guadalupe Church. Health officials urge vaccination. one dose 93 percent effective, two doses 97 percent.
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New Mexico Department of Health
NMDOH
Texas
Guadalupe
Valencia
TA Travel Center
U.S. Route 66
Santa Rosa
Wyndham
Main St
Los Lunas
Sopa
Restau
Bosque Farms
Our Lady of Guadalupe Catholic Church
New Mexico Highway 47
Peralta
New Mexico
Miranda Durham
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New Mexico House of Representatives
Legislature
Christina
Terri Harbor
Eale
Guadalupe Counties
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