Forum spotlight highlights New Mexico Senate and House contenders
The Roswell area forum featured candidates for Senate Districts 32 and 33 and House District 59, plus county commissioner hopefuls from Chaves. Attendees included Hamill Paul Hembree and De La Rosa, with Romack absent. Some speakers cited the 180 day classroom rule as a campaign issue, while others touted conservative reform and local governance.
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Chaves County
New Mexico
Hamill
Roswell
Hagerman
Ezzell
Cliff Pirtle
Boone
Elida
New Mexico Public Education Department
Marker
de la Rosa
Santa Fe
Crawford
Ruidoso
Massive verdict highlights ruinous RMCH finances
A Gallup jury awarded a $66 million judgment against Gallup Indian Medical Center for a 2018 hernia surgery disaster that left a patient septic and disabled. The hospital faces $15 million annual losses, owes millions to local utilities, the county, a staffing firm, and a vendor, and seeks appellate options while lawmakers consider protections for rural hospitals.
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Ray Vargas Jr
Bitten
McKinley County
LFC
Gallup
RMCH
Vargas
Albuquerque
New Mexico
Munoz
City council weighs water rate fairness and new agreements
City Finance Committee considers an ordinance to reduce rates for customers outside city limits to 125 percent of in city rates amid system-wide increases starting July 1. The panel also reviews MainStreet Roswell and Roswell Hispano Chamber of Commerce contracts and a one-year AMR contract extension as the city builds its own ambulance service.
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Nity Hospital Consulting
CMC
Plano
Texas
Don Smithburg
Smithburg
Patten
Taos
CHC
Ovation
George Munoz
D-Gallup
Senate Finance Committee
Munoz
Michelle Lujan Grisham
MainStreet Roswell
Roswell Hispano Chamber of Commerce
Ous
Chamber
Hispano Chamber
American Medical Response
AMR
Fire Department
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Alamogordo City
Hembree
Majori
Gallup Indian Medical Center
AMCH
Navajo Nation
David Conejo
Brian Colon
Commu
Main Street
Arborscape
Richard Tirado
Equipment Rentals & Power Systems
Artesia
Prestigerentalsltc.com
Enmu
Lastern New Menico Universit
Mexico
N. Atkinson
Leslie Robertson
Yvonne Luna
South Main
Ballardfuneralhome.com
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