New Mexico Legislature Adjourns Without Key Proposals
Lawmakers failed to vote on education retrenchment measures while approving food stamp supplements for the needy and a bid favoring New Mexico businesses on state contracts. Governor Martinez signaled no immediate return for a special session. Lawmakers clashed over redistricting and capital projects, including prisons, museums, police cars, and Indian water rights settlements.
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New Mexico
Santa Fe
Darnell
Bratton
House
Senate
Festival Scenes Highlight Local Vendors and Earth Based Goods
A vendor profile notes a business operating at festivals selling chile wreaths and peanut brittle. The vendor emphasizes earth derived items such as chiles and corn, exhibiting products at events and at her stand.
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Romero
Roswell Chile Cheese Festival Showcases Local Flavors and Tours
The Roswell festival featured green chile dishes from jalapenos to chiles over burgers and roasted Graves Farms peppers. Tours to Leprino Foods highlighted the world’s largest mozzarella producer with strict dress rules. Vendors sold kettle corn and aguas frescas as attendees enjoyed aromas and community chatter.
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Peggy Leskey
Main Street
Roswell
Leprino Foods
Leskey
Convention Center
Defense cuts threaten military readiness and jobs
A congressional report warns automatic 2013 budget cuts could shrink Army and Marine personnel from 771,400 to 571,000 and cut Navy and Air Force capacity. It cites Panetta and Lew warnings and notes substantial furloughs, training reductions, and possible troop flight.
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Lew and
Panetta
Barack Obama
Pentagon
Gubernatorial Race Speeches Target Blue Shift in New Mexico
Heinrich pledges turning New Mexico blue from corner to corner while stressing unity and national attention. Balderas criticizes corporate tax loopholes and argues for fair rules, stronger education funding, and reduced dropout rates. Erhard prioritizes bipartisan consensus, education, jobs, and renewable energy.
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Heinrich
New Mexico
Hector Balderas
New Mexico Unemployment Rate Edges Down
The state records improvement in unemployment with August at 6.6 percent down from July 6.7 percent. The peak was 8.5 percent a year earlier, while Chaves County posts 5.9 percent, down from 6.4 in March.
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