By Megan Kamerick• May 22, 2020The coronavirus pandemic has upended normal food distribution networks, especially for meat. It has also left ranchers struggling, unable to get their cattle to market as the virus sickens workers in processing plants around the country and slows production. New Mex ...
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Kevin Branum, shown above with some calves, is part of a group looking to keep New Mexico beef in the state from start to finish, aiming to build at least three packing plants. “We’re looking at making local food available to New Mexicans,” he said. “There’s only a certain amount of food ...
The following plan was proposed by the New Mexico Governor: Michelle Lujan Grisham for ReOpening the State.
By Dillon Mullan dmullan@sfnewmexican.com May 3, 2020 Joan Shankin stopped by her small preschool Friday morning to feed the fish and disinfect the play mats. Typically, Children’s Garden Montessori School enrolls about 50 kids ages 18 months to 5 years. Shankin, who started the nonprofit e ...
By Etta Pettijohn An idea initiated during a zoom conference call has led New Mexico food producers to step up to the plate for New Mexico’s most vulnerable residents facing food insecurity during the COVID 19 pandemic. Their efforts could also provide the catalyst for adoption of legislation pr ...
Santa Fe, NM– Today, all 24 New Mexico House Republican members delivered a letter (shown below) to Governor Lujan Grisham highlighting the need for her to modify her Public Health Orders to ensure all New Mexicans are treated with justice, fairness, and equity. The letter outlines a growing f ...
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE March 9, 2020 Contact: Matt Garcia-Sierra, m.garciasierra@nmlegis.gov, 505-205-5486 (cell) NM budget concerns skyrocket amidst steep oil price drop Santa Fe, NM– With just days remaining for the New Mexico budget to be signed and approved by the Governor, today’s news head ...
By Rep. Rebecca Dow / Republican, T Or C There is a deep divide between rural and urban New Mexico, and changing the rules of debate will only make it worse. Anyone who watched the last legislative session would be forgiven for believing there were two different New Mexico's. Laws were pas ...
Oct 9, 2019 The New Mexico Academy of Physician Assistants (NMAPA) recognized Rebecca Dow for her work in the New Mexico House. Dallas Lipscomb, who is on the Board of the NMAPA and is a local medical provider, had the honor of introducing Representative Dow to the academy and for presenting her w ...
Oct 9, 2019 The New Mexico Academy of Physician Assistants (NMAPA) recognized Rebecca Dow for her work in the New Mexico House. Dallas Lipscomb, who is on the Board of the NMAPA and is a local medical provider, had the honor of introducing Representative Dow to the academy and for presenting her wi ...
Representative Antonio MaestasChair of the House Commerce & Economic Development Committee, New Mexico State LegislatureCC: Committee members Dear chair and committee members: New Mexico Innovation Voucher (NMIV--click this link) is a good idea, because it provides small grants (no more than $2 ...
Written by C.P. Thompson on September 21, 2019 New Mexico students who are getting ready for college may be able to attend tuition-free, under a new program announced by Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham earlier this week. As for institutions of higher learning in the state — including Western New ...
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASESeptember 26, 2019 Statement From Reps. Gail Armstrong and Rebecca Dow on U.S. District Judge’s Order to Stop All Timber Management Activities on New Mexico’s National Forests SANTA FE, NM—Reps. Gail Armstrong (R-Magdalena) and Rebecca Dow (R-Truth or Co ...
We are fortunate to live in a place as beautiful as New Mexico. The landscape here is unlike any other, and it must be protected. However, New Mexico is also a poor state. Many of our families are struggling to carve out a decent living, especially in our rural communities. So ...
Megan AbundisFebruary 21, 2019 10:29 PM SILVER CITY, N.M. - Hundreds of mine workers came to voice their concerns over HB 220 and HB 255 to the Grant County Commission on Thursday morning. The event room was at capacity with about 700 people, and a few hundred were turned aw ...
Rep. Rebecca Dow Think back to the time you were in your elementary school lunch room. Do you remember there was always someone who wanted you to trade away your dessert? You didn’t fall for a bad trade back then, we shouldn’t fall for it now. Anyone who attends a public school or college in ...
Dianne L. Stallings, Ruidoso News In an effort to provide more young people access to outdoor and cultural sites throughout New Mexico, the Foster Foster Family Park and Museum Free Admission Bill took effect Friday, June 14. The old Lincoln County courthouse in Lincoln later served as th ...
By Sylvia Ulloa, New Mexico In Depth June 27, 2019 By Sylvia Ulloa, New Mexico In Depth June 27, 2019 Lawmakers got a status report of sorts on New Mexico’s response to a landmark education court decision last year when members of the Legislative Education Study Committee met Wednesday in San ...
Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham is proposing $60 million more this year for early childhood education — part of a five-year plan to make access to preschool in New Mexico available to all 3- and 4-year-olds. Legislation has been introduced that expands the prekindergarten program in public school ...
How do I know an arbitrary increase in the minimum wage will hurt low-wage workers? Simple, I was one. It may be easy to believe an increase in the minimum wage is appealing because I don't know anyone who would turn down a raise. The jobs that pay minimum wage often require the maximum work and ...
Truth or Consequences, NM – Rep. Rebecca Dow (R-Truth or Consequences) will host an Economic Development Forum for residents in House District 38. The forum will take place at the Albert Lyons Event Center in Truth or Consequences on Saturday, November 4, at 10 A.M. Officials from the New Mexic ...
SANTA FE—This afternoon, the House Business and Industry Committee unanimously approved House Bill 212 to establish a family-friendly workplace income tax credit for New Mexico small businesses. HB 212, sponsored by Rep. Rebecca Dow (R-Truth or Consequences), provides a tax credit for small bus ...
Photos Courtesy of Rebecca Dow Submitted by Chris DeBolt, MA, New Mexico Alliance of Health Councils Partnerships Manager Public Health is everybody’s business and that important issue was front and center at the New Mexico Public Health Association’ s annual conference last week ...
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