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February 18, 2015

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U.S. Rep. Lujan Grisham calls for ‘war on poverty’

By Matthew Reichbach | February 18, 2015

U.S. Rep. Michelle Lujan Grisham addressing a joint session of the state legislature.

Rep. Michelle Lujan Grisham spoke to the New Mexico legislature on Tuesday about a number of issues. She called on legislators to declare a war on poverty and reiterated her call for independent investigators into police shootings.

BLM says social cost of carbon analysis not needed for Loving oil project
When Kayley Shoup, a community organizer with the Carlsbad-based group Citizens Caring for the Future, read over an environmental assessment for new oil wells and infrastructure near Loving, she noticed that the Bureau of Land Management chose not to analyze the social cost of carbon. The BLM states in the environmental assessment that evaluating the social cost of carbon was not required under the National Environmental Policy Act and could provide inaccurate information because a full cost-benefit analysis was not conducted.
Officials urge DHS to end program that puts asylum seekers at greater risk
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Legislative committee discusses wildlife management reform, funding
As Congress considers a bill that would fund wildlife conservation efforts nationwide, panelists told the state Legislature’s interim Water and Natural Resources Committee in Taos that more funding is needed to support those efforts, but disagreed on efforts to reform the way wildlife is managed in New Mexico. The Recovering America’s Wildlife Act was introduced earlier this year by U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich, a Democrat from New Mexico, and, if it becomes law, New Mexico could receive $27 million to implement projects that will help species on the State Wildlife Action Plan.
Legislators told of possible low-emission cement production at Escalante Power Plant
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Federal judge denies injunction for NM public health order
A federal judge ruled earlier this week that two women who filed a lawsuit against Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham did not adequately show how a state emergency public health order requiring vaccines for certain activities violated their rights. U.S District Court Judge Martha Vásquez denied a motion filed by the two women, which asked the court to issue a temporary restraining order and a preliminary injunction to stop one of the state’s public health orders that require New Mexico State Fair attendees and public health workers to get a COVID-19 vaccine. Vásquez wrote that the two plaintiffs failed to show how they would face irreparable harm if the court did not issue an injunction. “To obtain preliminary injunctive relief, Plaintiffs are required to prove that they are substantially likely to succeed on the merits of their claims, that they will suffer irreparable injury if the Court denies the requested injunction, that the balance of harms weighs in their favor, and that the injunction would not be adverse to the public interest,” Vásquez wrote. “Plaintiffs fail to satisfy their burden as to any, let alone all, of these factors.” One plaintiff works as a nurse for Presbyterian Hospital in Albuquerque and the other is a mother of children who were set to show livestock at the New Mexico State Fair.
New Mexico AG joins suit to fight Texas six-week gestational abortion ban
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Keller administration to review pending DWI vehicle seizure lawsuits against the city
Albuquerque Mayor Tim Keller this week told city police officers to stop the city’s DWI vehicle seizure program. Under existing ordinance, the police department can impound vehicles after DWI arrests, but before the driver has been convicted.
Group scores lawmakers on transparency, ethics bill votes
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Candidates question value of Mayor Berry's 'groundbreaking' ABQ crime report
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Federal judge denies injunction for NM public health order
A federal judge ruled earlier this week that two women who filed a lawsuit against Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham did not adequately show how a state emergency public health order requiring vaccines for certain activities violated their rights. U.S District Court Judge Martha Vásquez denied a motion filed by the two women, which asked the court to issue a temporary restraining order and a preliminary injunction to stop one of the state’s public health orders that require New Mexico State Fair attendees and public health workers to get a COVID-19 vaccine. Vásquez wrote that the two plaintiffs failed to show how they would face irreparable harm if the court did not issue an injunction. “To obtain preliminary injunctive relief, Plaintiffs are required to prove that they are substantially likely to succeed on the merits of their claims, that they will suffer irreparable injury if the Court denies the requested injunction, that the balance of harms weighs in their favor, and that the injunction would not be adverse to the public interest,” Vásquez wrote. “Plaintiffs fail to satisfy their burden as to any, let alone all, of these factors.” One plaintiff works as a nurse for Presbyterian Hospital in Albuquerque and the other is a mother of children who were set to show livestock at the New Mexico State Fair.
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February 18, 2015

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U.S. Rep. Lujan Grisham calls for ‘war on poverty’

By Matthew Reichbach | February 18, 2015

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