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Stephanie Garcia Richard’s desk during the 2016 State of the State Address. Photo Credit: Andy Lyman.

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Why won’t the EPA fine New Mexico’s greenhouse gas leakers?
By Jerry Redfern, Capital & Main | 20 hours ago
In the fall of 2019, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) hired a helicopter equipped with a leak-detecting infrared camera to criss-cross the Permian Basin looking for gaseous emissions, part of a monitoring program undertaken at the behest of and in partnership with the New Mexico Environment Department (NMED).
USFS says January burn led to Calf Canyon Fire
By Hannah Grover | May 27, 2022
The U.S. Forest Service officially took responsibility for the Calf Canyon Fire on Friday in an announcement.
New Mexico’s legal desert affects victims of violence
By Susan Dunlap | May 27, 2022
While the federal reauthorization of the Violence Against Women Act will ensure services for victims for several more years, victims will likely still struggle due to New Mexico’s “legal desert.” VAWA] provides funding to state and local programming and agencies to help those who suffer gender-based violence.

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Weather station network intended to provide some security for farmers, ranchers
By Hannah Grover | May 2, 2022
Government programs provide insurance for ranchers if they lose their forage crops due to lack of rain, but the scarcity of rain gauges in New Mexico has limited the usefulness of this insurance, according to legislators who secured funding to build a network of weather stations throughout the state.
Rail Runner funding removed from junior spending bill
By Hannah Grover | April 6, 2022
The Rail Runner will not be receiving $1 million to temporarily reduce fares to riders.

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NM collects $2.4 million in cannabis taxes for first month of sales
The New Mexico Taxation and Revenue Department announced on Friday that it has collected more than $2.4 million in cannabis excise taxes for April, which was the first month of adult-use sales in the state. The Cannabis Regulation Act, which was approved by the New Mexico Legislature and Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham last year, mandates that a 12 percent cannabis excise tax be applied to all adult-use cannabis sales.
Delays in Navajo-Gallup pipeline mean new wells have to be drilled
Two more groundwater wells will be drilled to meet the City of Gallup’s water demands until surface water can be transported to the area from the San Juan River.
What the Violence Against Women Act reauthorization means for the LGBTQ community
Expansions in the Violence Against Women Act, signed by President Joe Biden this spring, recognize the LGBTQ community for the first time.

About Matthew Reichbach

Matthew Reichbach is the editor of the NM Political Report. The former founder and editor of the NM Telegram, Matthew was also a co-founder of New Mexico FBIHOP with his brother and one of the original hires at the groundbreaking website the New Mexico Independent. Matthew has covered events such as the Democratic National Convention and Netroots Nation and formerly published, “The Morning Word,” a daily political news summary for NM Telegram and the Santa Fe Reporter.

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