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    February 13, 2019

    JRNR5409

    By Laura Paskus | February 13, 2019
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      By Susan Dunlap | 20 hours ago

      A pending federal lawsuit could impact the use of medication abortion for patients nationwide, including New Mexico.

    • Energy bill pits local control against large-scale planning
      By Santa Fe New Mexican | 20 hours ago

      By Nicholas Gilmore, The Santa Fe New Mexican Some local governments and climate advocacy groups are pushing a bill that could open up energy control to localities in the state.  On Tuesday, Santa Fe County commissioners unanimously passed a resolution in support of Senate Bill 165, the Local Choice Energy Act, which was introduced in the state Senate last month by Sen. Carrie Hamblen, D-Las Cruces.

    • Bill to give tax rebates to New Mexicans clears Senate committee
      By Susan Dunlap | 20 hours ago

      A bill that would provide rebates to tax filers in 2023 passed its first Senate committee on a 10-0 vote on Thursday.

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    • Bill to eliminate copays for STI treatment clears Senate committee
      By Susan Dunlap | 1 hour ago

      A bill to eliminate co-pays and cost sharing for sexually transmitted infection testing, treatment and prevention cleared the Senate Health and Public Affairs Committee by a 5-2 vote on Friday.

    • Bill to fund strategic water reserve passes Senate Conservation Committee
      By Hannah Grover | 20 hours ago

      A bill that would appropriate $25 million for the state to acquire water rights to help meet interstate compact and endangered species requirements passed the Senate Conservation Committee on an 8-0 vote on Thursday.

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    About Laura Paskus

    Laura Paskus has been writing about New Mexico’s natural resources and communities since 2002, as an assistant editor of High Country News, a radio producer at KUNM-FM, managing editor of Tribal College Journal and a freelancer for a variety of publications including the Santa Fe Reporter, New Mexico In Depth and Indian Country Today. Her work has also appeared in Al Jazeera America, Ms. Magazine, National Geographic Online, The Nature Conservancy Magazine, The Progressive, Columbia Journalism Review, The Mountain Gazette, Audubon and Orion. She's a correspondent for New Mexico In Focus and a graduate student in the University of New Mexico’s Geography and Environmental Studies Department.

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