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Registration Open For March 6 New Mexico Youth Summit On Opioid Awareness

by Reporter / Feb 10, 2019 / 0 comments

Registration Open For March 6 New Mexico Youth Summit On Opioid Awareness

Registration is open for the New Mexico Youth Summit on Opioid Awareness, scheduled from 9:30 a.m. – 2:30 p.m. March 6 at the Santa Ana Civic Center in Rio Rancho, N.M.

Udall, Heinrich, Luján Announce DOT Award For Nearly $2.5 Million for Rail Runner Safety Upgrades

by Reporter / Feb 10, 2019 / 0 comments

Udall, Heinrich, Luján Announce DOT Award For Nearly $2.5 Million for Rail Runner Safety Upgrades

DOT grant will fund Wi-Fi enhancements necessary to implement Positive Train Control (PTC) on Rail Runner

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Tom Udall and Martin Heinrich and U.S. Representative Ben Ray Luján announced that the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) has awarded $2,496,842 in federal funding to the Rio Metro Regional Transit District (RTD) to make critical improvements to the New Mexico Rail Runner Express system’s Wi-Fi network that will support full implementation of Positive Train Control (PTC) technology, a federally mandated safety system designed to prevent train accidents and derailments. The improved technology is essential to providing a reliable path of communication for an effective Positive Train Control system.

Heinrich Champions Major Public Lands Package On Senate Floor

by Reporter / Feb 10, 2019 / 0 comments

Heinrich Champions Major Public Lands Package On Senate Floor

WASHINGTON, D.C. (Feb. 6, 2019) -Today, U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), a member of the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources, spoke on the Senate Floor in support of a package of bipartisan public lands legislation that includes major conservation victories for New Mexico.

Lawmakers, Governor Introduce Bill To Create Office Of Outdoor Recreation And Outdoor Equity Fund

by Reporter / Feb 08, 2019 / 0 comments

Lawmakers, Governor Introduce Bill To Create Office Of Outdoor Recreation And Outdoor Equity Fund

SANTA FE ― Lawmakers and the Governor are taking innovative steps to diversify the state’s economy by targeting growth and small business development in the outdoor recreation industry.

 

NM House Of Representatives Recognizes Threat Or Harm To Companion Animals As Domestic Abuse

by Reporter / Feb 08, 2019 / 0 comments

NM House Of Representatives Recognizes Threat Or Harm To Companion Animals As Domestic Abuse

New Mexico is combatting the state’s serious domestic violence problem from an important angle: adding to the definition of "domestic abuse" the act of threatening or harming companion animals, thereby empowering domestic abuse survivors to secure a protection order when the abuser threatens to—or carries out—harm to the survivor’s companion animal(s).

Udall, Haaland Introduce ANTIQUITIES Act To Protect America’s National Monuments From Unlawful Attacks

by Reporter / Feb 08, 2019 / 0 comments

Udall, Haaland Introduce ANTIQUITIES Act To Protect America’s National Monuments From Unlawful Attacks

Bill, co-sponsored by more than 100 members of Congress, reinforces that only Congress can alter national monuments

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, U.S. Sen. Tom Udall (D-N.M.) and U.S. Rep. Deb Haaland (D-N.M.), along with U.S. Representatives Ben Ray Luján (D-N.M.) and Ruben Gallego (D-Ariz.), led a group of more than 100 Democratic Members of Congress in re-introducing legislation to protect America’s treasured national monuments against the Trump administration’s relentless attacks on public lands.

Dental Therapy Legislation Clears First Hurdle in New Mexico

by Reporter / Feb 08, 2019 / 0 comments

Dental Therapy Legislation Clears First Hurdle in New Mexico

Bill passes House Health and Human Services Committee Unanimously

SANTA FE, NM – On Wednesday, lawmakers on the House Health and Human Services Committee unanimously voted to advance significant dental therapy legislation. HB 308, sponsored by Rep. Doreen Gallegos (D) and Rep. Gail Armstrong (R), passed the committee by a margin of 8 to 0.

Heinrich Leads Border State Senators On Legislation To Improve Health & Safety In Remote Areas Of Southern Border

by Reporter / Feb 08, 2019 / 0 comments

Heinrich Leads Border State Senators On Legislation To Improve Health & Safety In Remote Areas Of Southern Border

In response to recent child migrant deaths, REMOTE Act would provide medical training and resources for CBP.

WASHINGTON, D.C. (Feb. 7, 2019) – In response to recent child migrant deaths, U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) led fellow border state Senators Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.), Tom Udall (D-N.M.), and Kamala Harris (D-Calif.) in introducing the Remote, Emergency, Medical, Online Training, Telehealth, and EMT (REMOTE) Act to improve health and safety in all remote areas of the southern border. The legislation would provide additional medical training and resources to U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP).

Lawmaker Aims To Ease Burden For Independents To Run For Office

by Reporter / Feb 08, 2019 / 0 comments

Lawmaker Aims To Ease Burden For Independents To Run For Office

By ANDREW OXFORD
aoxford@sfnewmexican.com

If you wanted to run for governor as an independent last year, you would have needed to get more than 15,000 registered voters to sign a petition to get your name on the ballot.

Senate Indian Affairs Committee Passes 3 Udall Bills for Indian Country

by Reporter / Feb 08, 2019 / 0 comments

Senate Indian Affairs Committee Passes 3 Udall Bills for Indian Country

Udall’s bills support Native American language revitalization, Tribal small business development, and housing for Native veterans.

WASHINGTON — On Wednesday, U.S. Senator Tom Udall (D-N.M.), vice chairman of the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs, applauded the committee’s unanimous passage of three bills he introduced last week:

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