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Sen. Peter Wirth says his campaign finance reform bill is dead, after a set of nonprofit groups opposed it during its first House committee hearing on Friday. #nmleg
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#Breaking: @BerncoDa has charged #OteroCounty Sheriff's Deputy Jacob Diaz with First-Degree Murder in the death of 17-year-old Elijah Hadley. The deputy was called for a welfare check on Hadley when he opened fire, killing the teen. A look at what happened on @krqe at 5:30 p.m.
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The attorney general has charged four eldercare workers with abuse of residents at assisted living facilities, @BryantFurlow reports, underscoring gaps in oversight.
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Thank you Marjorie. No Tax increases here: The secret sauce of the alcohol industry’s statehouse success nmindepth.com/2023/the-secre… via @NMInDepth @commoncausenm
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So happy to be listening to @TexasTribune founder @evanasmith talk about journalism and democracy at the @NMInDepth event in Santa Fe. Do you read NMID? Do you pay for it? I do!
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Dr. Ali Mirchi was quoted in an article about water resources challenges in New Mexico in the face of climate change related to his team's South Central CASC-supported research in the Rio Grande Basin.
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INNYs finalists for the Best Investigative Journalism Award (small):
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On the cover this week, in partnership with @NMInDepth. Check out the state's 50-year water plan progress. sfreporter.com/news/coversto…
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In 2021, Alcohol-related deaths surpassed 2,200 in New Mexicans, an all-time high in a state already beset by the worst drinking crisis in the nation. Lawmakers took little action this session, though. #nmleg #nmpol
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Just days ago, New Mexican lawmakers seemed on the cusp of meaningfully raising taxes on alcohol in a bid to slow a tsunami of deaths due to drink.
It was not to be.
@m_ruth & @trip_44 explain what happened in the 11th hour for @NMInDepth:
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On April 1, @NMInDepth, McKinley Community Health Alliance & @propublica are hosting a discussion about the harsh discipline of Native American students in Gallup-McKinley County Schools. For more info, visit the event page here: bit.ly/3ZO1oZt
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$729,112: a conservative count of the cash alcohol interests gave NM lawmakers since 2013.
It's just the beginning of how businesses that profit from excess drinking influence lawmaking meant to protect people harmed by it.
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Chair says they won't be taking action today. Sedillo Lopez inquires why Tallman & Ortiz y Pino bills have advanced to Sen. Finance committee. Some discussion.
Will this bill be considered as part of the omnibus tax package?
Yes, says chairman. "We're done." Moving on...
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He wants to see research on tax's impact on dry communities. Says raising taxes is a side show to addressing the roots of the problem.
@ASL4Justice4all points out the bill would fund services specifically for tribes.
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Now chair Sen. Benny Shendo. "I appreciate the debate and the discussion."
"This is a huge issue, particularly in tribal communities." He is Jemez.
Reservations are dry and have debated whether they should allow alcohol, he says. He'd like that discussed in interim.
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Sen. Gay Kernan, an educator, has concerns about vaping among her students.
"There's not much movement on behavioral health in this session," despite what the papers say.
"I understand the concern."
Says she lost her grandmother to a drunk driver. "Never got to meet her."
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Brandt pivots to criticizing what he says is the state's lack treatment of DWI offenders. "I think we come back in two or three years, after we've actually started putting that money where it's supposed to be, and we haven't seen a reduction, then maybe."
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Sen. Pinto says outsiders cross into New Mexico to buy booze. "In some sense we're kind of the alcohol state, not the chile state."