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New Mexico State News - Wednesday November 6, 2019

11/6/2019

 
ELECTION 2020-DEMOCRATS-NEW MEXICO
New Mexico governor withholds 2020 endorsement

SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — New Mexico's Democratic governor is staying out of the political fray as her party decides on a presidential candidate ahead of the 2020 election.
Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham declined Tuesday to name a favored presidential candidate for the Democratic nomination. She pledged to "robustly" support the party's eventual nominee.
On issues of taxation and health-care finance roiling the presidential primary race, Lujan Grisham says that she supports greater tax parity between the ultra-wealthy and middle class.
The first-year governor and former congresswoman says she is more interested in prescription drug reform to lower consumer costs that a comprehensive health care overhaul. She says single-payer, universal health care is worthy of consideration.
New Mexico holds its presidential primary on June 2. Hillary Clinton won New Mexico's Democratic primary in 2018.

ELECTIONS 2019-ABSENTEE BALLOTS
Judge denies New Mexico GOP's request to halt absentee votes

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — A state district judge has denied an emergency injunction filed by New Mexico Republicans to halt the counting of absentee ballots in a southern county.
Third Judicial District Judge James Martin ruled Tuesday that the state Republican Party and Las Cruces mayoral candidate Mike Tellez failed to provide evidence the Doña Ana County Clerk was causing harm by the way it was tallying absentee ballots.
GOP officials claimed the state Secretary of State and the Doña Ana County Clerk were ignoring a 2019 law over for absentee voting requirements. Republicans say the law calls for absentee voters to provide names, addressed, and years of birth.
State Republican chairman Steve Pearce says the injunction decision didn't change the validity of a lawsuit seeking to clarify how New Mexico counts absentee ballots.

PENSION LIABILITIES-NEW MEXICO
New Mexico pension reforms would increase contributions

SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — Legislators are holding their first open discussion of suggested pension reforms from the governor's office to address a roughly $6 billion unfunded liability at the New Mexico retirement plan for state and local government employees.
The Legislature's pensions-oversight committee meets Wednesday to discuss ways to shore up the fund overseen by the Public Employees Retirement Association.
A pension solvency task force appointed by Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham has suggested a combined 4% increase in pension contributions by the state and most employees. Annual cost of living adjustments on pension payouts would be linked to investment returns on pension assets.
State Senator George Munoz, chairman of the pension oversight committee, said Tuesday that it will be hard to approve a pension reform bill during next year's rapid-fire, 30-day legislative session.

RURAL NURSES
New program seeks to lure nurses in New Mexico rural areas

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — Presbyterian Healthcare Services and the University of New Mexico are teaming to lure nurses into some of the state's most rural areas.
The Albuquerque Journal reports the two health care organizations recently collaborated to land a $3.2 million grant to develop a residency program for nurse practitioners in 10 New Mexico cities and towns.
The four-year grant from the national Health Resources and Services Administration will help nurses and midwives relocate and stay in remote areas.
Officials say the program also will focus on mental health.
Presbyterian Director of Clinical Education and Professional Development Johanna Stiesmeyer says New Mexico's rural counties have a wide nurse-to-resident ratio.
The first group of nurses and midwives will be selected in the first half of 2020.

DUI-SEARCHING FOR CIGARETTE
Police: Drunk woman dropped cig, crashed into parked cars

(Information from: Las Vegas Optic, http://www.lasvegasoptic.com)
LAS VEGAS, N.M. (AP) — A northern New Mexico woman is facing charges after police say she crashed into parked cars while driving drunk and searching for a dropped cigarette.
The Las Vegas Optic reports Savana Romero was arrested last week following an accident in Las Vegas, New Mexico.
According to police, officers found an abandoned Nissan that had rear-ended the parked car. Police say the force of the impact also pushed the parked car into another parked vehicle.
The Nissan was registered to the 23-year-old Romero. She later told police she fled the scene because she had three beers before driving. Romero also told police she crashed after reaching down to retrieve a cigarette.
She was charged with criminal damage to property over $1,000 and driving while impaired. It was not known if she had an attorney.
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MEXICO-BORDER KILLINGS-RELIGION
US victims in Mexico attack from Mormon offshoot community

MEXICO CITY (AP) — The nine women and children killed by cartel gunmen in northern Mexico lived in a farming community known as La Mora, where experts say residents identify as Mormons but consider themselves independent and separate from The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
The community's roots lie in the church's banning of polygamy in the late 19th century, when families established colonies in remote northern Mexico to continue the practice.
Cristina Rosetti is an expert in Mormon fundamentalist groups and said Tuesday that today some La Mora residents still practice polygamy while others do not. Residents believe in the main Mormonism tenants, but there is little organized religious practice.
Gunmen killed three women and six children traveling in three vehicles from La Mora on Monday.
The victims were U.S. citizens.

ELECTION 2020-TRUMP-NEW MEXICO
APNewsBreak: New Mexico GOP set to endorse Trump

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — The Republican Party of New Mexico appears set to join Nebraska Republicans and endorse President Donald Trump for re-election.
State GOP chairman Steve Pearce told The Associated Press on Monday that an endorsement "would be a mere formality" since everyone on the party's central committee is supporting the president.
Pearce says he knew of nobody in New Mexico GOP circles who wasn't supporting Trump. He also didn't know if any of Trump's Republican challengers, like former U.S. Rep. Joe Walsh or former Massachusetts Gov. Bill Weld, would even get on the New Mexico ballot.
The Nebraska GOP announced in August the party had unanimously endorsed Trump for re-election.
Four states have discussed plans to cancel their 2020 GOP presidential primaries.
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TRAVEL-GEORGE ORWELL-NEW MEXICO
George Orwell New Mexico exhibit bares 'doublespeak' legacy

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — A George Orwell exhibit in New Mexico is tackling the themes of the novelist's work from "1984" to "Animal Farm."
"George Orwell: His Enduring Legacy," which runs to April at the University of New Mexico, features posters and material related to work challenging totalitarianism.
The exhibition was sparked after a longtime advocate and employee of the University of New Mexico University Libraries donated his collection of rare Orwell books.
Artifacts and posters from the Spanish Civil War are shown to illustrate how the conflict played a role in Orwell's intellectually formation. The exhibit also features artistic portrayals of Napoleon, the authoritarian pig in "Animal Farm."
The British-born Orwell was also known for "1984," which has become a best-seller in the U.S. again during the Trump administration.
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