The U.S. House of Representatives passed landmark civil rights protections for LGBTQ+ Americans on Thursday, passing the Equality Act with (narrow) bi-partisan support. The Equality Act amends the 1964 Civil Rights act to include sexual orientation and gender identity among categories of Americans, alongside race, who are specifically protected from discrimination. Two New Mexicans were […]
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House Votes To Expand LGBTQ Protections
The Democratic-led House passed a bill Thursday that would enshrine LGBTQ protections in the nation’s labor and civil rights laws, a top priority of President Joe Biden, though the legislation faces an uphill battle in the Senate. The bill passed by a vote of 224-206 with three Republicans joining Democrats in voting yes. The Equality […]
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House readies for legalization vote this weekend – Tell your legislator what you think
DAILY DIGITAL EDITION | THURSDAY FEBRUARY 25thSUBSCRIBE | DONATE | CARRY THE PAPER IN MY BUSINESS And now we wait… Deb Haaland’s confirmation hearing in the Senate Energy committee ended without a vote yesterday. Chairman Joe Manchin gave members the rest of the day to submit additional questions, then there will be some time for […]
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Water Woes: Chile Farmers Prep For Year of No Water For State’s Iconic Crop
SUBSCRIBE | DONATE | CARRY THE PAPER IN MY BUSINESS A reader recently asked me, “what does it mean that you are ‘independent news’.” At The Paper., it means we have the freedom to explore issues and invite new voices to provide a perspective on New Mexico our readers may not have considered before. Last […]
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Special Edition: Being Black in New Mexico
DAILY DIGITAL EDITION | WEDNESDAY FEBRUARY 17SUBSCRIBE | DONATE | CARRY THE PAPER IN MY BUSINESS BREAKING NEWS Senate Sets Haaland Hearing Date As Oil Country Republicans Prep Attacks Share on Facebook | Share on Twitter In honor of Black History Month and Black New Mexicans, we at The Paper. wanted to amplify Black voices […]
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Dr. Fauci Wins $1M For Standing Up For Science; GOP Senator Apologizes For Questioning Black Nominee’s ‘Culture’
DAILY DIGITAL EDITIONSUBSCRIBE | DONATE | CARRY THE PAPER IN MY BUSINESS Happy snowy morning in New Mexico! As the old saying goes, if you don’t like the weather in New Mexico, just wait 10 minutes. Today’s record cold will be replaced with 6o-degrees and sunshine by Saturday. But until then, stay inside and read […]
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Bill on Filling Vacant Congressional Seat Advances
A bipartisan bill that would create new procedures to fill a vacant congressional position in New Mexico — perhaps soon enough to apply to the seat now held by Democratic U.S. Rep. Deb Haaland — cleared its first committee Monday. This story also appeared in Santa Fe New Mexican The Senate Rules Committee, on a […]
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County Commissioners Keep Trudging Along
Money in its many forms was the big excitement during recent administrative meetings of the Bernalillo County Commission. The five-member governing body also tackled a cache of issues other than taking care of the budget. They took on such things as new furniture, picking a builder for a new Route 66 Visitors Center, approving some […]
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New Mexico’s Nuclear Rush
For most New Mexico businesses, the arrival of COVID-19 wreaked havoc, caused shutdowns or threatened doom. But for one enterprise — potentially one of the world’s largest nuclear waste sites — the pandemic offered an unusual opportunity. A long-planned nuclear waste storage facility in the southeastern New Mexico desert was rushed through the approval process […]
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Biden Taps Another New Mexico Woman for Top Administration Job
SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — A top human resources employee for New Mexico’s governor has stepped down after more than two years in the position to take a new role with President Joe Biden’s administration. Pam Coleman, who was appointed to serve as director of the state personnel office in January 2019 under Gov. Michelle […]