As we emerge from the final days of yet another unforgettable year, it’s important to take lessons from where we’ve been and consider the road ahead. For Indigenous peoples, this year has brought so much promise – and there is no turning back. There’s no denying it’s been a year of considerable challenges. Historic drought […]
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Secretary Haaland Returns to NM To Celebrate Largest Private Land Donation In US History
Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland returned to New Mexico on Saturday along with US Sen. Martin Heinrich and US Rep. Teresa Ledger Fernandez, to celebrate the historic expansion of the Sabinoso Wilderness Area, a vast wilderness of mesas, pinons, and juniper forests located in the northeast corner of San Miguel County. The expansion of the […]
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Trump Shrunk Bears Ears, Other Monuments; Haaland Asks Biden to Put Them Back
Interior Secretary Deb Haaland has recommended to the Biden Administration that the pre-Trump boundaries of several national monuments, Bear Ears and Grand-Staircase Escalante National Monuments being the most prominent, be reinstated. The recommendations from Haaland to Biden were private but have since been confirmed by multiple government and media sources. If the Biden Administration agrees […]
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Haaland Sends Recommendation On Utah Monuments, Including Bears Ears, to President
By BRADY McCOMBS Associated Press SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Interior Secretary Deb Haaland has made her recommendation about whether to reverse former President Donald Trump’s decision to downsize two sprawling national monuments in Utah, but details of her decision were not released. The Interior Department gave her report to President Joe Biden on Wednesday, […]
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Candidates Clash in New Mexico Congressional Election Debate
By MORGAN LEE Associated Press SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — Major-party candidates for an open congressional seat in New Mexico clashed over solutions to violent crime, police accountability, the southern border wall and the pandemic’s economic challenges as early absentee voting ballot began. Four candidates have their names on the ballot for the 1st Congressional […]
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Today: Dems Debate For Congress, GOP Picks “Most Conservative” Legislator
DAILY DIGITAL EDITIONSUBSCRIBE | DONATE | CARRY THE PAPER IN MY BUSINESS And then there was one. The last Republican Party’s State Central Committee selected State Senator Mark Moores as its nominee to represent the Grand Old Party in the June special election to select a new Congressperson for Deb Haaland’s former seat. Moores got […]
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Stansbury Holds Strong in Race for Haaland’s Seat
The race to fill Interior Secretary Deb Haaland’s congressional seat started even before she was nominated by President Joe Biden. One of the earliest contenders was State Rep. Melanie Stansbury. The first time Stansbury, 41, ran for public office was in 2018. She defeated seven-term Republican Rep. Jimmie Hall in District 28, Albuquerque’s Northeast Heights. […]
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Madam Secretary! — Reactions to Haaland confirmation you have to see
DAILY DIGITAL EDITION | TUESDAY | MARCH 16, 2021SUBSCRIBE | DONATE | CARRY THE PAPER IN MY BUSINESS It’s Deb Haaland Week in Washington and New Mexico. OK, not officially, but it might seem that way for those following Twitter and the long list of official acts about to take place in Washington to Santa […]
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State’s “Most Conservative” Legislator Enters GOP Race For Haaland Seat
One of the state senate’s most vocal Republicans is entering the race for Deb Haaland’s soon-to-be vacant congressional seat. Senator Mark Moores announced his intent yesterday in a message to Republican State Central Committee members who will choose the Republican nominee in the coming weeks. In his announcement, Moores touts his experience serving in the […]
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Republicans Block Debate on Big Environmental Bill in State Senate
DAILY DIGITAL EDITION | Tuesday, March 9, 2021SUBSCRIBE | DONATE | CARRY THE PAPER IN MY BUSINESS We told you here first yesterday that Chuck Schumer was shuffling Senate schedules to line up several of President Biden’s high-profile nominees, including Deb Haaland, for final confirmation votes in the coming days. Schumer is expected to file […]