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1 week ago | 
santafenewmexican.com | Daniel Chacon |Daniel Chacón
Upon hearing about the shootings of two Democratic Minnesota lawmakers and their spouses over the weekend, House Speaker Javier Martínez jumped into action. He called the Legislative Council Service director and asked her to immediately delete lawmakers' home addresses from the official website of the state Legislature. Martínez said he had his home address removed a few years ago after his home was shot at.
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1 week ago | 
santafenewmexican.com | Daniel Chacon |Daniel Chacón
Employees of the New Mexico State Investment Council saw more money in their most recent paychecks under a new pay plan the agency's governing body approved in March. But the raise for the agency's second in command, longtime Chief Investment Officer Robert "Vince" Smith, dwarfed the rest. Smith, already the agency's highest-paid employee, received a 39% increase, boosting his annual salary from $314,814 a year to $437,000 — or nearly $123,000 more annually.
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1 week ago | 
santafenewmexican.com | Daniel Chacon |Daniel Chacón
A lawsuit that seeks to shed more light on a health coverage expansion program that would serve undocumented immigrants and other New Mexico residents who are otherwise considered uninsurable survived a legal challenge Tuesday. Second Judicial District Judge Daniel Ramczyk denied a motion to dismiss the lawsuit, which alleges the board of the New Mexico Medical Insurance Pool violated the state's Open Meetings Act and Inspection of Public Records Act.
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1 week ago | 
ktep.org | Daniel Chacon |Daniel Chacón |Will Rose
In this wide-ranging conversation, host Daniel Chacón speaks with poet Matt Sedillo— called “America’s greatest political poet”—about his poetic mission, international travels, and deep commitment to social justice. Sedillo reflects on the legacy of revolutionary poets like Roque Dalton and Pablo Neruda, and shares his experiences participating in international poetry festivals, including a recent trip to Cuba where he read a poem to Olympic gold medalist Mijaín López.
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1 week ago | 
santafenewmexican.com | Daniel Chacon |Daniel Chacón
Team Deb is now a team member short. Longtime political consultant Scott Forrester has stepped aways from his role as Democratic gubernatorial candidate Deb Haaland's campaign manager. But who broke up with whom and why remains a closely guarded secret. Neither the campaign nor Forrester would explain why the pair parted ways or comment on a report by political blogger Joe Monahan, who broke the story about the breakup.
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2 weeks ago | 
santafenewmexican.com | Daniel Chacon |Daniel Chacón
Mat Pirolo took his first helicopter ride at age 9. Although the experience was memorable, the flight on the small commercial helicopter was short-lived, lasting only a matter of minutes. It started at the bottom of the Grand Canyon and ended at the top after a rafting trip on the Colorado River with his father and his uncle, he said. Fast-forward to Friday, about a quarter-century later, when Pirolo got to relive his childhood experience.
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2 weeks ago | 
santafenewmexican.com | Daniel Chacon |Daniel Chacón
Bingo cards? Check. Daubers? Check. Prizes? Check. At first glance, the scene Wednesday night at Tumbleroot Brewery and Distillery, 2791 Agua Fría Street, looks like any other bingo game in America. But this isn't your grandmother's bingo. Far from it, in fact, which becomes abundantly clear after the first bingo game gives way to an entertainment break, and a voluptuous ViLette Stratton sashays onto the stage for an electrifying drag performance.
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2 weeks ago | 
santafenewmexican.com | Daniel Chacon |Daniel Chacón
A Northern New Mexico county that became the target of an investigation and a special audit after its interim finance director alleged financial improprieties — including an estimated $2.7 million in unaccounted public funds designated for wildfire recovery efforts — said Wednesday it has "no evidence" money has been embezzled. At least not to its knowledge, anyway.
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2 weeks ago | 
firerescue1.com | Daniel Chacon |Daniel Chacón
By Daniel J. ChacónThe Santa Fe New MexicanSANTA FE, N.M. — Cindy Abbott set her sights on Santa Fe decades ago. Abbott said she fell in love with the city and the surrounding area after she started coming to Santa Fe to snowboard and race mountain bikes professionally in the 1990s. Abbott, who grew up in Austin, Texas, and pursued a career in firefighting in her hometown, was just waiting for the right opportunity to make the jump.
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2 weeks ago | 
santafenewmexican.com | Daniel Chacon |Daniel Chacón
After President Donald Trump walked into the House chamber of the U.S. Capitol to deliver his State of the Union address in March, a photo of U.S. Rep. Melanie Stansbury holding a sign that read, "This is not normal," appeared on her official congressional account on X. Reaction to the photo — which included Trump in the middle of the frame while Republican Rep. Lance Gooden of Texas tapped the president's arm before he ripped the sign from Stansbury's hands — was swift.
