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☆ Biden vs. Trump is set. What are the alternatives?
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-06 | by ( Zachary B. Wolf | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +8 min

CNN —The Joe Biden vs. Donald Trump rematch is a presumptive reality after the president and former president both dominated Republican and Democratic primaries on Super Tuesday. Independent candidates. When Kennedy, West and the Green Party’s Stein were added into the question, things changed. Trump was still on top with 42%, Biden got 39%, Kennedy had 15%, West had 3% and Stein had 2%. Buzzy independent candidates have a tendency to lose support as Election Day nears.

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Michelle Lujan Grisham has advocated for a more robust spending package, a 10% annual spending increase that would shore up housing opportunities, childhood literacy and health care access. Senate budget amendments apply $75 million in state matching funds to the effort. Under another $1.5 million budget provision, New Mexico would for the first time help compensate landowners and agricultural producers when wolves are confirmed to have killed livestock or working animals. The fund underwrites an array of conservation programs at state natural resources agencies, from soil enhancement programs in agriculture to conservation of threatened and big-game species. The Legislature's budget bill would place $512 million in the trust.

Persons: Michelle Lujan Grisham, Sen, George Muñoz, ” Muñoz, Biden, ”, Nathan Small Organizations: SANTA FE, Texas, New, New Mexico Gov, Democratic, Gallup, ” Locations: SANTA, New Mexico, Las Cruces

The New Mexico secretary of state's office will accept signature petitions from candidates seeking a major party nomination for Congress or the U.S. Senate. Republicans also are choosing a contender to take on U.S. Rep. Gabe Vasquez in a congressional swing seat along the U.S. border with Mexico. Former one-term U.S. Rep. Yvette Herrell hopes to reclaim the 2nd District seat she lost in the 2022 election. The district is one of about a dozen in the national spotlight as Republicans campaign to keep their slim U.S. House majority in 2024. The Republican Party unsuccessfully challenged a Democratic-drawn congressional map that reshaped the 2nd District as it divvied up a conservative, oil-producing region among three congressional districts.

Persons: Democratic U.S . Sen, Martin Heinrich, Nella Domenici, Sen, Pete V, Domenici, Heinrich, Manny Gonzales, Gonzales, Donald Trump, Tim Keller, Republican Mick Rich, Gary Johnson, Gabe Vasquez, Yvette Herrell Organizations: SANTA FE, — Republican, Mexico’s, Democratic U.S ., The New, U.S . Senate, Republican, U.S, Democratic Party, GOP, Nationwide, Senate, New, New Mexico Gov, Republicans, U.S ., Republican Party, Democratic Locations: SANTA, U.S, Mexico, The, The New Mexico, Bernalillo County, Albuquerque, New Mexico

Lujan Grisham said she'll ask the Legislature to set aside $500 million to underwrite acquisition of treated water. “We're going to turn water — this waste, which is a problem — into a commodity,” Lujan Grisham said at the conference. The state's oil wells draw out far more water than oil, by several multiples, according to oil field regulators. “Creating a state reserve of treated water for renewable energy projects merits serious consideration in the upcoming session,” Wirth said. New Mexico state government is navigating an unprecedented financial windfall from record setting oil production centered in the Permian Basin that extends across southeastern New Mexico and portions of western Texas.

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The world also said goodbye to former U.S. Secretary of State Henry Kissinger, who died Nov. 29. Political Cartoons View All 1277 ImagesAnother political figure who died this year was former U.S. first lady Rosalynn Carter, who died Nov. 19. Among the entertainers who left the world this year was singer Tina Turner, who died May 24. Here is a roll call of some influential figures who died in 2023 (cause of death cited for younger people, if available):___JANUARY___Fred White, 67. A Hall of Fame forward who helped the Chicago Blackhawks win the 1961 Stanley Cup Final.

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The rules, two years in the making, were announced by U.S. officials at the United Nations COP28 climate change conference in Dubai. Methane tends to leak into the atmosphere undetected from drill sites, gas pipelines and other oil and gas equipment. It has more warming potential than carbon dioxide and breaks down in the atmosphere faster, so reining in methane emissions can have a more immediate impact on limiting climate change. The agency also tweaked the Super Emitter Program so that third parties send information on methane leaks to EPA directly for verification. The American Petroleum Institute, an oil and gas industry trade group, said it was reviewing the rule.

Persons: Liz Hampton, Biden, Michael Regan, Michelle Lujan Grisham, Jill Tauber, Dustin Meyer, Darren Woods, Nichola Groom, Valerie Volcovici, Diane Craft, Giles Elgood Organizations: REUTERS, Rights, Saturday, U.S, United, Environmental, EPA, New, American Petroleum Institute, Reuters, Thomson Locations: New Mexico, U.S, United Nations, Dubai, The United States, United States, COP28

☆ U.S. lays out plan at COP 28 to slash climate 'super pollutant' methane from oil and gas
▼ + stars: | 2023-12-02 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +4 min

The Biden administration on Saturday unveiled final rules aimed at cracking down on U.S. oil and gas industry releases of methane, part of a global plan to rein in emissions that contribute to climate change. The rules, two years in the making, were announced by U.S. officials at the United Nations COP28 climate change conference in Dubai. Methane tends to leak into the atmosphere undetected from drill sites, gas pipelines and other oil and gas equipment. It has more warming potential than carbon dioxide and breaks down in the atmosphere faster, so reining in methane emissions can have a more immediate impact on limiting climate change. The American Petroleum Institute, an oil and gas industry trade group, said it was reviewing the rule.

Persons: Biden, Michael Regan, Michelle Lujan Grisham, Jill Tauber, Dustin Meyer, Darren Woods Organizations: Saturday, U.S, United, Environmental, EPA, New, American Petroleum Institute, Reuters Locations: United Nations, Dubai, The United States, U.S, New Mexico, United States, COP28

☆ Top donors increasingly believe Nikki Haley can topple Trump in the GOP presidential primaries and they're telling others to open up their checkbooks
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-25 | by ( John L. Dorman | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

As Nikki Haley has risen in polls, so has her viability among top political donors, per The Times. Some donors are describing Haley's candidacy as one that's creating enthusiasm among party leaders. GOP donor Eric Levine told The Times that Trump's air of inevitability has "peeled away completely." I would certainly like her over Trump," Langone, who's donated to Haley's campaign, told the newspaper. "His aura of invincibility is just peeled away completely," Levine said, pointing to Haley's polling surge among GOP voters.

Persons: Nikki Haley, Eric Levine, —, Donald Trump, Trump, Haley, Jamie Dimon —, Joe Biden's, Dimon, Kenneth G, who's, Ron DeSantis, Jonathan Bush, Bush, George W, Gary Johnson's, Sen, Tim Scott's, Levine Organizations: Times, Service, The New York Times, JPMorgan Chase, The Times, South, Trump, White House, Depot, GOP, Florida Gov, New, New Mexico Gov, — Locations: Iowa, South Carolina, New Mexico

☆ New Mexico Governor to pursue EV tax credits to achieve zero-emission goals
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-17 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

Michelle Lujan Grisham, Governor of the U.S. state of New Mexico, speaks during the 2023 U.S. Business Day and Taiwan-U.S. Supply Chain Partnership Forum in Taipei, Taiwan September 19, 2023. REUTERS/Carlos Garcia Rawlins./File Photo Acquire Licensing RightsOct 17 (Reuters) - New Mexico Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham on Tuesday said she will pursue electric vehicle (EV) tax credits and directed the state to transition to EV to achieve a zero-emission vehicle fleet by 2035. "We will pursue EV tax credits in the upcoming legislative session to make EVs more accessible and more affordable for all. I also directed the state to walk the walk by transitioning to a zero-emission vehicle fleet by 2035," Lujan Grisham said in a post on social media platform X. Reporting by Ashitha Shivaprasad in Bengaluru; Editing by Chizu NomiyamaOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

Persons: Michelle Lujan Grisham, Carlos Garcia Rawlins, Lujan Grisham, Ashitha, Chizu Organizations: Business, U.S, Supply Chain Partnership, REUTERS, EV, Thomson Locations: U.S ., New Mexico, Taiwan, Taipei, Texas, Bengaluru

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) —Two people were arrested Thursday in connection with a shooting outside an Albuquerque baseball stadium that killed an 11-year-old boy and prompted the New Mexico governor to issue a controversial gun ban. At the time, he already was wanted for failing to appear in court in connection with alleged drug dealing, Medina said. Political Cartoons View All 1173 ImagesGarley was already in custody when he was arrested in connection with the killing. Michelle Lujan Grisham, a Democrat, to issue an emergency public health order days later suspending the right to carry firearms in public in and around Albuquerque. Grisham then amended the order to apply only to public parks and playgrounds where children and their families gather.

Persons: Jose Romero, Nathen Garley, Harold Medina, ” Medina, “, ” Romero, Medina, Garley, Troy Weisler, Froylan Villegas, Tatiana Villegas, Gilbert Gallegos, Gallegos, ” Gallegos, Romero, Michelle Lujan Grisham, David Urias, Grisham Organizations: New, Albuquerque, Police, State Police, Dodge, “, New Mexico Gov, Democrat, Republican, District Locations: ALBUQUERQUE, N.M, Albuquerque, New Mexico, Arizona, U.S

☆ Tesla supplier Hota to build first US factory in New Mexico
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-20 | by ( Sarah Wu | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

TAIPEI, Sept 20 (Reuters) - Tesla supplier Hota Industrial Mfg. Co (1536.TW) will invest $99 million to build its first plant outside of Asia in the U.S. state of New Mexico, the Taiwanese company said on Wednesday, citing greater emphasis on regional production in supply chains. Hota, which makes gears and other auto components primarily in Taiwan, said it would begin construction on the factory in Santa Teresa, near the U.S. border with Mexico, early next year and mass production in 2025. Hota is a key supplier to Tesla (TSLA.O), GM (GM.N) and Ford (F.N). James Huang, chairman of the Taiwan External Trade Development Council, said EVs would be an important focus for bilateral trade and especially in New Mexico.

Persons: David Shen, Shen, Michelle Lujan Grisham, TSMC, James Huang, EVs, Huang, Sarah Wu, Mark Potter Organizations: Industrial Mfg ., U.S ., New, Reuters, GM, Ford, Taiwan External Trade Development Council, U.S, Thomson Locations: TAIPEI, Asia, U.S ., New Mexico, Taiwan, Santa Teresa, U.S, Mexico, China, United States, Taipei, American, Arizona

☆ New Mexico governor suspends guns in city's parks, playgrounds
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-15 | by ( Andrew Hay | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

Governor of New Mexico Michelle Lujan Grisham speaks at a Democratic Party of New Mexico campaign rally featuring U.S. President Joe Biden at the Gallegos Community Center in Albuquerque, New Mexico, U.S., November 3, 2022. Her unusual moved pulled New Mexico into a national debate on gun rights and public safety. “I’m going to continue pushing to make sure that all of us are using every resource available to put an end to this public health emergency with the urgency it deserves,” the Democratic governor said in a statement. A federal judge on Wednesday temporarily froze the firearms provisions of Lujan Grisham's initial health order pending further litigation. Keller on Wednesday urged Lujan Grisham to call a special session of the state legislature on gun violence.

Persons: New Mexico Michelle Lujan Grisham, Joe Biden, Kevin Lamarque, Michelle Lujan Grisham, “ I’m, Lujan, Lujan Grisham's, Tim Keller, Keller, Lujan Grisham, Andrew Hay, Donna Bryson, Grant McCool Organizations: Democratic Party of New, U.S, Gallegos Community Center, REUTERS, Democratic, National, Supreme, Albuquerque, Wednesday, Thomson Locations: New Mexico, Democratic Party of New Mexico, Albuquerque , New Mexico, U.S, Albuquerque, Bernalillo, New

☆ New Mexico mayor calls for legislative debate after gun ban
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-13 | by ( Andrew Hay | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

FILE PHOTO: Governor of New Mexico Michelle Lujan Grisham speaks at a Democratic Party of New Mexico campaign rally featuring U.S. President Joe Biden at the Gallegos Community Center in Albuquerque, New Mexico, U.S., November 3, 2022. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque/File Photo(Reuters) - Albuquerque’s mayor is urging New Mexico Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham to call a special state legislative session on gun crime after the governor’s ban on carrying guns in his city threw it into the center of the U.S. gun-rights debate. “Albuquerque families can’t afford political debates that distract us from fighting violent crime,” Keller wrote. Gun violence kills around 500 people a year in New Mexico, which ranks sixth among U.S. states for gun deaths per capita, according to gun violence prevention group Everytown for Gun Safety. Albuquerque is among the 10 most dangerous U.S. cities, based on FBI violent crime data.

Persons: New Mexico Michelle Lujan Grisham, Joe Biden, Kevin Lamarque, Michelle Lujan Grisham, Lujan Grisham, Tim Keller, ” Keller, Froylan Villegas, Tatiana Villegas, Samaniego, Lujan Grisham’s Organizations: Democratic Party of New, U.S, Gallegos Community Center, REUTERS, New, Reuters, Albuquerque, Gun Safety Locations: New Mexico, Democratic Party of New Mexico, Albuquerque , New Mexico, U.S, New Mexico’s, Albuquerque

☆ US judge freezes New Mexico governor's gun ban
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-13 | by ( Andrew Hay | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

Governor of New Mexico Michelle Lujan Grisham speaks at a Democratic Party of New Mexico campaign rally featuring U.S. President Joe Biden at the Gallegos Community Center in Albuquerque, New Mexico, U.S., November 3, 2022. Her order outraged gun-rights advocates and drew backlash from fellow Democrats and law enforcement officials who labeled it unconstitutional. "Governor Grisham's tyranny is temporarily in check today," said Dudley Brown, president of a Colorado gun group that sued the governor. In the days after the gun ban, Albuquerque's mayor and Bernalillo County's sheriff both called for a special session of the state's legislature to deal with gun crime. Around 500 people die by guns each year in New Mexico, which ranks sixth among U.S. states for gun deaths per capita, according to gun violence prevention group Everytown for Gun Safety.

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☆ Trinity Site, where first atomic blast was set off, opens for one day in October
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-12 | by ( Kathleen Bangs | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +12 min

Trinity Site is the national historic landmark that’s home to mankind’s first nuclear blast on July 16, 1945, where plutonium gamma rays lit up the night sky. A caution sign warns of radioactive materials at Trinity Site in New Mexico back in 2008. The open house event, hosted by the US Army, is free but limited to the first 5,000 guests, on a first-come, first-served basis. Trinity Site’s atmosphere during an open house is reminiscent of a small-town carnival from a bygone era. And on April 6, 2024, Trinity Site again opens for a single day.

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The sheriff who oversees Bernalillo County and the police chief in Albuquerque said they won’t enforce the governor's order because it violates constitutional rights. Lujan Grisham defended her order as necessary, and rebuffed any calls for impeachment. Some critics have said it’s concerning that only those who want to curb gun rights have the Democratic governor’s ear. Top law enforcement officials and prosecutors have said they weren’t consulted before Lujan Grisham sprung on them an order that even she admits will be ignored by criminals. The Catholic Church was among the few who joined longtime gun-control advocates on Monday in support of the order.

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Michelle Lujan Grisham's emergency order suspending the right to carry firearms in public in and around Albuquerque drew an immediate court challenge from a gun-rights group Saturday, as legal scholars and advocates said they expected. The governor, a Democrat, said the 30-day suspension, enacted as an emergency public health measure, would apply in most public places, from city sidewalks to parks. The top Republican in the New Mexico Senate, Greg Baca of Belen, also denounced Lujan Grisham’s order as an infringement on the gun rights of law-abiding citizens. Levinson said she was not aware of any other governor taking a step as restrictive as Lujan Grisham. “I don’t think it will be a political loss for (Lujan Grisham) to be overturned,” Levinson said.

Persons: Michelle Lujan, Foster Haines, Lujan Grisham, ”, Jessica Levinson, Sam Bregman, Albuquerque Mayor Tim Keller, Harold Medina, Bregman, Bernalillo County Sheriff John Allen, “, ” Allen, ” Medina, Gilbert Gallegos, Levinson, ” Levinson, Dudley Brown, Greg Baca, Lujan Grisham’s, Dan Lewis, Gavin Newsom, Jacob Charles, ” Charles, ” ___ Ritter, Stern, Sonner, Rio, Morgan Lee, Terry Tang, Felicia Fonseca Organizations: New, New Mexico Gov, National Association for Gun Rights, Loyola Marymount’s Loyola Law School, Democratic, Saturday, Albuquerque Mayor, Police, Bernalillo County Sheriff, U.S . Department of Justice, Press, Republican, New Mexico Senate, Council, of Health, California Gov, Democrat, Pepperdine Caruso School of Law, Las Vegas, Associated Press, America Statehouse News Initiative, America Locations: New Mexico, Albuquerque, U.S, Los Angeles, Bernalillo County, Bernalillo, Taos County, “, Colorado, Belen, Las, Reno , Nevada, Las Vegas, Santa Fe, , New Mexico, Phoenix, Flagstaff , Arizona

☆ New Mexico governor takes executive action to curb gun violence
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-09 | by ( Conor Powell | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

Michelle Lujan Grisham has declared gun violence and drug abuse a public health emergency after a string of recent deadly shootings, some involving children. Lujan Grisham cited the shooting deaths of three children from July through September, as well as a pair of mass shootings in the state. “The time for standard measures has passed,” said Lujan Grisham, a Democrat. The order also prohibits firearms on state property, including state buildings and schools, as well as parks and other places where children gather. The state has one of the highest rates of gun violence and suicide in the nation.

Persons: Michelle Lujan Grisham, Lujan Grisham, ”, Sam Bregman, Bernalillo County Sheriff John Allen, Harold Medina, Pete Kassetas Organizations: CNN, New, New Mexico Gov, Democrat, Bernalillo, Bernalillo County Sheriff, Albuquerque Police, State Police Locations: New Mexico, Albuquerque, Bernalillo County

☆ New Mexico Governor Issues 30-Day Ban on Carrying Guns in Public in Albuquerque
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-09 | by ( Colbi Edmonds | More About Colbi Edmonds | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Michelle Lujan Grisham of New Mexico announced a 30-day ban on carrying firearms in public areas or state property in Albuquerque and its county, a move that she said was a necessary response to gun violence in the region but that critics denounced as unconstitutional. The ban was issued on Friday as a declaration of a public health emergency, which Ms. Lujan Grisham said allowed the state to access different resources. The executive order, which covers Bernalillo County, prohibits open and concealed firearms on state property, public schools or public parks, with exceptions only for law enforcement and licensed security guards. Residents with gun permits can still have weapons on private property. Ms. Lujan Grisham, a Democrat, said she was spurred to action after several recent fatal shootings of children, including an 11-year-old boy who was killed outside a minor-league baseball stadium this week in Albuquerque.

Persons: Michelle Lujan Grisham, Lujan Grisham Organizations: New Locations: New Mexico, Albuquerque, Bernalillo County

New Mexico Governor Issues Order to Suspend Open and Concealed Carry of Guns in AlbuquerqueNew Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham has issued an emergency public health order that suspends the open and permitted concealed carry of firearms in Albuquerque for 30 days in the midst of a spate of gun violence

Persons: Michelle Lujan Grisham Organizations: Albuquerque New Mexico Gov Locations: Mexico, Albuquerque New Mexico, Albuquerque

☆ Bill Richardson, U.S. diplomat and troubleshooter, dead at 75
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-02 | by ( Will Dunham | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +5 min

As a congressman in 1994, Richardson visited reclusive communist-ruled North Korea to discuss a nuclear accord struck by Clinton. As Richardson was traveling to the country, North Korea shot down a U.S. military helicopter that had entered its territory, killing one pilot and capturing the other. Richardson stayed for weeks to negotiate, flying home with the dead pilot's remains while the surviving pilot was released soon thereafter. In 1996, Richardson negotiated the release of an American named Evan Hunziker, jailed on spy charges in North Korea. Richardson later attended a prep school in Massachusetts, where he became a star baseball pitcher with dreams of a professional career.

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☆ Bill Richardson, Former New Mexico Governor and U.N. Ambassador, Dies at 75
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-02 | by ( Ginger Adams Otis | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

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Bill Richardson, a longtime fixture of Democratic politics with turns as Energy Secretary and United Nations ambassador under the Clinton administration, died on Friday, the Richardson Center for Global Engagement said in a statement. There was no person that Governor Richardson would not speak with if it held the promise of returning a person to freedom,” Mickey Bergman, vice president of the Richardson Center, said in a statement. Richardson later served as US ambassador to the United Nations and secretary of energy before being elected governor of New Mexico in 2002. After an unsuccessful bid for the presidency in 2008, Richardson launched the Richardson Center for Global Engagement, a non profit promoting international peace, in 2011. He grew up in Mexico City, Mexico, leaving to attend boarding school in Massachusetts in 1960.

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☆ Former New Mexico Governor Bill Richardson dead at 75
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-02 | by ( Uwa Ede-Osifo | Associated Press | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +4 min

Bill Richardson, the former New Mexico governor, U.S. ambassador to the United Nations and Secretary of Energy under President Bill Clinton, has died. Mickey Bergman, Vice President of the Richardson Center, commented in a statement on Saturday, "Governor Richardson passed away peacefully in his sleep last night. "There was no person that Governor Richardson would not speak with if it held the promise of returning a person to freedom. Richardson came to New Mexico in 1978 and chose to run for political office in the state because of its Hispanic roots. Rep. Gabe Vasquez shared a heartfelt message calling Richardson a "titan in New Mexico and abroad."

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☆ Bill Richardson, the former New Mexico governor and UN ambassador just nominated for a Nobel Peace Prize for his work to free political prisoners, has died at 75
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-02 | by ( John L. Dorman | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Bill Richardson, the former two-term New Mexico governor and veteran diplomat, has died at 75. Richardson served as ambassador to the UN and Energy Secretary under President Bill Clinton. Last month, he was nominated for a Nobel Peace Prize over his work to free political prisoners. In 2002, Richardson was elected to the New Mexico governorship and won reelection in a landslide in 2006. AdvertisementAdvertisementIn August 2023, Richardson was nominated for a Nobel Peace Prize for his work to secure freedom for political hostages in foreign countries.

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