How to Speak Legislature During the 2019 New Mexico legislative session, you will be hearing a lot about the opportunities for change, and it’s important to know that each piece of legislation has the potential to completely change the way…
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Santa Fe – Today, Senators Mimi Stewart, Jacob Candelaria, Representative Nathan Small and a coalition of community organizations, labor unions, and environmental advocates introduced the Energy Transition Act (ETA). The ETA (SB 489) will reduce electricity costs;…
On September 27, Conservation Voters New Mexico Education Fund held a well-attended Voter Rights Forum in Gallup at the El Morro Events Center. The event featured guest speaker Laurie Weahkee Executive Director of the Native American Voters Alliance, the Cellicion…
On Thursday, September 20, CVNM Education Fund program Juntos: Our Air, Our Water hosted a Voting Rights Forum at South Valley Academy. More than 20 community members gathered to learn about their rights as voters and how to engage in…
In the Albuquerque Journal’s coverage of the National Governors Association summer meeting in Santa Fe, they included information about Juntos’ Rally for Clean Air: Rally, march Meanwhile, nearly 100 people attended a Rally for Clean Air that started at the…
By Jaime Prieto | KASA 2 Telemundo ALBUQUERQUE, NUEVO MÉXICO – El 19 de julio, decenas de personas se reunieron en las afueras del capitolio de Santa Fe para protestar en favor de la salud de sus hijos y el…
Gallup Independent Editorial Board During their regular meeting last week, the McKinley County Board of Commissioners expressed their approval of a resolution that shows they support the creation of a blue ribbon task force on uranium mining. Despite speaking words…
By Senator Jerry Ortiz y Pino, published in the Santa Fe New Mexican We have a clear win-win opportunity for New Mexican communities that experience the highest levels of air pollution, illness and asthma rates — if only we would…
Roz Brown, Public News Service – NM ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — One in 11 New Mexico children suffers from asthma, and a state advocacy group says that’s a big reason the state should spend its windfall from the Volkswagen emissions scandal…
By Pat Sheely, published in the Gallup Independent I would like to respond to a recent article in the Independent titled “Misunderstanding or disconnect?” that ran on March 29. Over a year ago, McKinley County residents asked the McKinley County…
