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New Mexico is now administering the Pfizer vaccine for COVID-19 to children ages 12 to 15, as state health officials pushed Thursday for more people to get vaccinated.
The move by the state Health Department follows authorizations this week by the federal Food and Drug Administration and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
The state is encouraging families to register children on its vaccine website.
The expanded availability applies only to the Pfizer vaccine, which until now was only available to people ages 16 and older. The Moderna and Johnson & Johnson vaccines are authorized for people 18 and older.
State officials say more than half of eligible residents are now considered fully vaccinated.
New Mexico Auditor Colón To Run For State Attorney General -
By Susan Montoya Bryan Associated Press
New Mexico State Auditor Brian Colón announced his candidacy Thursday for the office of state attorney general.
The Democrat wants to follow in the footsteps of former law firm colleague and friend Hector Balderas, who is wrapping up his second term as New Mexico s top prosecutor and consumer advocate. Balderas also served as state auditor before being elected attorney general.
Colón, 51, is the first person to enter the race for an open seat that has been dominated by Democrats for the better part of a century. Republicans have held the office only three times in the state s nearly 110-year history.
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SANTA FE – The beleaguered Regional Coalition of LANL Communities – a group of nine northern New Mexico counties, municipalities and pueblos that advocates for environmental cleanup funding and jobs at Los Alamos National Laboratory – appears to be crumbling.
The Santa Fe County Commission on Tuesday voted unanimously to withdraw from the coalition, created 10 years ago to ensure national decisions incorporate local needs and concerns of communities surrounding the lab.
Last week, the Taos County Commission voted 4-1 to withdraw from the coalition.
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The outcome of Tuesday’s vote was sealed when commission chairman Henry Roybal, who served the last three years as chair of the coalition, described it as currently being “totally unsteady.” He noted that the coalition lost its federal funding from the Department of Energy, has been operating without an executive director since last year and lacks a fiscal agent moving forward, as Los Alamos Cou
Santa Fe County to exit regional coalition on national lab
May 12, 2021
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SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) Santa Fe is the latest county to vote to withdraw from the Regional Coalition of Los Alamos National Laboratory Communities, a group of nine local governments in New Mexico that advocates for environmental cleanup funding and jobs at the lab.
The Santa Fe County Commission on Tuesday voted unanimously to leave the coalition, days after the Taos County Commission voted 4-1 to withdraw.
The exodus occurs as the coalition struggles with funding and leadership. It has lacked an executive director since last year and lost its federal backing over concerns that funding was improperly used for lobbying.