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March 10, 2021
Most SWNM solons oppose bill to sideline diversion group Written by Geoffrey Plant on March 10, 2021
(Press Staff Photo by Geoffrey Plant)
Last month, District 38 state Rep. Rebecca Dow and District 39 state Rep. Luis Terrazas, both Republicans representing parts of Grant County, spoke against HB 200, “Water Trust Board Projects and N.M. Unit Fund,” ahead of a House vote on the legislation. The proposal seeks to sideline the New Mexico Entity of the Central Arizona Project from its proposed future role as a regional water authority and prohibit more Arizona Water Settlements Act funds from being spent on a Gila River diversion.
A bill that backers have said would lower insurance premiums and provide subsidies to help individuals and small businesses with health care cost passed the House 43 to 25 Monday. HB 122, sponsored by House Rep. Debbie Armstrong, D-Albuquerque, will place a surtax on insurance companies if it passes. The tax would begin in January […]
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Rural communities, such as Ojo Sarco in Rio Arriba County, would get support from a “rural equity” ombudsman, a post proposed in the Legislature. (Eddie Moore/Albuquerque Journal)
Editor’s note: This editorial has been updated to correct Sen. Siah Correa Hemphill’s political affiliation. She is a Democrat.
A bill sponsored by a couple of rural state senators tries to bridge the deepening urban-rural divide in New Mexico by creating a “rural equity” ombudsman post within the state Department of Finance and Administration.
The measure, as promoted by its supporters, sounds like a good idea.
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Sen. Siah Correa Hemphill, D-Silver City, told the Senate Indian, Rural and Cultural Affairs Committee that the position is necessary to address the needs of rural people.
A piece of state legislation intended to get the Valencia County hospital project back on track has cleared its first major hurdle of the 2021 legislative session.
House Bill 240, which clarifies the definition of âcontracting hospitalâ in the state Hospital Funding Act, passed the state House of Representatives on a 67-0 vote on Thursday, Feb. 25.
The bill will now go on to the Senate for consideration.
Sponsored by Reps. Kelly Fajardo (R-District 7), Alonzo Baldonado (R-District 8) and Gail Armstrong (R-District 49), and Sens. Greg Baca (R-District 29) and Joshua Sanchez (R-District 30), the bill clarifies language to allow the county to use the collected mill levy for a hospital and/or 24-hour emergency room, as well as support of a facility licensed as a remote facility of an existing acute care facility.