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Governor Signs State Broadband ‘Connect New Mexico Act’
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SANTA FE House Bill 10: the Connect New Mexico Act, which institutes a centralized fund for the state to deliver broadband internet to communities statewide, was signed into law today by Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham.
House Bill 10: the Connect New Mexico Act is sponsored by Rep. Christine Chandler (D-Los Alamos), Rep. Natalie Figueroa (D-Albuquerque), Rep. Joy Garratt (D-Albuquerque), Rep. Susan Herrera (D-Embudo), Rep. Candie Sweetser (D-Deming).
The bill creates the Connect New Mexico fund and the Connect New Mexico council, which will ensure that projects prioritize unserved and underserved communities and coordinate with the broadband office established by the Senate companion bill.
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LAS CRUCES - Days after the death of New Mexico State Police Officer Darian Jarrott, the president of the State Police Association released a video accusing the state Legislature of an “attack on law enforcement.”
“When you have senators and representatives personally attacking law enforcement, tying our hands so that we can’t enforce the laws, we can t protect ourselves, we can t protect the citizens, something has to be said,” Sgt. Jose Carrasco said. “You’re giving the criminals more rights than the officers.”
Carrasco targeted Senate Bill 227, which he said would remove the tools law enforcement officers need to protect themselves and would result in more police shootings. And, he objected to House Bill 4, which would remove qualified immunity from civil lawsuits.