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LAS CRUCES - All New Mexicans, both those now residing here and those who are yet to come, would have a constitutional right to clean air, water and land under legislation being cosponsored by Sen. Bill Soules and Rep. Joanne Ferrary, both D-Las Cruces and Sen. Antoinette Sedillo Lopez, D-Albuquerque. Or, to be precise, they would have a more well-defined constitutional right to those things. The New Mexico Constitution was previously amended in 1972 in an attempt to ensure the right to clean water, air, soils and environments. Sponsors of this year’s proposed “Green Amendment” say that effort failed because it left compliance in the hands of the Legislature. ....
LAS CRUCES - Along with its formal committees, the New Mexico Legislature also has more informal caucuses, made up of legislators, ideally from both ....
Credit Walt Rubel Commentary: This is the time of year when people all over the world join in a collective wish that next year will be better than this one. Never in my lifetime has that bar been set so low. Former children’s TV host Fred Rogers famously passed along the advice his mother gave him when he was a child and images on the TV news were frightening and confusing. Always look for the helpers, she said. In any disaster, there will always be people helping others get through it. And so, with respect and sympathies for the 1.8 million souls worldwide lost to COVID-19 and their loved ones, I’d like to devote my final column of 2020 to some of those who have helped us get through this disaster of a year. ....
LAS CRUCES - Doña Ana County resident Blanca Tovar said because of her asthma, she decided not to go to work this year in the chile fields and pecan orchards for fear of what might happen if she were to get infected with COVID-19. “Due to this epidemic, my family and I decided that I should not work because we knew that if I got sick, I would have no rights,” she said. Tovar was speaking at a virtual news conference organized by NM CAFe, a faith-based social advocacy group, in support of legislation to be sponsored in the upcoming session by Rep. Angelica Rubio, D-Las Cruces, that would require employers to provide paid sick leave to their employees. ....
54:00 On the program this week, two in-depth local reports: A look at the rollout of the COVID-19 vaccine in New Mexico and supporters are rallying behind a proposal for required paid sick leave in the state. Plus, we continue our series on the proposal to legalize recreational cannabis in New Mexico. Last week, we heard from state legislators who support the idea. This week, we talk with two producers for the state s medical marijuana program. All that, plus more of the week s top stories and Walt Rubel s commentary on the dysfunction in the U.S. Senate. ....