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At the same time Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham was urging New Mexicans to not mix households, she was holding in-person meetings with Cabinet secretaries and small groups of legislators at the governor's mansion in Santa Fe. The meetings, however, were sporadic and followed COVID-19 safe practices, such as social distancing and face masks, the governor's spokesman, Tripp Stelnicki, said Thursday. "There's a difference between inviting someone into your house for the Super Bowl...
CLOVIS -- The Clovis City Commission filled its District 4 vacancy Thursday, electing Megan Palla to serve the remainder of the term won by R.L. “Rube” Render. Palla, a certified public accountant in Clovis for 23 years and a longtime member of the city’s economic incentive board, was elected from a field of five candidates. Others vying for the position included Clovis Homecare, Inc. Director Amy Corbin, New Mexico Department of Agriculture Inspector Senior Lynn Culberth, former city manager and police chief Raymond Mondr... Full story
SANTA FE — New Mexico hit the halfway point of its unusual 60-day session Thursday with abortion-rights legislation and pandemic relief measures speeding toward passage. But hundreds of other proposals — ranging from cannabis legalization to restricting the governor's emergency powers — hang in the balance as legislators begin the crucial back stretch of the session. "There's plenty of time still," said Sen. Gerald Ortiz y Pino, D-Albuquerque. "The last few days is when most of the action happens, unfortunately." It's already...
Sen. Ted Cruz returned to Texas on Thursday after coming under harsh criticism for flying to Cancun, Mexico, with his family while the state he represents is dealing with widespread power outages in the wake of a historic winter storm. Footage from Houston television station KHOU showed the Republican arriving at the airport Thursday afternoon after flying to the Mexican resort city the day before. "With school canceled for the week, our girls asked to take a trip with friends...
Clovis police on Wednesday arrested a man federal agents said was wanted for murder. According to a news release from Clovis police: Officers received information from U.S. marshal agents that Tranell Pleasant, 32, might be in the area and that he was wanted for murder in Fort Worth. Information led officers to the Econo Lodge at 1400 E. Mabry Drive. As detectives “began setting up to watch the room,” Pleasant and a female companion exited the room. “Upon seeing officers, Tranell Pleasant ran in an attempt to elude captu...
It’s not often you can watch a major event playing out on the national stage and predict with certainty how it will end, but this month that’s happened twice. The first was “The Impeachment of Donald Trump, Part 2.” Like all sequels, it’s much worse than the original melodrama – which is really saying something. But the ending of the Democrats’ second impeachment show trial was as predictable as a Disney movie. Everyone knows – even the most dishonest journalists in...
