Stuff you need to know, 8.25.23
Today's intelligence: U.S. Representative Gabe Vasquez, congressperson for Sierra County, has announced the recipients of $10 million in federal earmark funding.
Today's intelligence: U.S. Representative Gabe Vasquez, congressperson for Sierra County, has announced the recipients of $10 million in federal earmark funding.
In the 2015 litigation brought by PAWA members against New Mexico Copper Corporation's claims to ownership of over 7,000 afy, the Adjudication Court has granted the mine 184.2 AFY rights in wells it originally declared abandoned.
Today's intelligence: Congressman Gabe Vasquez introduces legislation to help pay medical bills of New Mexico oil and gas workers injured on the job.
Today's intelligence: Spaceport America settles a former employee's discrimination lawsuit.
Today's intelligence: no cuts in Colorado water use predicted for 2024 and an update on the congressional redistricting lawsuit filed by the New Mexico Republican Party
Today's intelligence: Why did New Mexico rank last in a new study of the U.S. states that offer the best quality of life?
Today's intelligence: The EPA is offering free technical assistance to communities like Truth or Consequences to help them address their water infrastructure problems.
Today's intelligence: good news for recreationists about the Rio Grande's continuing flow through Sierra County. Plus: Virgin Galactic FINALLY sends its first tourism passengers to the edge of space.
Despite proactive Republican opposition, the U.S. Department of Agriculture continues to run a grant program to incentivize sustainable growing practices that is expected to reach more than 60,000 farms, encompassing more than 25 million acres of working lands.
Today's intelligence: how this summer's scorching heat is affecting the chile harvest in southern New Mexico
Today's intelligence: update on the proposed New Mexico-Colorado "Space Valley." Plus: The state Supreme Court strengthens protections for domestic abuse victims. And . . . remind me: Who were New Mexico's fake electors?
Today's intelligence: How a groundbreaking collaboration is making the SunZia Transmission Project a win-win for green energy production and migrating birds. Plus: this weekend's Tax Holiday and Virgin Galactic's second-quarter revenue report and future projections