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Stuff you need to know, 7.10.24

Today’s intelligence from state and/or national reporting

“Despite calls from groups, governor won’t call off special session”
by Susan Dunlap, NM Political Report
July 10, 2024

Lujan Grisham called the session, scheduled to open July 18, after the New Mexico legislature failed to pass in its 2024 session a host of bills designed to address public safety. The governor has responded to mental health and social justice advocates’ concern about the bills’ impact on their constituencies by arguing that inaction is not an option.

Click on the above link to read this free-access report.

“Governor is moving ahead with special session. Why?
by Trip Jennings, New Mexico in Depth
July 10, 2024

A brief history of the accomplishments of and motivations for past special sessions and a reading of the political tea leaves regarding Lujan Grisham’s intentions

Click on the above link to read this free-access opinion piece.

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Diana Tittle

Diana Tittle, a member of the board of Sierra County Public-Interest Journalism Project, was the editor of the Sierra County Sun, the Citizen's precursor. A former resident of Truth or Consequences who now lives part-time in northern New Mexico, she spent her 42-year professional career in Cleveland, Ohio, where she worked as a newspaper reporter, magazine writer and editor, book author and publisher and publishing consultant. She is the recipient of a Cleveland Arts Prize for Literature.

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