Stuff you need to know, 7.19.24

Today’s intelligence from state and/or national reporting

“Heinrich, Luján, Vasquez Announce Over $71 Million from Infrastructure Law to Replace Nogal Canyon Bridge on I-25 in Socorro County”
Staff report, El Defensor Chieftan
July 17, 2024

The monies to fix the bridge, which is more than 50 years old and requires significant upgrades and improvements, will come from the Biden admininstration’s Bipartisan Infrastructure, which has already invested more than 400 billion in the development of rural communities.

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“Enraged governor blisters Legislature for five-hour special session”
by Trip Jennings, New Mexico in Depth
July 19, 2024

New Mexico Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham called the session, in which the Democratically controlled legislature failed to adopt any of Lujan Grisham’s proposed public safety bills, “one of the most disappointing days of my career.”

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Diana Tittle
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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