Congressman Gabe Vasquez addressing Hobbs, New Mexico, audience
U.S. Reprentative Gabe Vasquez (D-NM) addresses an audience of immigrant oilfield workers in Hobbs, New Mexico, on August 16, 2023. Photograph courtesy of Congressman Vasquez

Stuff you need to know, 8.18.23

“US Rep. Gabe Vasquez introduces bill to compensate New Mexico’s oil workers for injuries”
by Adrian Hedden, Carlsbad Current-Argus
August 18, 2023

The legislation was announced on Wednesday during Vasquez’s meeting with immigrant workers group Somos Un Pueblo Unido at the Hobbs Public Library, part of a three-day visit by the congressman (who represents Sierra County) to the far-flung reaches of his congressional district that lies in southeastern New Mexico. The bill would create a trust fund to be paid into by energy companies and used to reimburse healthcare expenses of New Mexico oil and gas workers suffering from injuries and ailments tied to poor air quality and intense heat.

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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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