February 3, 2020
New Mexico Daily Lobo, Lissa Knudsen, February 3, 2020- New Mexico is one step closer to establishing a licensure process for e-cigarette and other tobacco product retailers and raising the age of purchase of all tobacco products to twenty-one. Senate Bill 131, the Tobacco Products Act, sponsored by Sen. Linda Lopez …
June 11, 2018
Santa Fe New Mexican, Alan Webber, May 26, 2018- The phone calls to the Mayor’s Office started around 8 a.m., shortly after I got to work. First it was NPR, then other national news media. Then an email arrived from a commissioner in Parkland, Fla., expressing sympathy and solidarity. We …
July 12, 2017
RR Observer, Lente, July 2, 2017- In response to Ryan Cangiolosi’s opinion piece published in the June 4 Observer, I want to set the record straight about why local communities should have a voice when it comes to oil and gas rules and safeguards. What Cangiolosi either misunderstood or mischaracterized …
March 16, 2017
Albuquerque Journal Dan Boyd March 14, 2017- SANTA FE — With four days left in this year’s 60-day legislative session, two different New Mexico minimum wage bills are inching toward Gov. Susana Martinez’s desk — and jockeying with one another for positioning. While both measures still face hurdles, they appeared …
March 15, 2017
Albuquerque Journal Eric Griego March 15, 2017- With less than a week left in the 2017 legislative session, it looks like New Mexico’s working families may again be left to fight for crumbs. Despite the introduction of two living wage bills that would raise the minimum wage to at least …