The Bernalillo County Commission will consider changes related to new work opportunities for former elected officials and salaries for current and former officials on Tuesday. A change to the county’s code of conduct would eliminate the one-year “cooling-off period” required for former elected officials before they can accept employment or consulting work with the county. […]
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Letter to the Editor: Climate Change and Economic Challenges Need Leadership Not Rants
Submitted by Susan Smith, Tijeras Wow! What a rant by Rep. Lord in the December 5 Independent. It’s so tempting to respond in kind, but the deadly seriousness of climate change is too important for that. Fortunately, she doesn’t deny climate change, just our ability to fix it. It’s true that we don’t know how […]
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Jaramillo has been serving Torrance County for nearly a quarter century
In the November election, former Torrance County Clerk Linda Jaramillo was elected county commissioner, and although she might be its newest member, she’s no stranger to the commission chambers, and no stranger to New Mexico; she’s lived here for 70 years. Her history of public service began in the medical field and continued into politics, […]
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Democrats propose deal to GOP extending Affordable Care Act subsidies by a year
By Dan Diamond, Rachel Roubein · The Washington Post (c) 2024 Congressional Democrats have privately proposed a deal to Republicans that would extend expiring Affordable Care Act subsidies by one year, with lawmakers worried by new estimates that 2.2 million people will otherwise lose health coverage, according to five people who spoke on the condition of anonymity to […]
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Democrats propose deal to GOP extending Affordable Care Act subsidies by a year
By Dan Diamond, Rachel Roubein · The Washington Post (c) 2024 Congressional Democrats have privately proposed a deal to Republicans that would extend expiring Affordable Care Act subsidies by one year, with lawmakers worried by new estimates that 2.2 million people will otherwise lose health coverage, according to five people who spoke on the condition of anonymity to […]
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The ‘cut spending’ conversation finally arrives at Medicare
Philip Bump, The Washington Post (c) 2024 In the wake of the killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson in New York this week, the polling firm YouGov asked Americans a grimly related question: How satisfied were they with their health insurer? The results were perhaps surprising. Overall, about 6 in 10 respondents said they were […]
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The ‘cut spending’ conversation finally arrives at Medicare
Philip Bump, The Washington Post (c) 2024 In the wake of the killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson in New York this week, the polling firm YouGov asked Americans a grimly related question: How satisfied were they with their health insurer? The results were perhaps surprising. Overall, about 6 in 10 respondents said they were […]
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Trump taps forceful ally of hard-line immigration policies to head Customs and Border Protection
By Rebecca Santana, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The picture of who will be in charge of executing President-elect Donald Trump’s hard-line immigration and border policies has come into sharper focus after he announced his picks to head Customs and Border Protection and also the agency tasked with deporting immigrants in the country illegally. Trump […]
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Trump taps forceful ally of hard-line immigration policies to head Customs and Border Protection
By Rebecca Santana, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The picture of who will be in charge of executing President-elect Donald Trump’s hard-line immigration and border policies has come into sharper focus after he announced his picks to head Customs and Border Protection and also the agency tasked with deporting immigrants in the country illegally. Trump […]
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Elon Musk is now America’s largest political donor
By Trisha Thadani, Clara Ence Morse · The Washington Post (c) 2024 Elon Musk gave at least $277 million in political donations this year to back Donald Trump and other Republican candidates, making him the largest political donor in the 2024 election cycle, according to an analysis of new Federal Election Commission filings by The Washington Post. The […]