Residents packed the Sandoval County Commission chambers for the final commission meeting of the year Dec. 11, marking the conclusion of the second term for Commission Chair David Heil and Commissioner Jay Block, who was recently elected to the state senate “Commissioner Block, it’s been a pleasure working with you over these eight years — […]
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Insuring your home has never been harder. Here’s how to do it.
By Michael J. Coren, Naema Ahmed, Kevin Crowe · The Washington Post (c) 2024 Christina Temple moved to Truckee, California, to buy her first home. The small mountain town, a short drive from Lake Tahoe, offered the former preschool teacher and her husband, a carpenter, a shot at becoming middle class by escaping crushing housing costs near Santa […]
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Insuring your home has never been harder. Here’s how to do it.
By Michael J. Coren, Naema Ahmed, Kevin Crowe · The Washington Post (c) 2024 Christina Temple moved to Truckee, California, to buy her first home. The small mountain town, a short drive from Lake Tahoe, offered the former preschool teacher and her husband, a carpenter, a shot at becoming middle class by escaping crushing housing costs near Santa […]
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Senate probe finds Amazon manipulates workplace injury data
By Caroline O’Donovan, Lauren Kaori Gurley · The Washington Post (c) 2024 A sweeping congressional investigation into worker safety at Amazon found that the nation’s largest online retailer manipulated data on warehouse worker injuries and disregarded internal research on improving safety. The report was released late Sunday by the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pension, or HELP, […]
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Senate probe finds Amazon manipulates workplace injury data
By Caroline O’Donovan, Lauren Kaori Gurley · The Washington Post (c) 2024 A sweeping congressional investigation into worker safety at Amazon found that the nation’s largest online retailer manipulated data on warehouse worker injuries and disregarded internal research on improving safety. The report was released late Sunday by the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pension, or HELP, […]
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Over 120 House Democrats call on Biden to have Equal Rights Amendment ratified
By Mariana Alfaro · The Washington Post (c) 2024 More than 120 House Democrats have signed a letter asking President Joe Biden to urge the nation’s archivist to recognize the ratification of the Equal Rights Amendment by publishing theamendment first proposed 101 years ago – a move they believe would finally enshrine sex equality into the […]
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Over 120 House Democrats call on Biden to have Equal Rights Amendment ratified
By Mariana Alfaro · The Washington Post (c) 2024 More than 120 House Democrats have signed a letter asking President Joe Biden to urge the nation’s archivist to recognize the ratification of the Equal Rights Amendment by publishing theamendment first proposed 101 years ago – a move they believe would finally enshrine sex equality into the […]
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New Mexico Water Board Votes to Protect 250 miles of River and Stream Segments from Pollution
New Mexico’s water governing board approved a petition Tuesday to safeguard 250 miles of stream and river segments under the state’s strongest water quality protections. The Water Quality Control Commission voted 10-0 to protect portions of the Rio Grande, Rio Chama, Cimmaron, Pecos and Jemez river watersheds in the northern portion of the state. These […]
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A migrant caravan just set out from Mexico. Why that’s no longer a crisis.
By Mariana Morales, Mary Beth Sheridan · The Washington Post (c) 2024 TAPACHULA, Mexico – At the stroke of midnight Wednesday, around 1,000 migrants set off on foot from this southern Mexican city, heaving backpacks, clutching water bottles, balancing toddlers on their shoulders. Everyone wanted to reach the U.S. border – preferably before Donald Trump is sworn […]
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A migrant caravan just set out from Mexico. Why that’s no longer a crisis.
By Mariana Morales, Mary Beth Sheridan · The Washington Post (c) 2024 TAPACHULA, Mexico – At the stroke of midnight Wednesday, around 1,000 migrants set off on foot from this southern Mexican city, heaving backpacks, clutching water bottles, balancing toddlers on their shoulders. Everyone wanted to reach the U.S. border – preferably before Donald Trump is sworn […]