By Maegan Vazquez, Mariana Alfaro · The Washington Post (c) 2024 House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-Louisiana) said Wednesday that transgender individuals would not be allowed into restroom facilities in the Capitol and House office buildings that do not correspond with their sex assigned at birth, announcing the rule change about two weeks after Democrat Sarah McBride of […]
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Speaker Johnson restricts use of Capitol bathrooms by transgender people
By Maegan Vazquez, Mariana Alfaro · The Washington Post (c) 2024 House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-Louisiana) said Wednesday that transgender individuals would not be allowed into restroom facilities in the Capitol and House office buildings that do not correspond with their sex assigned at birth, announcing the rule change about two weeks after Democrat Sarah McBride of […]
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Letter to the Editor: Opposition to Campbell Ranch ‘Minor’ Subdivision application
Submitted by Janet Powell, Sandia Park I very strongly am opposed to Campbell Farming Corporation’s application to the Town of Edgewood to modify the 2002 Campbell Ranch Master Plan through the Minor Subdivision process for the Campbell Ranch Property. A Minor Subdivision is inconsistent with the current 2019 Subdivision Ordinance! And, we all know […]
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Village Cannabis Lights Up Placitas
Village Cannabis, Sandoval County’s newest dispensary, opened Nov. 6 in Placitas at Homestead Village, offering a convenient spot to find cannabis products in the heart of the community. Janet Goodman, a longtime Placitas resident, retired after 38 years from corrections in New Mexico and Texas. She swapped her badge for buds when she was inspired […]
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Missing ballots counted and added to Torrance County total count just in time for Election Day
Even though 140 absentee ballots were mailed in October without a return address, Torrance County Clerk Linda Jaramillo said the missing labels did not impact validity, and counting them was no issue. They were inspected with enough time to be returned before Nov. 5. The voting centers in Torrance County closed at 7 p.m., and […]
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Documents with damaging Gaetz testimony accessed in apparent breach
By Jacqueline Alemany, Liz Goodwin · The Washington Post (c) 2024 An unidentified person appears to have accessed documents shared among lawyers in a lawsuit that concerns allegations against former congressman Matt Gaetz (R-Florida), according to a person who received an email notifying them of the breach. The person spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss […]
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Documents with damaging Gaetz testimony accessed in apparent breach
By Jacqueline Alemany, Liz Goodwin · The Washington Post (c) 2024 An unidentified person appears to have accessed documents shared among lawyers in a lawsuit that concerns allegations against former congressman Matt Gaetz (R-Florida), according to a person who received an email notifying them of the breach. The person spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss […]
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Rep. Mace introduces measure to ban trans women from Capitol’s female bathrooms
By Mariana Alfaro, Marianna Sotomayor · The Washington Post (c) 2024 Rep. Nancy Mace (R-South Carolina) has introduced a resolution to ban transgender women from female bathrooms in the Capitol, weeks after the historic election of Rep.-elect Sarah McBride (D-Delaware), the first openly trans person to serve in Congress. While McBride has not joined Congress yet – she […]
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Rep. Mace introduces measure to ban trans women from Capitol’s female bathrooms
By Mariana Alfaro, Marianna Sotomayor · The Washington Post (c) 2024 Rep. Nancy Mace (R-South Carolina) has introduced a resolution to ban transgender women from female bathrooms in the Capitol, weeks after the historic election of Rep.-elect Sarah McBride (D-Delaware), the first openly trans person to serve in Congress. While McBride has not joined Congress yet – she […]
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12 big changes Trump could make to climate and environment policy
By Dino Grandoni, Evan Halper, Maxine Joselow · The Washington Post (c) 2024 Clean energy tax breaks, pollution rules, America’s participation in the Paris climate agreement – all these policies and more could be on the chopping block after the election of Donald Trump. The president-elect’s return to the White House in January could erase many U.S. efforts […]