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  • February 27, 2021 Long-time Republican takes over at helm of Lea County party
  • February 27, 2021 New Mexico governor signs bill to preserve abortion rights
  • February 26, 2021 Prison adds 192 COVID-19 cases on Friday
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New Mexico governor signs bill to preserve abortion rights

By Hobbs News-Sun
February 27, 2021
in :  State/Regional News
208

SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — Democratic Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham on Friday signed a bill to shore up abortion rights in New Mexico, saying a woman has the right to make decisions about her own body. The legislation, which won final approval from the Democratic-led Legislature last week, overturns a dormant 1969 ban on most abortion procedures. Had the old …

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Biden surveys Texas weather damage, thanks emergency workers

By Hobbs News-Sun
February 26, 2021
in :  State/Regional News
405

HOUSTON (AP) — President Joe Biden heard firsthand from Texans clobbered by this month’s brutal winter weather on Friday as he and his wife made their first trip to a major disaster area since he took office. Biden was briefed by emergency officials and thanked workers for doing “God’s work.” With tens of thousands of Houston area residents still without …

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House speaker fencing still needed at New Mexico Capitol

By Hobbs News-Sun
February 26, 2021
in :  State/Regional News
391

SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — Democratic House Speaker Brian Egolf says security fencing that encircles the state Capitol building will remain in place through the end of the current legislative session on March 20 on the advice of state security officials including New Mexico State Police. Egolf told news media in a video conference on Thursday that the fencing has …

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Interior nominee Haaland questioned on drilling, pipelines

By Hobbs News-Sun
February 23, 2021
in :  Business, State/Regional News
585

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden’s nominee to head the Interior Department faced sharp questions from Republicans Tuesday over what several called her “radical” ideas that include opposition to fracking and the Keystone XL oil pipeline. Deb Haaland, a New Mexico congresswoman named to lead the Interior Department, tried to reassure GOP lawmakers, saying she is committed to “strike the …

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EXPLAINER: Why the power grid failed in Texas and beyond

By Hobbs News-Sun
February 17, 2021
in :  State/Regional News
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EXPLAINER: Why the power grid failed in Texas and beyond By DAVID KOENIG and MICHAEL LIEDTKE Associated Press DALLAS (AP) — The power outages tormenting Texas in uncharacteristically Arctic temperatures are exposing weaknesses in an electricity system designed when the weather’s seasonal shifts were more consistent and predictable — conditions that most experts believe no longer exist. This isn’t just …

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Sen. Heinrich’s, Sen. Lujan’s statements on vote to convict Trump

By Hobbs News-Sun
February 13, 2021
in :  State/Regional News, Uncategorized
1,399

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) released the following statement after voting to convict former President Donald Trump on the high crime of inciting an insurrection. The Senate voted 57-43 on the Article of Impeachment. “What happened on January 6, 2021, was not a spontaneous event. This violent and bloody attack on our democracy was cultivated by months of Donald …

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Biden administration to allow 25,000 asylum-seekers into US

By Hobbs News-Sun
February 12, 2021
in :  State/Regional News
1,062

SAN DIEGO (AP) — The Biden administration on Friday announced plans for tens of thousands of asylum-seekers waiting in Mexico for their next immigration court hearings to be allowed into the United States while their cases proceed. The first of an estimated 25,000 asylum-seekers in Mexico with active cases will be allowed in the United States on Feb. 19, authorities …

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At least 6 killed in massive crash on icy Texas interstate

By Hobbs News-Sun
February 11, 2021
in :  State/Regional News
1,862

DALLAS (AP) — A massive crash involving more than 130 vehicles on an icy Texas interstate left six people dead and dozens injured Thursday amid a winter storm that dropped freezing rain, sleet and snow on parts of the U.S. At the scene of the crash on Interstate 35 near downtown Fort Worth, a tangle of semitrailers, cars and trucks …

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New Mexico red-flag gun law seldom used to withdraw firearms

By Hobbs News-Sun
February 10, 2021
in :  State/Regional News
879

SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — A fledgling red-flag gun law aimed at removing firearms from people who pose a danger to themselves or others has been applied just four times across New Mexico since it went into effect in May, records show. The Administrative Office of the Courts confirmed Tuesday that a total of four petitions for extreme risk firearm …

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New Mexico State Police officer shot and killed on highway

By Hobbs News-Sun
February 5, 2021
in :  State/Regional News
1,417

DEMING, N.M. (AP) — New Mexico was in mourning Friday over the shooting death of a State Police officer in a highway-stop confrontation linked by authorities to drug trafficking that touched off a 40-mile police chase. Officials say the attacker was killed in a shootout with police at Las Cruces, where another officer was wounded. The officer killed Thursday was …

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