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RTD Blue Bus Seasonal TSV Green Route To Taos Ski Valley Suspended For 2020/2021 Winter Season

NCRTD News:

The North Central Regional Transit District (NCRTD) has announced that its RTD 341 TSV Green route between the Town of Taos and Taos Ski Valley will be suspended for the upcoming 2020/2021 winter season.

The move also impacts the weekend evening service on the RTD 380 Night Rider route, which also will be placed on hold this season.

The TSV Green and Night Rider routes are seasonal services that coincide with the winter ski season at the Taos Ski Valley.

Due to measures taken by NCRTD in light of the current COVID-19 restrictions, buses are operating with limited capacity to allow for Read More

New Mexico Absentee Ballot Count By Party As Of 10-02-20

From the Office of the Secretary Of State:

This data represents the total number of absentee ballot requests received as of 8:30 a.m. today in New Mexico, as furnished by the Office of the New Mexico Secretary of State.

Daily updates about these absentee ballot requests will be published until Oct. 6 when the data will be adjusted to reflect vote counts instead (absentee, early in-person and Election Day).

Those vote counts also will be broken down by county and political party. Read More

New Mexico Delegation: $1.5 Million In CARES Act Funding For State’s Coronavirus Economic Recovery Strategy

New Mexico Delegation News:

WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Senators Tom Udall (D-N.M.) and Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) and U.S. Representatives Ben Ray Luján (D-N.M.), Deb Haaland (D-N.M.) and Xochitl Torres Small (D-N.M.) applauded a $1.5 million grant to the New Mexico Economic Development Department to help develop a statewide coronavirus economic recovery plan.

The funds are awarded from the U.S. Economic Development Agency’s (EDA) Recovery Assistance grant program that the New Mexico delegation fought to establish in the CARES Act that Congress passed in March.

“In addition to the lives Read More

ProgressNow New Mexico: Proud Boys; Election Interference

ProgressNow New Mexico News:

ALBUQUERQUE – In response to President Trump’s mention of the Proud Boys during the first presidential debate, ProgressNow New Mexico has released a history of the New Mexico Proud Boys’ pattern of armed intimidation and violence at local racial justice rallies and to individuals both in New Mexico and nationally.

During the debate, President Donald Trump refused to denounce white supremacists and gave the Proud Boys, a known hate group, the order to “stand back and stand by”. ProgressNow New Mexico said, adding that after Trump namechecked the Proud Boys, their Read More

U.S. House Assistant Speaker Ben Ray Luján On Passage Of New Heroes Act To Protect American Lives And Livelihoods

U.S. House Assistant Speaker Ben Ray Luján

STATE News:

WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. House Assistant Speaker Ben Ray Luján (D-N.M.) issued the following statement on the House passage of the new Heroes Act to support families and small businesses, bolster COVID-19 testing and contact tracing, and provide much-needed relief to local, state, and Tribal governments:

“In the nearly 150 days since the House passed the original Heroes Act, I have heard from tens of thousands of New Mexicans calling for additional relief for their families, small businesses, hospitals, and schools. They witnessed as Read More

President Trump And First Lady Test Positive For COVID-19

President Donald Trump announced in a tweet early this morning that he and First Lady Melania Trump have tested positive for COVID-19. In response to the news, people from across the nation and every political persuasion called in this morning to C-SPAN to express sentiments ranging from best wishes and prayers to the president and first lady for a speedy recovery to anger at the president for holding large political rallies and his reluctance to promote the importance of wearing masks and social distancing. The president’s physician reported this morning that both the president and his wife Read More

FBI: Foreign Actors Likely To Use Online Journals To Spread Disinformation Regarding 2020 Elections

FBI News:

The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) are issuing this announcement to raise awareness of the potential threat posed by foreign-backed online journals that spread disinformation regarding the 2020 elections.

Foreign intelligence services have been known to use websites, including pseudo-academic online journals, to disseminate articles with misleading or unsubstantiated information.

Such sites could be employed during the 2020 election season in an attempt to manipulate public opinion, increase Read More

FBI: Distributed Denial-Of-Service Attacks Could Hinder Access To Voting Information; Would Not Prevent Voting

FBI News:

The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) are issuing this announcement to raise awareness that Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attacks on election infrastructure can hinder access to voting information but would not prevent voting.

DDoSs are common cyber-attacks that can slow or render election-related public-facing websites inaccessible, which could hinder voters’ ability to access voting information or voting results.

A DDoS attack occurs when attackers flood a public-facing, Internet accessible Read More

Dist. 43 Rep. Christine Chandler And Challenger David Hampton On Chamber Virtual Forum Discuss Issues Of Concern To Business Community

By BONNIE J. GORDON
Los Alamos Daily Post

bjgordon@ladailypost.com

Incumbent Dist. 43 Rep. Christine Chandler (Democrat) and Republican challenger David Hampton joined Los Alamos Chamber of Commerce Director Ryn Herrmann and Los Alamos Commerce and Development Corporation Executive Director Patrick Sullivan Tuesday for a discussion of issues of special relevance to the business community via Zoom.

The last two years have been productive in the New Mexico House of Representatives, Chandler said. She serves on the taxation and revenue and judiciary committees, which often deal with Read More

New Mexico Absentee Ballot Count By Party As Of 10-01-20

From the Office of the Secretary Of State:

This data represents the total number of absentee ballot requests received as of 8:30 a.m. today in New Mexico, as furnished by the Office of the New Mexico Secretary of State.

Daily updates about these absentee ballot requests will be published until Oct. 6 when the data will be adjusted to reflect vote counts instead (absentee, early in-person and Election Day).

Those vote counts also will be broken down by county and political party. Read More

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