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Day 32 of the NM Legislative Session – Show Notes The Dily Lobo: https://www.dailylobo.com/article/2020/02/funding-for-opportunity-scholarship-comes-through ABQJournal Legislative Page Santa Fe New Mexican Home Page New Mexico Legislature Office of the Governor New Mexico in Focus NM Political Report New Mexico Politics with Joe Monahan New Mexico in Depth Want to reachout? Tweet or DM me @Tom_Garrity

Day 30 of the NM Legislative Session – Show Notes Larry Barker: Secret Documents: State Officials covertly pay out $27,000,000 ABQJournal Legislative Page Santa Fe New Mexican Home Page New Mexico Legislature Office of the Governor New Mexico in Focus NM Political Report New Mexico Politics with Joe Monahan New Mexico in Depth Want to reachout? Tweet or DM me @Tom_Garrity

Day 29 of the NM Legislative Session – Show Notes @NMSenateDems : https://twitter.com/NMSenateDems/status/1229556550433263617 ABQJournal Legislative Page Santa Fe New Mexican Home Page New Mexico Legislature Office of the Governor New Mexico in Focus NM Political Report New Mexico Politics with Joe Monahan New Mexico in Depth Want to reachout? Tweet or DM me @Tom_Garrity

Day 28 of the NM Legislative Session – Show Notes ABQJournal Legislative Page Santa Fe New Mexican Home Page New Mexico Legislature Office of the Governor New Mexico in Focus NM Political Report New Mexico Politics with Joe Monahan New Mexico in Depth Want to reachout? Tweet or DM me @Tom_Garrity

Day 25 of the NM Legislative Session – Show Notes ABQJournal Legislative Page Santa Fe New Mexican Home Page New Mexico Legislature Office of the Governor New Mexico in Focus NM Political Report New Mexico Politics with Joe Monahan New Mexico in Depth Want to reachout? Tweet or DM me @Tom_Garrity

Day 24 of the NM Legislative Session – Show Notes New Mexico Political Report: Cannabis legalization bill tabled in committee ABQJournal Legislative Page Santa Fe New Mexican Home Page New Mexico Legislature Office of the Governor New Mexico in Focus NM Political Report New Mexico Politics with Joe Monahan New Mexico in Depth Want to reachout? Tweet or DM me @Tom_Garrity

Day 22 of the NM Legislative Session – Show Notes New Mexico in Depth: Lawmakers push incentives for electric vehicles New Mexico Political Report: Gas tax bill dies in committee ABQJournal Legislative Page Santa Fe New Mexican Home Page New Mexico Legislature Office of the Governor New Mexico in Focus NM Political Report New Mexico Politics with Joe Monahan New Mexico in Depth Want to reachout? Tweet or DM me @Tom_Garrity

Day 21 of the NM Legislative Session – Show Notes New Mexico State Ethics Commission ABQJournal Legislative Page Santa Fe New Mexican Home Page New Mexico Legislature Office of the Governor New Mexico in Focus NM Political Report New Mexico Politics with Joe Monahan New Mexico in Depth Want to reachout? Tweet or DM me @Tom_Garrity

Day 18 of the NM Legislative Session – Show Notes KRQE News 13 reporter kicked out of public Senate Committee ABQJournal Legislative Page Santa Fe New Mexican Home Page New Mexico Legislature Office of the Governor New Mexico in Focus NM Political Report New Mexico Politics with Joe Monahan New Mexico in Depth Want to reachout? Tweet or DM me @Tom_Garrity

Day 17 of the NM Legislative Session – Show Notes ABQJournal Legislative Page Santa Fe New Mexican Home Page New Mexico Legislature Office of the Governor New Mexico in Focus NM Political Report New Mexico Politics with Joe Monahan New Mexico in Depth Want to reachout? Tweet or DM me @Tom_Garrity

Day 16 of the NM Legislative Session – Show Notes ABQJournal Legislative Page Santa Fe New Mexican Home Page New Mexico Legislature Office of the Governor New Mexico in Focus NM Political Report New Mexico Politics with Joe Monahan New Mexico in Depth Want to reachout? Tweet or DM me @Tom_Garrity

Day 15 of the NM Legislative Session – Show Notes ABQJournal Legislative Page Santa Fe New Mexican Home Page New Mexico Legislature Office of the Governor New Mexico in Focus NM Political Report New Mexico Politics with Joe Monahan New Mexico in Depth Want to reachout? Tweet or DM me @Tom_Garrity

Day 14 of the NM Legislative Session – Show Notes ABQJournal Legislative Page Santa Fe New Mexican Home Page New Mexico Legislature Office of the Governor New Mexico in Focus NM Political Report New Mexico Politics with Joe Monahan New Mexico in Depth Want to reachout? Tweet or DM me @Tom_Garrity

Day 11 of the NM Legislative Session – Show Notes ABQJournal Legislative Page Santa Fe New Mexican Home Page New Mexico Legislature Office of the Governor New Mexico in Focus NM Political Report New Mexico Politics with Joe Monahan New Mexico in Depth

Day 10 of the NM Legislative Session – Show Notes ABQJournal Legislative Page Santa Fe New Mexican Home Page New Mexico Legislature Office of the Governor New Mexico in Focus NM Political Report New Mexico Politics with Joe Monahan New Mexico in Depth

Day 9 of the NM Legislative Session – Show Notes NM Political Report: Cannabis legalization bill passes first committee on party lines ABQJournal Legislative Page Santa Fe New Mexican Home Page New Mexico Legislature Office of the Governor New Mexico in Focus NM Political Report New Mexico Politics with Joe Monahan New Mexico in Depth NM Politics

Day 8 of the NM Legislative Session – Show Notes KOB-TV: Lawmaker joins fight to protect land on Albuquerque's West Side KRQE: Show creators tease ‘Better Call Saul’ season 5 premiere ABQJournal Legislative Page Santa Fe New Mexican Home Page New Mexico Legislature Office of the Governor New Mexico in Focus NM Political Report New Mexico Politics with Joe Monahan New Mexico in Depth

Day 7 of the NM Legislative Session - Show Notes and Links ABQJournal Legislative Page Santa Fe New Mexican Home Page New Mexico Legislature Office of the Governor New Mexico in Focus NM Political Report New Mexico Politics with Joe Monahan New Mexico in Depth NM Politics Want to reachout? Tweet or DM me @Tom_Garrity

Second Chance Podcast Show Notes January 23, 2020 - Day 4 of the 30 day New Mexico Legislative session ABQJournal Legislative Page Santa Fe New Mexican Home Page New Mexico Legislature Office of the Governor New Mexico in Focus

Second Chance Podcast Show Notes January 23, 2020 - Day 3 of the 30 day New Mexico Legislative session KRQE-TV: NM lawmakers debate how much money to allocate to public education KOB 4 Gov. adds bill that would allow prescription drug importation to her call list KOAT 7: Governor: Recreational pot can be the next frontier for NM economy Albuquerque Journal Reporter Jessica Dyer @abqdyer Bernalillo County Commission’s lone Republican wins chair vote ABQJournal Legislative Page Santa Fe New Mexican Home Page New Mexico Legislature Office of the Governor New Mexico in Focus

Second Chance Podcast Show Notes January 22, 2020 - Day 2 of the 30 day New Mexico Legislative session Fact checking New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham's State of the State address ABQJournal Legislative Page Santa Fe New Mexican Home Page New Mexico Legislature Office of the Governor New Mexico in Focus

Second Chance Podcast Show Notes January 21, 2020 New Mexico PBS – State of the State ABQJournal Legislative Page Santa Fe New Mexican Home Page New Mexico Legislature Office of the Governor

January 20, 2020 – Show Notes “Letter from a Birmingham Jail” – Martin Luther King, Jr. NM Political Report New Mexico Politics with Joe Monahan New Mexico in Depth NM Politics ABQJournal Legislative Page New Mexico Legislature Office of the Governor Have a blog you want me to review, tweet me @Tom_Garrity

Show notes for the Second Chance Podcast January 19, 2020 New Mexico in Focus Podcast: Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham, Capitol Press Corps and The Line Santa Fe New Mexican: Session’s top challenge: Agreeing on a budget ABQJournal: Lawmakers set to tackle long list in short session ABQJournal Legislative Page New Mexico Legislature Office of the Governor

Friday, April 12th… I was wrapping up the week, when an email crosses my screen titled “Albuquerque Police Department Investigation Updates”. It includes a quote from Albuquerque Mayor Tim Keller that starts “Our city has faced a spate of senseless violence this week, as we attack crime from all sides throughout Albuquerque…” the quote continues and then the news release starts to list a series of violent crimes. Wednesday April 10, 2019 was the one day of the seven when Albuquerque residents didn’t kill one another. What did we do right on Wednesday, April 10th, 2019?

News sources referenced during today’s podcast https://www.abqjournal.com http://www.santafenewmexican.com https://www.easternnewmexiconews.com/story/2019/03/17/news/local-lawmakers-take-stock-of-session/161152.html http://nmindepth.com https://joemonahansnewmexico.blogspot.com https://www.newmexicopbs.org/productions/newmexicoinfocus/ https://nmlegis.gov

News sources referenced during today’s podcast https://www.abqjournal.com http://www.santafenewmexican.com https://www.newmexicopbs.org/productions/newmexicoinfocus/ http://nmindepth.com https://nmpoliticalreport.com https://nmlegis.gov

News sources referenced during today’s podcast https://www.abqjournal.com/1289792/former-hospital-ceo-supports-end-of-life-bill.html https://www.abqjournal.com http://www.santafenewmexican.com http://nmindepth.com https://joemonahansnewmexico.blogspot.com https://nmlegis.gov

News sources referenced during today’s podcast https://www.npr.org/2019/03/13/702927586/new-mexico-lawmakers-aim-for-carbon-free-energy-by-2045 https://www.abqjournal.com http://www.santafenewmexican.com http://nmindepth.com https://joemonahansnewmexico.blogspot.com https://nmlegis.gov http://www.newsradiokkob.com

News sources referenced in today's podcast: https://www.abqjournal.com http://www.santafenewmexican.com http://nmindepth.com https://joemonahansnewmexico.blogspot.com https://nmlegis.gov

Media Sources referenced in today's podcast: https://www.abqjournal.com http://www.santafenewmexican.com http://nmindepth.com https://joemonahansnewmexico.blogspot.com https://nmlegis.gov

Media Sources referenced in today's podcast https://www.newmexicopbs.org/productions/newmexicoinfocus/ https://www.abqjournal.com http://www.santafenewmexican.com http://nmindepth.com https://joemonahansnewmexico.blogspot.com

Media Sources referenced in today's podcast https://www.abqjournal.com https://www.santafenewmexican.com/news/legislature/ http://nmindepth.com https://joemonahansnewmexico.blogspot.com

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http://www.santafenewmexican.com/news/legislature/house-committee-advances-bill-to-curb-some-property-tax-breaks/article_e703337b-6882-55e3-a793-a37bbd45ce17.html http://www.santafenewmexican.com/news/education/sweeping-education-reform-bill-heads-to-house-floor/article_5fde0e7f-6a8f-566e-abc1-8a2c34a33995.html http://www.santafenewmexican.com/news/education/senate-finance-committee-restores-bill-creating-early-education-department/article_b82db94c-9766-50db-9e62-5d0bfc13af50.html http://www.santafenewmexican.com/news/legislature/gop-chairman-can-t-make-hay-out-of-cannabis/article_fc121e8a-4d4e-53e2-b59d-94a5e6daa03e.html http://www.santafenewmexican.com/opinion/editorials/yes-pass-laws-to-protect-the-vulnerable/article_75902d02-3996-5e77-b577-f4aaf7d39b51.html https://www.abqjournal.com/1286501/house-passes-bill-on-bilingual-education.html https://www.abqjournal.com/1286492/lujan-grisham-signs-national-lab-taxation-bill.html https://www.abqjournal.com/1286625/former-public-servants-lobby-excolleagues.html https://www.abqjournal.com/1286559/mayor-keller-abq-not-getting-fair-share-from-state.html https://joemonahansnewmexico.blogspot.com https://nmpoliticalreport.com/2019/03/01/despite-court-order-still-no-clarity-on-medical-cannabis-plant-count/ http://nmindepth.com/2019/02/28/lobbyist-transparency-bill-headed-to-house-floor/

It is Thursday, February 28, 2019. There are 16 days left in the 60 day legislative session. This is Tom Garrity of The Garrity Group Public Relations with the second halfpodcast, providing you an overview of the headlines and what reporters are covering during the second half of New Mexico’s Regular legislative session. Here are the stories from the Roundhouse making news this Thursday. We will start with the Albuquerque Journal today and their page 1 focus on House Bill Six. Reporter Dan Boyd’s story has a headline that reads” Proposed Tax Increases Head to House Floor, Bill would undo Richardson-Era Tax Cuts Dan McKay’s story today reads “Senate Backs Ban on Coyote-Killing Contests,” … Milan Simonich also has coverage in the Santa Fe New Mexican, it reads “Bill Banning Coyote-Killing Contests Get Senate OK, Similar Measures Have Died in the House Twice in past four years.” Both the Journal’s Dan Boyd and the Santa Fe New Mexican’s Andrew Oxford have stories focusing on the status on Ethic’s legislation moving through the session. Boyd’s story is titled “2ndHouse Committee Oks Ethics Panel Bill.” Oxford’s page 1 story reads “House Bill Seeks Transparency for Ethics Inquiries, New Language in Measure Makes Clear When Cases Would Become Public.” Inside on Page A-4 Andrew Oxford has a story “Senate Panel Corrals Open Primaries Measure” – it focuses on the apparent fate of Senate Bill 418 which would have forced the respective political parties to pay for their own primaries and open those primaries to all voters. Staying with the New Mexican, Robert Nott has a story about a “Dyslexia testing” bill advancing through the Senate On the Opinion Pages both papers focus on education today… · The Albuquerque Journal raises points related to the education debate and Charter Schools. The editorial asks the question: Why Are NM Lawmakers Declaring War on Charters?” · The Santa Fe New Mexican addresses the grading system for public schools in their piece “Accountability in a New Era of School Reform.” Finally, The Associated Press’ Russell Contreras, who celebrated a birthday yesterday, has a story that is getting a lot of statewide coverage “Legislators Honor Dolores Huerta”… story appears in different forms through out the state. Ms. Huerta is the Mexican-American Social Activist who formed a farmworkers union with Cesar Chavez. That’s a wrap on stories related to the Legislative session on this Last day of February, 2019 … this is Tom Garrity have a great Thursday. https://www.abqjournal.com http://www.santafenewmexican.com https://joemonahansnewmexico.blogspot.com https://nmindepth.com https://SFReporter.com

http://www.santafenewmexican.com/news/legislature/pay-hikes-considered-for-state-agency-heads/article_1b833c98-d03e-5a07-9153-565e2291e736.html http://www.santafenewmexican.com/news/local_news/farmington-says-investor-wants-to-keep-san-jan-generating-station/article_df43a7b5-6855-5b6a-96c3-9a6d7e9d2260.html http://www.santafenewmexican.com/news/legislature/house-committee-debates-bill-eliminating-tax-break-for-apartments/article_99643a2b-751b-5cf6-92da-d3cd662d2a59.html http://www.santafenewmexican.com/news/legislature/house-oks-bill-to-limit-criminal-records/article_bf3a90c6-6855-5626-8840-4b8b733aae00.html http://www.santafenewmexican.com/opinion/editorials/appointing-not-electing-the-prc-makes-sense/article_8bc12811-ab55-58e7-9139-3c66a8b874cd.html http://nmindepth.com/2019/02/26/measure-to-change-parole-process-for-30-year-lifers-advances/ https://nmpoliticalreport.com/2019/02/27/tipping-point-despite-changes-restaurants-servers-still-nervous-about-advancing-minimum-wage-bills/ https://joemonahansnewmexico.blogspot.com https://www.abqjournal.com/1285736/background-checks-bill-nears-passage-in-house.html https://www.abqjournal.com/1285865/house-passes-expungement-proposal.html

https://www.daily-times.com/story/news/2019/02/25/farmington-pnm-surprised-city-plans-keep-open-san-juan-generating-station/2982985002/ https://www.abqjournal.com/1285316/nms-film-credit-backlog-reaches-382m.html https://www.abqjournal.com/1285170/house-democrats-unveil-tax-proposal.html http://www.santafenewmexican.com/news/legislature/poll-new-mexico-voters-confident-in-elections/article_10654715-8c7b-5064-a9cf-c92a56ab07a9.html http://www.santafenewmexican.com/news/legislature/house-oks-bill-to-revamp-teacher-evaluation-system/article_fa82ed5b-acae-54e4-925c-593b1f7d93ad.html http://www.santafenewmexican.com/news/legislature/house-dems-rework-tax-overhaul-proposal/article_a5442b9e-88d7-5b4c-8a72-04d6b1b9d36a.html http://www.santafenewmexican.com/news/legislature/senators-pare-back-proposed-childhood-ed-agency/article_28942101-9a5a-51cc-b4bf-4ef55e0e4737.html https://joemonahansnewmexico.blogspot.com/

http://www.santafenewmexican.com/news/legislature/house-passes-bill-aimed-at-preserving-lanl-tax-revenue/article_b99fcf1b-507f-5e1b-b3bc-92cf2070b6dd.html https://www.abqjournal.com/1284907/bill-upholds-tax-levy-on-national-labs.html http://www.santafenewmexican.com/news/local_news/in-lobo-land-a-senator-sticks-up-for-coyotes/article_e2569953-fa27-5c15-ba4c-10b1117c496e.html http://nmpoliticalreport.com/2019/02/25/outsider-cyfd-secretary-looks-to-turn-around-troubled-department/ https://joemonahansnewmexico.blogspot.com/ http://www.santafenewmexican.com/news/legislature/quay-county-gun-rights-sanctuary-status-catches-like-fire-in/article_755c9df3-f7a4-5b8d-9e00-e52036fe68a3.html http://www.santafenewmexican.com/news/legislature/shift-to-renewable-energy-advances-in-new-mexico-senate/article_4baa21bb-26c7-5eba-b526-aec59f205b0b.html http://www.santafenewmexican.com/opinion/editorials/a-budget-that-shows-new-mexico-s-priorities/article_89ed3414-66bf-5f8e-a74d-20fda2f1db94.html https://www.abqjournal.com/1284139/14-counties-adopt-2nd-amendment-sanctuary-resolution.html https://www.abqjournal.com/1284215/pnm-firmly-supports-clean-energy-initiative.html https://www.abqjournal.com/1284570/ethics-proposals-dont-match-what-voters-wanted.html

Both Dan Boyd at the ABQJournal.com and Andrew Oxford at the SantaFeNewMexican.com have coverage of the House passing its version of the state budget and the next steps for the $7 billion budget plan that is headed to the Senate. There is a lot of stuff in that bill, it shold be interesting to see what makes it through “Dr. No” Senator John Arthur Smith who heads the Senate Finance Committee and eventually to the Governor on the fourth floor. One bill that seems to be getting a lot of play in print and broadcast circles are two proposals to put New Mexico on either Daylight Savings Time or Standard Time. Milan Simonich’s article “Legislators divided on what time it should be in New Mexico” provides a good overview, find it at santafenewmexican.com. The Albuquerque Journal’s Dan McKay also provides some insight on this topic over at the Albuquerque Journal. There seem to be a few general themes of coverage in both papers. One is on the driver and the other on the car. First the driver – Check out Dan McKay’s story “Senate Oks Proposed changes to drivers license system.” It is on page A-4 of the Albuquerque Journal. Now the car –on Page A-8 of the Santa Fe New Mexican, Daniel Chacon has an interesting take on HB231 that would require license plates on both the front and back of the vehicle in his story: Front-end plate bill advances.” On the Education Beat… one focus is on the teacher and the other on the classroom… Over at ABQJournal.com, Dan McKay has a story about some legislation that has bipartisan support in his story “Senate moves to revise teacher evaluations” Dillon Mullan provides coverage on the Public Education Department’s quest to comply with the federal Every Student Succeeds Act in his article School Rating System to be overhauled. See the story on Page A-9 or online at SantaFeNewMexican.com On the topic of Energy… The headline reads “Bill would allow oil field regulators to levy fines”… The Associated Press’ Morgan Lee shares some insight on a proposal to streamline a process to pursue sanctions for oilfield spills and other violations. The legislation sponsored by Senator Richard Martinez of Espanola. Kevin Robinson Avila also has a story on this topic over at ABQJournal.com … also of note, Speaker of the House Brian Egolf has a guest column in the Santa Fe Mew Mexican on the topic of renewable energy. Staying On the opinion pages, the Albuquerque Journal weighs in on minimum wage proposals in a piece titled “Senate’s minimum-wage plan makes sense, HB 31 doesn’t” Meanwhile the Santa Fe New Mexican opines “A charter school moratorium makes sense”. Finally, a preview for this evening’s New Mexico in Focus. Gene Grant hosts Giovanna Rossi, former Representative Stephanie Maez, former House Minority Whip Dan Foley and yours truly. We will be discussing · Public Education Funding proposals in the legislature as they relate to the Yazzie/Martinez, case and impact aid… which, interestingly was, a focal point in the Zuni Lawsuit from many years ago. · Also, we weigh in on the State’s decision to join a lawsuit over the Trump administration’s emergency declaration to build a border wall. · And we discuss Governor MLG plans to reverse Medicaid charges to reduce barriers to healthcare. That’s a wrap on stories related to the Legislative session on this Friday, February 22nd. We will check back in on Monday to catch up with the blogs and weekend happenings… Links to the news sources are in the show notes, this is Tom Garrity have a great weekend. https://www.abqjournal.com http://www.santafenewmexican.com https://joemonahansnewmexico.blogspot.com https://nmindepth.com https://SFReporter.com

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Links discussed in this episode: ABQJournal.com SantaFeNewMexican.com NMPoliticalReport.com JoeMonaghan.com NMinDepth.com

Good morning, the New Mexico legislature is now past the halfway point of the 60-day session. The first half is traditionally pleasantries, receptions and memorials in the House and Senate. The second half is when the heavy lifting takes place. In that spirit, this short run podcast will provide you an overview of what’s making news in the roundhouse. In less than five minutes, I’ll let you know the what New Mexico media is discussing about the 60 day session by providing an overview of the stories being covered by the Albuquerque Journal, Santa Fe New Mexican, key blogs and TV news stories that catch my attention. By means of introduction, this is Tom Garrity. My public relations firm, The Garrity Group is based in Albuquerque. Following a ten year career in the news media, I moved into the public relations arena where I established my firm 21 years ago. And yes, I am the bow-tie guy on the New Mexico PBS public affairs program New Mexico in Focus where I have the opportunity to weigh-in on events of the day. In the spirit of one beggar showing another beggar where to get food, this podcast is just simply reviewing the headlines on a daily basis, nothing more. I will read through the headlines, provide credit to reporters covering the stories and hopefully you will read their stories and learn more about the issues being discussed in the New Mexico legislature. I am doing this podcast before I start my work day. Which means I am trying to get it done after a daily run, quiet time and getting ready for the day. Some morning’s I’ll have a meeting, surprise surprise, others I won’t. All that to say, I’ll try to have this updated before the work day starts, Monday through Friday until the legislative session wraps up. I will post the link on my personal twitter account @tom_garrity. The podcast is not sponsored, and if I give my opinion it might be in the form of a pun or a play on words. The focus is to share the information so we all can hopefully be more informed. For more information about the things of interest to me, you can ghost my twitter account @tom_garrity , personal blog site tomgarrity.com or check out my company’s page garritypr.com. Thank you for listening to the second half podcast.