Huge numbers of people on Earth are keen to leave the planet forever and seek a new life homesteading on Mars.

Hartson wins again as UTSA beats New Mexico State
San Antonio Express (blog)
His teammates more than made up for it, scoring five times in the bottom of the first en route to a 9-4 victory over New Mexico State at Roadrunner Field. After yielding a two-run homer in the first, Hartson (7-4) settled down to lead the Roadrunners ...
Roadrunners drop New Mexico State in series opener, 9-4UTSA Athletics
Aggies Fall 9-4 on the Road in Series Opener to UTSANMSU Aggies

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Around New Mexico
Albuquerque Journal (subscription)
Susana Martinez will accompany members of a New Mexico nonprofit group on their annual goodwill visit, the Governor's Office said Friday. Martinez will travel with members of the New Mexico Amigos to Colorado Springs on Sunday, Martinez spokesman ...

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New drug being smuggled into New Mexico prisons
KTSM News Channel 9
Las Cruces, NM (KTSM) — It only takes a second to get hooked. On Thursday we introduced you to Veronica, an 18 year-old Las Cruces woman who started using heroin a year and a half ago. She remembers the decision like it was yesterday. "They're like ...

Gutfeld and McGuirk sound off

Gutfeld and McGuirk sound off

Tourism official with New Mexico group on national board
KTNV Las Vegas
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) -- A tourism official with an Albuquerque-based group has been named to the Commerce Department's national travel advisory board. Sherry Rupert, who is vice president of the American Indian Alaska Native Tourism Association ...

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NM State Film Office hosts conference on new incentive laws
Albuquerque Business First
The New Mexico Film and Media Industry Conference, hosted by the State Film Office at the Embassy Suites Hotel, is holding workshops with local and national speakers. During this year's legislative session, the state passed a new set of rules for film ...

New Mexico and LCPS Teacher of the Year Pamela Cort meets Obama
Las Cruces Sun-News
Las Cruces High School French teacher Pamela Cort, the 2013 LCPS and New Mexico teacher of the year, at the White House met with President Obama and other state teachers of the year. Cort is pictured in the row above and just to the right of the ...

Gun control group waged New Mexico ad campaign
Santa Fe New Mexican.com
A national group founded by New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg pumped nearly $32,000 into an advertising campaign in New Mexico for legislation to expand criminal background checks of gun buyers. The campaign by Mayors Against Illegal Guns ...

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Savor the Flavor festival debuts in Santa Fe June 2
Albuquerque Business First
The museum's featured exhibit, “New World Cuisine: The Histories of Chocolate, Mate y Mas,” will present a historical focus on chocolate and mate. A wine tasting will be held at the Museum Hill Café, featuring wines from New Mexico and South America ...

The #1 Recruit In The Land Signs With...... New Mexico??
LetsRun.com
To New Mexico to run for Joe Franklin, who guided Lee Emmanuel to two NCAA mile titles a few years ago. Peter Callahan celebrates the Tigers DMR victory in March. Since he hadn't run outdoors and didn't show up at the Penn Relays, many had thought ...

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NM high school tennis player penalized for Spanish
KOB.com
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) - A New Mexico high school tennis player has been penalized for speaking Spanish during a state championship singles match. The Albuquerque Journal reports that New Mexico Military Institute's Jose Gonzales was penalized a ...
Tennis player told 'English only' - KRQE-TV.comKRQE

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Gun control group waged New Mexico ad campaign
Las Cruces Sun-News
SANTA FE - A national group founded by New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg pumped nearly $32,000 into an advertising campaign in New Mexico for legislation to expand criminal background checks of gun buyers. The campaign by Mayors Against ...

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Gun control group waged New Mexico ad campaign
Businessweek
SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — A national group founded by New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg pumped nearly $32,000 into an advertising campaign in New Mexico for legislation to expand criminal background checks of gun buyers. The campaign by ...

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CHALLENGING THE FEDS: New Mexico Sen. Tom Udall is getting support for legislation to reverse 5 percent cuts in mineral and energy royalties.

Gov. Susana Martinez has voiced her support for Sen. Tom Udall, who has introduced legislation challenging the Obama administration’s decision to use sequestration to seize 5 percent of mineral and energy royalties from states..

“The federal government should never have cut these royalty payments to begin with, as they don’t represent the traditional type of programmatic cuts that the sequester was seemingly designed to enforce,” Martinez spokesman Enrique Knell wrote in an e-mail to New Mexico Watchdog.

In late March, the Obama administration through the Department of the Interior contacted 35 states that have federal leases on state lands, informing them that due to sequestration 5 percent of their royalties from mineral and energy extraction (such as coal, oil and natural gas) would be forfeited.

The two states hardest hit are Wyoming (which will lose $53 million) and New Mexico (which would lose $26 million).

Early next week, Sen. Udall — along with Wyoming senators Mike Enzi and John Barrasso —will introduce the State Mineral Revenue Protection Act to try to reverse the decision.

“The agreement for mineral development needs to be honored,” Udall said by phone Thursday (May 9) from his Capitol Hill office. “These aren’t federal funds. These revenues should not be subject to sequestration.”

Gov. Martinez and officials in her administration have also complained and late Thursday afternoon, her spokesman said she “fully supports” Udall’s bill, adding she also “supports blocking the 2 percent federal collection fee, which costs New Mexico nearly $10 million for a service that costs the federal government a fraction of that.”

Udall says he hopes his bill will get assigned to the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, where New Mexico’s other senator — Democrat Martin Heinrich — serves.

In an e-mail to New Mexico Watchdog, Heinrich wrote, “I disagree with DOI’s decision to sequester revenue under the Mineral Leasing Act and am pursuing an approach to fixing the problem that may not require legislation.”

Heinrich didn’t elaborate on what kind of solution he has in mind.

In 2012, New Mexico received about $488 million in mineral and energy extraction royalties from the Mineral Leasing Act.

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Dry conditions may deter activity in NM - KRQE-TV.com
KRQE
ALBUQUERQUE (KRQE) - On Friday morning, officials with several state agencies will hold a news conference to encourage New Mexicans to continue enjoying the outdoors this summer despite drought and fire conditions. Representatives from New Mexico ...
Parks open; fire restrictions in placeKASA

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The idea of putting solar panels on the Roundhouse parking garage is being pushed by an environmental group. The group managed to convince legislators to set aside $185,000 of taxpayers’ money aside for solar panels during the last legislative session, but alas (for them) Gov. Martinez vetoed it.

Readers in this space will know that we are not big fans of subsidies for ANY energy source (see chart below):

But that is not even the point when it comes to questioning the merits of this particular project:

1) The Roundhouse sits largely empty for 10 months out of the year (yes, there are interim committee hearings), will the electricity generated by sold on the grid?

2) Top electricity usage in the Roundhouse would be during the legislative session which takes place during January-February (or March) when the sun shines the least. How is this cost-effective?

3) While the group claims a repayment schedule that clearly seems to benefit taxpayers, can we get a full accounting of the costs and benefits of this project (including all subsidies) from a third-party auditor?

Good, simple NM food
Albuquerque Journal (subscription)
That's one of many choices available at Atrisco, a family-operated New Mexican restaurant in DeVargas Center. With easy parking, an efficient wait staff and good chile – the key to my heart when it comes to this cuisine – Atrisco is a solid choice for ...

New Mexico exchange subject to sunshine laws
Businessweek
SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — New Mexico's open government laws will apply to a state-run health insurance exchange that will serve as a marketplace for the uninsured to buy medical coverage. Legislation enacted this year makes clear the exchange and its ...

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