[LWVNM Action] Summary of last night's meeting

[Gayle Boyd]

Gay

I am attaching an article from the Los Alamos Daily Post about the 
legislative agenda of some immigration groups. I will try to find out 
more, such as if they have identified any sponsors for this wish list.

Cheers,
Gayle


Gayle Boyd
863 Paseo del Sur
Santa Fe, NM  87501
(505) 983-8895




------ Original Message ------
>From "Akkana Peck via Action" <action at mailman.swcp.com>
To "LWVNM Action" <action at mailman.swcp.com>
Cc "Akkana Peck" <akkana at shallowsky.com>
Date 12/10/2024 10:11:30 AM
Subject [LWVNM Action] Summary of last night's meeting

>Thanks for a good meeting last night. Here's a summary, for those who couldn't make it:
>
>Regular Action meetings during the session will be on Wednesdays at 6pm.
>
>We have a long list of possible priorities; we have to pick three as our top priorities to be approved by the LWVNM board. That doesn't mean we won't continue to advocate for our secondary priorities!
>
>Some priority areas, with a few bills we think might be discussed in this session:
>
>Voting, Elections and Good Government
>     Redistricting – for now
>     Salary Commission – paid legislature
>Environment
>     gas & oil royalty rates – also supports education
>     Water issues – funding to implement past bills, aquifer mapping, surface water permitting, non-hunted wildlife
>Health Care
>     Medicaid Forward
>     Healthcare workforce
>     Oversight of insurance & provider consolidation
>Added at the meeting:
>   Immigration: stop sharing of data with ICE. Look at SB135 (2024).
>   Education: keep immigration raids out of schools
>   Housing
>
>If you have other areas you think should be considered, please post it to this list, and describe types of bills you expect to see that our positions cover. Remember, we can't advocate for anything that isn't covered by our positions:
>https://www.lwvnm.org/positions.html
>
>Our next Action meeting will be Wed, Dec 18 at 6pm, to finalize the priority list.
>
>Thanks, everybody!
>
>         ...Akkana
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