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Why wear pink in October?

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Each year, the month of October brings cooler weather, pumpkin-spiced foods, costumed trick-or-treaters, and breast-cancer-awareness activities.

Since the initial breast-cancer movement began some 25 years ago, various shades of pink, among other symbolic pink awareness artifacts, have lobbied for our attention during the...

General Obligation Bond for higher education

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This November, voters in McKinley County will be asked to invest in New Mexico’s public colleges, universities, and specialty schools. General Obligation Bond C (referred to as GO Bond C) is asking voters to release $131,106,200 statewide to New Mexico’s institutions of higher education.

Here in McKinley County, $1.5 million is being requested for the University of New Mexico-Gallup Campus to be used for planning, designing, construction and equipping of a new physical plant facility.

While approval of funding for a new physical plant building will bring enormous benefit to our campus and community, a vote for GO Bond C will not increase taxes.

Our current physical plant building...

A blueprint for a state in the red

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Part 2 of 2; continued from last week

The path to public investment

The path to a strong New Mexico begins with making smart investments. There are many common-sense ways to raise new money, create jobs, and bolster our economy:

• Require all out-of-state corporations to pay income tax on their profits in New Mexico

New Mexico is one of the few states that still allows out-of-state corporations to shift their New Mexico profits on paper to another state to avoid paying taxes here. We lose millions in revenue, and local businesses lose out. A partial fix (called Mandatory Combined Reporting) to this was enacted in 2013, but it exempted many profitable corporations such as...

Report: SNAP delivers more nutrition assistance to children than any other program

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NM has highest rate of young children receiving SNAP benefits in nation

ALBUQUERQUE - A report released the week of Oct. 11 by the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities calls the food assistance program Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, formerly called food stamps, the single largest provider of nutrition assistance to children in struggling families across the country.

The report also shows that 46 percent of New Mexico’s young children—ages zero to four—receive SNAP benefits. That’s the highest rate in the nation.

“Getting a healthy, adequate diet is especially important for our youngest children, because nutrition plays a huge role in brain development,”...

Honoring Hispanic Heritage Month

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As you read this, the nation celebrates Hispanics and their contributions to the United States during National Hispanic Heritage Month. The recognition runs from Sept. 15 through Oct. 15.

The celebration began in 1968 as Hispanic Heritage Week, under then-President Lyndon B. Johnson, and was expanded by President Ronald Reagan in 1988 to cover a 30-day period beginning Sept. 15. Those 30 days are especially important for Gallup and McKinley County, as the city and its surrounding confines have significant Hispanic populations.

Hispanics celebrate the 30-day interval, but who celebrates with them? Who among us joins in and recognizes the tremendous value of America’s — and New...

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