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		<title>Peace Movement Adopts New Comprehensive Strategy</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Jul 2010 06:27:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[By David Swanson http://afterdowningstreet.org/node/54305 Last week 700 leading peace activists from around the United States met and strategized in Albany, N.Y. ( http://nationalpeaceconference.org ). They discussed, debated, and voted for a comprehensive new plan for the coming months. The plan includes a new focus and some promising proposals for building a coalition that includes the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>2010 KIDS COUNT Report: NM Back in Bottom Five States in Child Well-Being</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Jul 2010 16:44:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Persistent child poverty, high teen birth rate keep NM in bottom ten ALBUQUERQUE—New Mexico’s national ranking slid to 46th in this year’s KIDS COUNT Data Book; down from last year’s 43rd. The report, released annually by the Annie E. Casey Foundation, ranks the states on ten indicators of child well-being, ranging from the prevalence of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>New Report Shows Most NM Small Businesses Eligible for Health Care Tax Credits</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Jul 2010 18:35:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Report Finds More than 24,800 New Mexico Small Businesses Eligible for Tax Credit in 2010; 5,500 Qualify for Maximum Credit ALBUQUERQUE, NM &#8211; More than 88.9 percent of New Mexico small businesses with fewer than 25 employees will be eligible this year for tax credits to help pay the cost of necessary employee health insurance [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Health Secretary Approves Six New Nonprofit Medical Cannabis Producers</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Jul 2010 18:40:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[New Mexico Now Has 11 Licensed Nonprofit Producers (Santa Fe) – The New Mexico Department of Health announced today that it is licensing six additional nonprofit producers for its Medical Cannabis program. There are now 11 nonprofits licensed to produce medical cannabis for patients in New Mexico. “The additional producers will help meet the needs [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Economic benefits of health care reform noted</title>
		<link>http://www.grass-roots-press.com/2010/06/10/economic-benefits-of-health-care-reform-noted/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Jun 2010 03:06:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Second Edition of Five-Part Educational Series, Outlines Benefits of Health Care Reform: Nearly 75% of all New Mexico Businesses Could be Eligible for Significant Tax Credits, A Result of Health Care Reform ALBUQUERQUE, NM. –  With the implementation of health care reform underway, many necessary policy changes are already in effect.  While full implementation will [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Trial For Cuban Militant Set For Jan. 11</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 06 Jun 2010 04:55:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[EL PASO, Texas &#8212; The trial of anti-Castro Cuban militant Luis Posada Carriles has been set to begin in January, according to news reports. U.S. District Judge Kathleen Cardone scheduled the trial in El Paso for Jan. 11. The former CIA operative faces federal charges of perjury, obstruction and naturalization fraud. Posada has been linked [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Election results</title>
		<link>http://www.grass-roots-press.com/2010/06/02/election-results/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Jun 2010 06:21:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[For those who may have missed the coverage in other media, below is a link to the Dona Ana County Clerk&#8217;s Election web site that contains the final unofficial results of Tuesday&#8217;s primary elections: http://www.donaanacounty.org/elections/live/ The statewide results can be found on the Secretary of State&#8217;s web site: http://204.12.117.77/county0.htm]]></description>
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		<title>CC candidate Garrett stresses long-term planning, public participation</title>
		<link>http://www.grass-roots-press.com/2010/05/29/cc-candidate-garrett-stresses-long-term-planning-public-participation/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 30 May 2010 05:42:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Steve Klinger Billy Garrett, a candidate for Doña Ana County Commission, District 1, feels his experience sets him apart from the other Democrats running for the position in the June 1 primary. As a National Park Service architect and manager for 26 years, Garrett dealt heavily with infrastructure challenges and multi-million-dollar budgets and would [...]]]></description>
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		<title>LULAC calls for immediate investigation of potential &#8216;dirty tricks&#8217; in race for Court of Appeals</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 27 May 2010 03:50:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The New Mexico State Council of United Latin American Citizens (LULAC) today called upon the Attorney General of the State of New Mexico, Gary King, and his state Federal counterpart, United States Attorney Kenneth J. Gonzales, for an immediate investigation of potential “dirty tricks” and abuse of the judicial system in the judicial contest for [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Judge Linda Vanzi&#8217;s Campaign Commends Secretary of State for Protecting Public Dollars</title>
		<link>http://www.grass-roots-press.com/2010/05/24/judge-linda-vanzis-campaign-commends-secretary-of-state-for-protecting-public-dollars/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 25 May 2010 04:02:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[SANTA FE  &#8211; The Supreme Court Monday upheld the Secretary of State&#8217;s ruling to deny public financing to Mr. Dennis Montoya.   Montoya is challenging Judge Linda Vanzi for her seat on the Court of Appeals in the Democratic Primary. The election is June 1st. &#8220;Other candidates have successfully applied for public financing,&#8221; said Sandra [...]]]></description>
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