Here are some news stories about or written by Susan Herrera.
Formal complaint against `New Mexico Values’ PAC
Rep. Herrera has filed (on 6 June 2022) a formal complaint with the Secretary of State against New Mexico Values PAC for flagrant violations of state campaign finance laws.
The full text of the complaint is available.
EPA Visits Española
Maire O’Neill, EPA, NMED Meet With Local Officials On Cleanup Progress At Espanola’s North Railroad Avenue Plume Superfund Site, Los Alamos Reporter, 29 March 2022
SB 141 Propane Delivery in Emergencies
Maire O’Neill, Bill Sponsored By Sen. Leo Jaramillo Related To Propane Delivery During Emergencies Heads To Governor’s Desk, Los Alamos Reporter, 15 February 2022
HB 132 Capping PayDay Loans Interest
New Mexico House Approves Bill Aimed at Predatory Lending, U.S. News and World Report, 8 February 2022
Ann Padilla, Proposal aimed at reining in predatory lending moves forward, KRQE News, 3 February 2022
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Dan Boyd, Gov. signs bill to lower interest rate cap, Albuquerque Journal, 1 March 2022
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Fred Nathan, Thank You, Rep. Herrera, Rio Grande Sun, 25 February 2022
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Dan McKay and Dan Boyd, House passes bill to lower NM loan interest rate cap, Albuquerque Journal, 7 February 2022
Governor Caps Interest Rates On Storefront Loans: Governor Signs Bill That Reforms Predatory Lending Practices, The Paper [Albuquerque], 1 March 2022
Kai Porter, Bill aimed at preventing predatory loans passes first committee, KOB4 News, 30 January 2022
LaDonna Harris, Native communities need law to put limits on predatory lending, Albuquerque Journal, 8 February 2022
Milan Simonich, Governor, lawmakers enable predatory lenders, Santa Fe New Mexican, 11 January 2022
Merilee Danneman, Ethics and predatory lending bill, Carlsbad Current Argus, 22 February 2022
Rep. Susan Herrera named Chair of the Rural Development, Land Grants, and Cultural Affairs Committee
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Daniel J. Chacón, New land grant committee formed after public outcry, Santa Fe New Mexican, 13 January 2022
Rural Health Care Delivery
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Governor introduces legislation to support rural health care delivery, Governor’s press release, 1 February 2022
Land Grant-Merced Funding
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Land Grant-Merced Assistance Passes House With Strong Bipartisan Support, Los Alamos Reporter, 4 February 2022
Internet Access and Redinet
Carol A. Clark, Rep. Teresa Leger Fernandez: $879,000+ For REDINet, Los Alamos Daily Post, 23 March 2022
Carol A. Clark, Governor Signs State Broadband ‘Connect New Mexico Act’, Los Alamos Daily Post, 8 April 2022
Rural Water Systems Need Funding
Hannah Grover, In rural New Mexico, water systems need funding and support, NM Political Report, 19 July 2021
City of Espanola Receives Capital Outlay
Nicholas Gilmore, City Receives $3M for Fire Station, Rio Grande Sun, 24 February 2022
Legislators Prepare for 2022 Legislative Session
Michael Tashji, NM Legislators prepare for 2022 session, Taos News, 14 July 2021
Protecting our Mutual Domestic Water Systems, Acequias & Rivers.
Here are Rep. Herrera’s reflections on her trip down the Chama River in July. “When I first became a legislator representing District 41, I thought