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New Mexico Police Shooting Shows Void in Mental Health Care, Groups Say

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James Boyd’s death exposed a gap in New Mexico law, critics say. Most states have a variation of New York’s 1999 “Kendra’s Law.” Albuquerque’s version of the law was struck down in 2008 by the New Mexico Court of Appeals, but the recent shooting has led to new calls for a state law.

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Is Minimum-Wage Opposition Beginning to Soften?

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The New Mexico Restaurant Association, which has generally opposed hikes in the minimum wage, might be willing to support a statewide increase to $8.30 A preemption provision would block individual cities from increasing their minimum wage apart from the rest of the state; such a rule existed in New Mexico until it expired in 2008.

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Electronic Billboards: The Rise of a Digital Emergency Tool

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” Already, the billboards have come in handy during Boston’s heavy snowfall earlier this year, in Georgia during an ice storm last year, and in New Mexico during a gas shortage. . “Digital billboards have emerged as an increasingly common tool for emergency communication.”

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