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Association: Tighter Standards Needed for Elected New Mexico Sheriffs

Associations Now

New Mexico has some previous experience solving the problem of underqualified officials. After several scandals involving the New Mexico Public Regulation Commission, a series of restrictions on who can hold the elected office of regulatory commissioner were signed into law. Almost anyone can be a sheriff in New Mexico.

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Association Rises To The Aid of New Mexico’s Chile Pepper

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The New Mexico chile pepper industry is attempting to protect the integrity of one of the state’s valuable cash crops via a new certification program. The New Mexico Chile Association is bringing the heat to protect the state’s official vegetable, the chile pepper.