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Abortion votes don’t always make or break politicians | Local News
Say what you will about state Rep. Phelps Anderson, but he’s no publicity hound. Anderson, who recently quit the Republican Party, voted with Democrats last week to repeal New Mexico’s 1969 anti-abortion law. The decision marked a turnabout for Anderson. In 2019, he voted to retain the old, poorly written and unenforceable law criminalizing abortion. …
GOP lawmaker quiet after breaking ranks on abortion bill | Local News
Republican state Rep. Phelps Anderson is reserved, courteous and almost averse to publicity. Tell him you made a bet you could get three words out of him, and Anderson might reply: You lose. Yet there he was last week, making waves by siding with Democrats to repeal a 1969 law that criminalizes abortion in New …
Technology is closing in on state’s cash cow | Local Columns
Cue the scene from Jurassic Park: A distant, muffled whump stops men, women and children in their tracks and raises eyebrows to a height just short of panic. I heard that noise Thursday when a news alert flashed on my screen: “GM To Phase Out Gas Vehicles, Signaling a Seismic Shift of Auto Industry.” A …