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Public Policy Tipoffs Involving New Mexico Newsletter for Tuesday March 26, 2024 ( 2 items )  

Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law: Voting Rights Win in New Mexico - Navajo Community Gains Equal Opportunity to Elect Preferred Candidates in Second San Juan County Commission District
ALBUQUERQUE, New Mexico, March 26 -- The Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law issued the following on March 25, 2024: Today, the Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, the UCLA Voting Rights Project (UCLA VRP), the ACLU of New Mexico, the law firm DLA Piper, and the Navajo Nation Department of Justice announced a voting rights victory in the successful resolution of their lawsuit brought on behalf of the Navajo Nation, the Navajo Nation Human Rights Commission, and individual N  more

Western Energy Alliance: Huge Win for Federal Onshore Leasing
DENVER, Colorado, March 26 -- Western Energy Alliance issued the following news release: Western Energy Alliance won a significant victory in court last Friday as the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia upheld the first oil and natural gas lease sales of the Biden Administration, held in June 2022. Judge Christopher Copper, an Obama appointee, ruled in favor of the Bureau of Land Management's (BLM) greenhouse gas (GHG) analysis that served as the basis of the sale of 162 leases in   more