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The program will rely on approval and appropriations from the State Legislature if it is to commence as expected in 2020. “This will take some high-quality politicking from the governor and others to make it happen,” said Tripp Stelnicki, a spokesman for Governor Lujan Grisham, a Democrat. But both chambers in New Mexico are controlled by Democrats, and while fiscal conservatives still have considerable sway in the state, legislators have already shown willingness recently to increase spending on public education. State and federal spending on early childhood programs, including prekindergarten, is climbing to $546 million this year in New Mexico, a $135 million increase from the previous year. In a departure from the belt-tightening after the 2008 financial crisis, New Mexico also gave raises to public-school teachers and the faculty and staff of the University of New Mexico this year. The free-tuition plan points to the shifting political landscape in New Mexico, … [Read more...] about New Mexico Announces Plan for Free College for State Residents

The Trump administration told CBS News Friday it can now return most migrants who express fear of persecution to Mexico regardless of where U.S. officials encountered them along the southern border. It's the latest attempt to end a system President Trump and other immigration hardliners have criticized as "catch and release." Returns and court hearings of migrants placed in the controversial Migrant Protection Protocols (MPP) program continue to occur at or near five ports of entry along the international border California and Texas share with Mexico.But a spokesperson for the Department of Homeland Security told CBS News that the policy, known as "Remain in Mexico," has been "effectively" implemented along the entire U.S.-Mexico border, because U.S. border officials can transport migrants across different sectors to subject them to the policy, as long as the Mexican government has "indicated capacity to accept" them. "MPP processing is an option for virtually all apprehensions or … [Read more...] about DHS: Migrants along entire border can now be returned to Mexico

MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexican singer Jose Jose, whose powerful, romantic ballads captivated Latin America for more than half a century, died on Saturday. FILE PHOTO: Mexican balladeer Jose Jose holds his plaque after receiving a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in Hollywood, California, U.S. February 10, 2004. REUTERS/Lucy Nicholson/File Photo Mexico’s Culture Ministry expressed its condolences in a statement, calling Jose Jose, whose real name was Jose Romulo Sosa Ortiz, “one of Mexico’s most loved voices.” Jose Jose received several Grammy nominations, sold more than 250 million albums and was once courted by music legend Frank Sinatra, who wanted to win him for his own label. He is often considered Mexico’s most successful singer and was also an occasional actor. “It is sad, his passing,” Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador told reporters. Mexico City residents gathered for an impromptu tribute at a statue of the … [Read more...] about Jose Jose, one of Mexico’s most-loved voices, dies at 71

A stone kneeling figure of Aztec water goddess Chalchiuhtlicue, one of pre-Columbian artefacts, is presented to the press at Drouot auction house in Paris, France, September 18, 2019. REUTERS/Benoit Tessier PARIS (Reuters) - French auction house Millon denied accusations by the Mexican government that a sale of dozens of pre-Columbian artifacts was illegal and proceeded with an auction on Wednesday. Mexico’s foreign ministry on Tuesday said that 95 of the 120 pieces on auction appear to be from Mexican cultures, including the emblematic pre-Columbian city of Teotihuacan, as well as the Olmeca and Maya cultures. Millon president Alexandre Millon told Reuters on Wednesday that Manichak and Jean Aurance, listed as the owners of the artifacts, satisfied all the legal criteria to justify their ownership of the collection, which they amassed after falling in love with a piece in a Paris gallery in 1963. “The problem for Mexico is that this collection is exemplary in every … [Read more...] about French auctioneer defies Mexico with sale of pre-Columbian artifacts

MEXICO CITY, Sept 28 (Reuters) - Mexican state-owned oil company Pemex revised its October term pricing formulas for crude oil shipped to customers in the Americas, Europe and the Far East, the company said late on Friday. The following table lists the adjustments to price constants in the Americas, the U.S. West Coast, Europe and the Far East: DESTINATION SEPTEMBER OCTOBER CONSTANT CONSTANT ---------------- ---------------- --------------- - U.S. Gulf Coast, The Americas' Atlantic Coast, The Caribbean Maya crude +3.75 +0.50 Isthmus crude +2.75 +2.75 Olmeca crude +4.45 +4.45 U.S. West Coast, The Americas' Pacific Coast Maya crude +3.75 +0.95 Isthmus crude +2.75 +2.75 Europe, India, the Middle East Maya crude +3.40 +0.35 Isthmus crude +0.70 +0.70 Olmeca crude +0.30 … [Read more...] about TABLE-Mexico sets October Maya price for international buyers