Morning Word: Explosions Terrorize Churchgoers

Gov. Susana Martinez is calling the person or people who set off improvised explosive devices at two Las Cruces churches cowards, adding, "Whoever did this will feel the full pressure of the law. If your intention was to bring fear to those who worship, you have failed." Fortunately, no one was injured at Holy Cross Catholic Church or Calvary Baptist Church. Read the latest from the investigation at the Las Cruces Sun-News. NMPolitics.net publisher Heath Haussamen was quick to call on residents of southern New Mexico to unite after the weekend explosion. Read his view here. At the White House today, President Barack Obama is expected to announce new rules aimed at reducing greenhouse gas emissions from power plants. Opponents in multiple states plan to ask a federal judge to halt the implementation of the rules, intended to cut carbon dioxide emissions 32 percent from 2005 levels by 2030. Democrat Hillary Clinton says she'll defend and implement the program if she's elected president in 2016. Marco Rubio says he won't.

Read it at the Farmington Daily Times.  New Mexico has decided it isn't going to battle the new carbon dioxide caps.

Read it at the ABQ Journal.  Meanwhile, officials at the New Mexico Game and Fish Department have rejected a US Fish and Wildlife Service request to insert wolf pups into established dens on US Forest Service land in New Mexico.

Deborah Baker has the story.  The high price of medication used to successfully treat thousands of patients suffering from hepatitis C in New Mexico over the past few years is driving up Medicaid costs after the drug manufacturer decided to stop offering financial assistance to patients diagnosed after July 1. Read why at the ABQ Journal.  If you missed it on Friday afternoon, we discovered the Drug Enforcement Agency decided to ignore New Mexico's medical cannabis laws and ripped up 150 marijuana plants during its investigation into a gas extraction explosion at New MexiCann's licensed dispensary in Santa Fe last week. No one from the federal agency would answer SFR's questions about the warrantless seizure. Still no word on who called the federal agents to the scene in the first place. For now, New MexiCann founder Len Goodman told his registered patients over the weekend that he's received the green light to reopen the clinic's doors this morning. Read it at SFR.  After the resignation of Santa Fe Police Chief Eric Garcia last week, journalist Milan Simonich says he thinks the next chief should be an outsider to effectively repair the police force's "dissension, dysfunction and disorganization." Read more at the Ringside Seat.  SF Mayor Javier Gonzales thinks a leadership change at SFPD will offer the department a "fresh start."

Daniel Chacón has an interesting piece on the rookie mayor's other challenges. Read it at the Santa Fe New Mexican.  Economic Development Secretary John Barela says the department's new policies to attract businesses and jobs to the state are starting to show progress.

Read his opinion here.  Maybe we'll be exporting more pi

n nuts this year. Summer rains appear to be helping produce a record harvest. Read more at the Santa Fe New Mexican. Fans of the Connie Mack World Baseball Series in Farmington will appreciate the Farmington Daily Times coverage and photos.

Check it all out here.

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