The santa fe new mexican, oct 17, 2013

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Mayor’s race flap

Martinez crushing Dems in cash battle Lopez reports just $16K in account for gov.’s race By Steve Terrell

Candidate Roman Abeyta wants an investigation into a labor leader tied to a PAC that backs his rival. LocAL, A-5

Lessons from a cheating frenzy

The buzz on bees

Investigator warns that too much test pressure can push teachers to the brink.

The New Mexican

The disappointing fundraising reports of Democratic gubernatorial candidates Gary King and Linda

Lopez don’t necessarily indicate their chances of defeating incumbent Republican Gov. Susana Martinez are doomed, a University of New Mexico political science professor said Wednesday. But, referring to Attorney General Gary King, Lonna Atkeson said, “He’s really got to get [his fundraising] into

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gear if he doesn’t want to become a token candidate like John Dendahl was.” Dendahl, a former GOP state chairman, in 2006 lost in a landslide to then Gov. Bill Richardson. In campaign finance reports released Tuesday, Martinez reported having more than $3.2 million in

Another rival: Sen. Howie Morales to announce bid for governor. u Funds flow u Martinez off in for state to GOP events. House fights

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U.s. back to work BUDGET COMPROMISE AVERTS DEFAULT AND ENDS SHUTDOWN

Experts gather to talk on urban hives. LocAL, A-5

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Agua Fría campus to house new child center SFPS, United Way team up to provide family services By Robert Nott The New Mexican

Santa Fe Public Schools is teaming up with United Way of Santa Fe County to open an early-childhood education center next fall at the Agua Fría Elementary School campus to help address a shortage of programs for young children in the city. The Santa Fe Early Learning Center eventually will include home visiting programs for new mothers and families, a pre-kindergarten program, child care, parenting support workshops and adult education classes, among other things. The school board unanimously passed a resolution Tuesday to establish the center. Board President Linda Trujillo said the proposed center could be “a jewel for our community.” The goal of the center is to eventually

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U.S. House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio, leaves a meeting Wednesday with House Republicans on Capitol Hill in Washington, where he was able to reach a deal to end the government shutdown and avoid defaulting on the nation’s debt. EVAN VUCCI/THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Tribes hit by closure aren't celebrating yet

By Lisa Mascaro, Michael A. Memoli and Brian Bennett Tribune Washington Bureau

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By Uriel J. Garcia

The New Mexican

Pasapick www.pasatiempomagazine.com

Five Mexican Photographers A group show by photographers using 19th-century processes, reception 7:15 p.m. Marion Center for Photographic Arts, 1600 St. Michael’s Drive, 473-6341. More events on Page A-2 and Fridays in Pasatiempo

obituaries Stephen E. Case, 59, Santa Fe, Oct. 6 Helen Jeanette Elwyn, 87, Santa Fe, Oct. 12 Mary L. Kimbrell,

82, Oct. 11 Mary Evelyn Neville, 87, Santa Fe Alfredo Robert Santistevan, 61, Albuquerque, Oct. 14 PAge A-8

Today Mostly sunny, with clear skies at night. High 59, low 33. PAge A-10

Index

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Classifieds B-5

As Congress agreed on a deal Wednesday that would raise the debt ceiling and reopen the federal government, American Indian tribes and others impacted by the shutdown were cautiously optimistic about moving forward. “We all look forward to the shutdown ending, and getting everybody back to work,” said Tom Betts, chief ranger at Bandelier National Monument. Lawmakers reached a bipartisan agreement that would raise the debt limit through Feb. 7 and keep the federal government funded until Jan. 15. The deal also would include back pay for 800,000 furloughed federal employees. Betts had gone through a government shutdown in the mid-90s and said one of his biggest concerns this time around was whether employees were going to get paid for the days the government was closed. Santa Clara Pueblo, which experienced storms in July that greatly damaged the area, was depending on Federal Emergency Management Agency employees to make a damage assessment, sched-

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DeAL AT A gLAnce Highlights of the bipartisan agreement to end the partial government shutdown and extending the debt limit: Government shutdown: Ends it immediately, finances federal agencies through Jan. 15. Workers furloughed without pay when the shutdown

Comics B-10

Lotteries A-2

Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, waits outside a closeddoor meeting of Senate Republicans at the Capitol as news emerged that leaders had reached a last-minute agreement. Cruz did not try to block the agreement. J. SCOTT APPLEWHITE/THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

We fought the good “ fight. ... That fight will

continue. But blocking the bipartisan agreement ... will not be a tactic for us.” John Boehner, U.S. House speaker

began Oct. 1 receive back pay. Debt ceiling: Government’s authority to borrow money extended until Feb. 7. Health care law: Department of Health and Human Services must certify it can verify income eligibility of people applying for government subsidies for health insurance. By next July 1, the department’s

Opinion A-9

Police notes A-8

Editor: Ray Rivera, 986-3033, rrivera@sfnewmexican.com Design and headlines: Cynthia Miller, cmiller@sfnewmexican.com

WASHINGTON ongress gave final approval late Wednesday to a budget compromise ending a 16-day government shutdown and averting the possibility of a default on the nation’s bills as a bitter partisan stalemate concluded with Republicans conceding defeat. “We fought the good fight,” House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio, said in a Cincinnati radio interview hours before the final vote. “We just didn’t win.” President Barack Obama quickly signed the measure early Thursday. Republicans had sought the confrontation in hopes that a shutdown and the threat of default would give them leverage to extract concessions from Obama on his signature health care law. In the end, the compromise negotiated by Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., and Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., made no significant changes in the Affordable Care Act. The deal will suspend the $16.7 trillion limit on the government’s debt for several months, giving the Treasury renewed authority to borrow to pay the nation’s bills. Officials had said they would be unable to pay them as of Thursday. The measure also will bring hundreds of thousands of federal

inspector general must report on the agency’s safeguards for preventing fraud. Longer-range budget issues: In accompanying agreement, House-Senate bargainers will negotiate over issues like budget deficits and spending levels. Bargainers must issue report by Dec. 13, but they are not required to

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Please see coMPRoMIse, Page A-4 come to agreement. Other items: No pay raise for members of Congress in 2014; $636 million for firefighting for the Interior Department and the Forest Service; allows work to continue on Olmstead lock in the Ohio River between Kentucky and Illinois; lets Federal Highway Administra-

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tion reimburse Colorado up to $450 million for flooddamaged roads, exceeding usual $100 million cap; extra $294 million for Department of Veterans Affairs to reduce backlogs of benefits claims; funds for National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration to continue work on two weather satellites.

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