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Human Services secretary quits

District drops plan for cops in schools The school board president says district is done with the idea after city councilors question the process. PAge B-1

squier was under fire for decisions, comments By Patrick Malone the new Mexican

claim: inmates used as lab rats

Gov. Susana Martinez’s controversial Human Services Department secretary, Sidonie Squier, who led the department during a behavioral health shake-up, Medicaid expansion and a series of contentious policy maneuvers involving food benefits for the poor, resigned Thursday. According to her resignation let-

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A former inmate alleges prisoners at “Old Main” were exprimented on, and he wants a judge to allow him to dig around for evidence. PAge B-1

The hospital announces plans to renovate all double occupancy rooms into singles in a major overhaul. PAge B-1

ter to the governor, who won re-election Tuesday, Squier intends to step down Dec. 1. “Being Secretary of the Human Services Department has been the job of my dreams Sidonie Squier — the hardest job of my dreams, but the happiest time of my career,” Squier wrote. In a written statement, Squier said the governor’s transition period into a second term “is the most appropriate

time to move on,” but Squier did not elaborate on the reason for her resignation. Martinez’s office denied that the governor had encouraged Squier to resign. In her own statement, Martinez praised Squier’s work, including in the areas that have come under greatest attack from her critics. “Her leadership has been valuable and important during all of the health care changes going on in our country, and I wish her the very best in her future work,” Martinez said. But others say they welcome Squi-

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Education agenda push begins Voter-ousted

judge vows to remain on bench to 2016

gov.’s stalled reforms have better chance with gOP takeover By Robert Nott the new Mexican

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ov. Susana Martinez’s re-election is seen by her supporters as an affirmation that her policies — including her educational reform initiatives — are working. And with Republicans now controlling the House of Representatives for the first time in 60 years by a margin of 37-33, she’ll find more political support for those initiatives. Supporters say she will continue to push for an end to social promotion for third-graders who can’t read proficiently and that she won’t step back from the state’s new teacher evaluation system. “She doesn’t have the time to not push her issues,” said Rep. Jimmie Hall, R-Albuquerque. “She’ll put her foot to the accelerator.” “Most of our initiatives are already moving forward,” said Sen. Gay Kernan, R-Hobbs. “The election certainly gives her another four years to turn those into something we can all live with after this administration leaves.” But Democrats aren’t so sure the initiatives will be something they can “live with.” Rep. MimiStewart, D-Albuquerque, chair-

raphaelson claims term ends in 2 years, filing for retention was error By Phaedra Haywood the new Mexican

First Judicial District Judge Sheri Raphaelson, whom voters in Tuesday’s election chose not to keep in office, says her name shouldn’t have been on the ballot, and she intends to remain on the bench for two more years. Raphaelson, who won a partisan election in 2010, told First District Chief Judge Ray Ortiz in a letter Thursday that she does not intend to leave her post until 2016, when her six-year elected term is scheduled to end. Sheri “I’m writing to advise you that I acknowledge the unofficial elections Raphaelson results indicate that I did not obtain the legally required 57% ‘yes’ vote on the recent retention election,” she wrote. “Assuming the official results reflect the unofficial results, my term will be expiring. Rest assured, I plan to finish out the remainder of the term for which I was elected.” Ortiz said late Thursday that under his interpretation of the law, Raphaelson’s position is “completely unwarranted” and that her name was “properly included on the ballot.” But he said the issue will probably have to be sorted out by the state Supreme Court. State law requires judges who are up for retention to file a declaration of candidacy in order to have

Gov. Susana Martinez greets the crowd at a news conference on her 2013 budget proposal at Piñon Elementary School. With Republicans controlling the House of Representatives for the first time in 60 years, Martinez is likely to find more support for some of her stalled education initiatives, such as a requirement that third-graders be retained if they can’t read to grade level. Luis sánchez saturno/new Mexican fiLe photo

woman of the House Education Committee, said Martinez’s reforms remain “bad for New Mexico public schools. We’re losing teachers, we’re losing parents and we’re losing students. … So far, what the governor has come up with is not good for public schools.” “Over the past four years,

there has been no compromise from the executive office when it comes to education,” said Rep. Nathan Cote, D-Organ, a member of the House Education Committee. “They have an agenda, and they want to stick to it, and it is a Republican agenda nationwide. … I am concerned

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InSIDe u an n.M. plan to fund early education appears dead with republican takeover. PAge A-5 u speaker Boehner issues warning to president obama on immigration reform. PAge A-6 u some in Gop worry about immigration reaction. PAge A-6 u hillary clinton may benefit from Gop takeover. PAge A-7

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U.S. high court may decide gay marriage appeals court panel Oks ban in 4 Midwest states By erik eckholm

the new York times

A federal appeals court in Ohio upheld Thursday the right of four states to ban same-sex marriage, contradicting rulings by four similar courts and almost certainly sending the issue on a rapid trajectory to the Supreme Court. The much-anticipated decision, written by Judge Jeffrey S. Sutton, an

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appointee of President George W. Bush, overturned lower court rulings in Kentucky, Michigan, Ohio and Tennessee that were in favor of same-sex marriage. “This is the circuit split that will almost surely produce a decision from the Supreme Court, and sooner rather than later,” said Dale Carpenter, a professor of constitutional law at the University of Minnesota. “It’s entirely possible that we could have oral arguments in coming months and a Supreme Court decision by next summer.”

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The Rev. Katie Hotze-Wilton signs a marriage license after performing a gay marriage ceremony Wednesday in St. Louis. Jeff roBerson/the associated press

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Regional teams kicked off action Thursday. PAge B-6

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