NEW MEXICO’S SPECIAL LEGISLATIVE SESSION ON A REVISED BUDGET PLAN IS BEING STALLED BY THE COURT CASE AGAINST GOVERNOR MARTINEZ’S VETOES. TALKS TO SCHEDULE A SPECIAL SESSION HAVE SLOWED … AND IN A STATEMENT ISSUED BY MARTINEZ’S OFFICE ON WEDNESDAY, THE ALBUQUERQUE JOURNAL REPORTS SHE IMPLIES THE DEMOCRATIC-LED LEGISLATURE IS TRYING TO CIRCUMVENT…… MORE
Balderas Investigates Corporate Farming in NM
STATE ATTORNEY GENERAL HECTOR BALDERAS SAYS FEWER AND FEWER NEW MEXICO FARMERS AND RANCHERS CAN MAKE A GO OF IT THESE DAYS. AND HE THINKS ONE OF THE REASONS IS ANTI-COMPETITIVE PRACTICES ON THE PART OF LARGE CORPORATE FARMING INTERESTS. HE SAYS RECORD PROFITS HAVE GONE TO THE PACKAGING AND PACKING INDUSTRIES OUTSIDE…… MORE
Inez Elementary Student Samples Tested
THE NEW MEXICO HEALTH DEPARTMENT SENT IN SAMPLES FROM NINE INEZ ELEMENTARY SCHOOL STUDENTS AS A PRECAUTION AND TO SEE IF THEY ALL CAME DOWN WITH NOROVIRUS . THE KINDERGARTNERS WERE SENT HOME FROM SCHOOL ON TUESDAY AFTER THEY ALL COMPLAINED OF A STOMACH ACHE. HEALTH OFFICIALS ARE ADVISING PARENTS TO…… MORE
Major NCAA Event Coming to Albuquerque
THE CITY OF ALBUQUERQUE SAYS THE N-C-A-A DIVISION-ONE INDOOR TRACK CHAMPIONSHIP WILL BE HELD IN THE DUKE CITY IN 2020. THIS WILL BE THE SECOND TIME THE EVENT HAS CALLED ALBUQUERQUE HOME. THE EVALUATION PROCESS BEGAN NEARLY A YEAR AGO. THE N-C-A-A STAFF SAYS THE CITY’S INDOOR TRACK IS THE IDEAL…… MORE
Zozobra Construction Begins
THE BURNING OF OLD MAN GLOOM IN SANTA FE IS MONTHS AWAY. BUT YESTERDAY (WED), THE SANTA FE KIWANIS CLUB STARTED BUILDING ZOZOBRA AT SANTA FE PLACE MALL. JODI MCGINNIS PORTER WITH THE KIWANIS TELLS US THEY TEND TO BUILD THE GIANT PUPPET IN A DIFFERENT PLACE EACH YEAR. SHE SAYS ZOZOBRA’S A…… MORE
Commissioners Approve New Budget Plan
BERNALILLO COUNTY HAS A PROPOSED BUDGET. THE COUNTY COMMISSION TUESDAY NIGHT UNANIMOUSLY APPROVED THE GENERAL FUND BUDGET AT MORE THAN 283-MILLION DOLLARS. THAT’S 10 PERCENT MORE THAN LAST YEAR’S BUDGET. TWO COMMISSIONERS … LONNIE TALBERT AND DEBBIE O’MALLEY … WERE ABSENT FOR THE VOTE. THE NEW BUDGET IS SLATED…… MORE
Chan Lawyers Lose Bid to Drop Case
THE TAI CHAN MURDER TRIAL WILL GO ON AS SCHEDULED IN LAS CRUCES. THAT AFTER A JUDGE REFUSED A DEFENSE REQUEST TO DISMISS THE CASE. CHAN IS THE FORMER SANTA FE COUNTY SHERIFFS DEPUTY ACCUSED OF GUNNING DOWN FELLOW DEPUTY JEREMY MARTIN AT A LAS CRUCES MOTEL IN 2014. CHAN’S DEFENSE…… MORE
Former NYC Mayor Chips in on Soda Tax Push
A LITTLE HELP FOR SANTA FE’S PROPOSED SODA TAX. FORMER NEW YORK CITY MAYOR AND BILLIONAIRE MICHAEL BLOOMBERG RECENTLY CONTRIBUTED MORE THAN 800-THOUSAND DOLLARS TO PROMOTE THE TAX PROPOSED BY SANTA FE MAYOR JAVIER GONZALES. AND CHANNEL 13 REPORTS HE’S ALSO FORKED OUT JUST OVER 400-THOUSAND DOLLARS IN ADDITIONAL SUPPORT FOR ADVERTISING, RESEARCH…… MORE
Powwow Open This Week at Expo NM
THE BIGGEST INDIAN POWWOW OPENS FRIDAY AT EXPO NEW MEXICO IN ALBUQUERQUE. THAT’S THE VENUE WHERE THE GATHERING OF NATIONS SWITCHED TO AFTER THE UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO ENDED ITS CONTRACT WITH POWWOW FOUNDER AND DIRECTOR DEREK MATHEWS. MATHEWS AND OTHER ORGANIZERS LIKE EXPO NEW MEXICO BECAUSE THEY SAY IT’S AN…… MORE
Man Running in Traffic on Critical List
A MAN WHO ALBUQUERQUE POLICE SAY WAS RUNNING INTO TRAFFIC AND TRYING TO JUMP ON VEHICLES MONDAY NIGHT IS NOW IN THE HOSPITAL IN CRITICAL CONDITION. ALBUQUERQUE POLICE SAY THE MAN APPEARED TO BE ON DRUGS AND SUFFERED A MEDICAL EPISODE AFTER EMERGENCY PERSONNEL ARRIVED ON SCENE. THE INCIDENT HAPPENED IN…… MORE
