YOU MAY GET A CHANCE TO VOTE IN 2018 ON WHETHER NEW MEXICO SHOULD HAVE AN INDEPENDENT ETHICS COMMISSION. THE HOUSE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE HAS ENDORSED A CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT CREATING A SEVEN MEMBER BOARD THAT WOULD INVESTIGATE ALLEGATIONS OF MISCONDUCT AGAINST STATE OFFICIALS. THAT THE COMMITTEE VOTE WAS UNANIMOUS.… MORE
City-County Merger Plans Proposed
IT’S BEEN TALKED ABOUT FOR SOME TIME, AND TONIGHT (MON) A RESOLUTION GOES BEFORE THE ALBUQUERQUE CITY COUNCIL TO STUDY THE IDEA OF MERGING ALBUQUERQUE AND BERNALILLO COUNTY PUBLIC SAFETY SERVICES… SPECIFICALLY POLICE AND FIRE. COUNCILOR ISAAC BENTON TELLS NEWSRADIO KKOB IT’S WORTH LOOKING INTO AS IT WOULD SAVE MONEY, BUT…… MORE
Deaton’s Day in Court
THE FUGITIVE OUT OF MISSISSIPPI ACCUSED OF CARJACKING AND KIDNAPPING IN ALBUQUERQUE GOES TO COURT THIS FRIDAY. ALEX BRIDGES DEATON IS EXPECTED IN A COURTROOM IN KANSAS AFTER HIS THREE-STATE CRIME SPREE. DEATON FACES CHARGES THAT ARE CONNECTED TO THE SHOOTING OF A PRATT, KANSAS, CONVENIENCE STORE CLERK. IN MISSISSIPPI, HE’S CHARGED WITH…… MORE
22 Year Old Gets Two Life Sentences
A MAN CONVICTED OF KILLING TWO TEENAGERS IN OCTOBER OF 2014 WAS SENTENCED MONDAY TO TWO LIFE SENTENCES. TWENTY-TWO YEAR OLD RICARDO MARTINEZ WAS CONVICTED OF KILLING 18 YEAR OLD VENANCIO CISNEROS AND HIS 13 YEAR OLD GIRLFRIEND ANAMARIE OJEDA OVER, WHAT POLICE SAY, WAS A DRUG MONEY DISPUTE. THE TWO…… MORE
Upgrades Planned for Busy Rail Runner Station
SOME CHANGES ARE COMING TO ONE OF THE NEW MEXICO RAIL RUNNER’S BUSIEST STATIONS. PARKING HAS LONG BEEN AT ISSUE AT THE LOS RANCHOS-JOURNAL CENTER STATION…AND NOW SPOKESWOMAN AUGUSTA MEYERS SAYS AN ADDITIONAL 130 SPACES WILL BE ADDED: THERE WILL ALSO BE BICYCLE AND PEDESTRIAN IMPROVEMENTS…PLUS MORE SECURITY CAMERAS TO MONITOR…… MORE
Sandia Peak Done for the Ski Season
THE LIFTS AT SANDIA PEAK ARE NOW SHUT DOWN FOR THE SEASON. THE SKI AREA ENDED OPERATIONS ON SUNDAY. SANDIA PEAK OPENED THE WHOLE MOUNTAIN AT THE END OF DECEMBER AFTER A SLOW START TO THE SKI SEASON DUE TO A LACK OF SNOW. UP IN SANTA FE, THE SKI AREA…… MORE
NM Death Penalty Bill Tabled
LEGISLATION THAT WOULD HAVE REVIVED THE DEATH PENALTY IN NEW MEXICO FOR CERTAIN OFFENDERS IS NO LONGER CIRCULATING AT THE ROUND HOUSE. THE HOUSE CONSUMER AND PUBLIC AFFAIRS COMMITTEE TABLED THE MEASURE ON SUNDAY. EFFORTS TO REINSTATE THE BILL HAVEN’T GOTTEN VERY FAR IN COMMITTEE. THE BILL WOULD HAVE BROUGHT BACK…… MORE
Thieves Strike Patrons of Albuquerque Gas Stations
YOU COULD LOSE A LOT OF MONEY BUYING GAS AT THE PUMP IN ALBUQUERQUE. CITY POLICE ARE WARNING DRIVERS THAT THERE’S A CREDIT CARD SKIMMING SCHEME OCCURRING AT A NUMBER OF GAS PUMPS ACROSS TOWN. THE SOPHISTICATED METHOD GETS YOU WHEN YOU SWIPE YOUR CREDIT OR DEBIT CARD AT THE PUMP. THE THIEVES…… MORE
‘Right to Work’ Fails Again in NM
EFFORTS TO MAKE NEW MEXICO A “RIGHT TO WORK” STATE FAILED AGAIN THIS YEAR IN THE LEGISLATURE. “RIGHT TO WORK” MEANS EMPLOYEES WOULDN’T BE FORCED TO JOIN A UNION OR PAY DUES. PAUL GESSING WITH THE RIO GRANDE FOUNDATION SAYS IT COULD HAVE HELPED IMPROVE THE STATE’S ECONOMY. HE SAYS THE…… MORE
Right to Know Being Debated at Round House
SANTA FE LAWMAKERS ARE DEBATING IF NEW MEXICO’S INSPECTION OF PUBLIC RECORDS ACT GOES TOO FAR. THE LAW LETS JOURNALISTS, LAWYERS AND ANYONE ELSE IN THE PUBLIC ACCESS INFORMATION ON THE WORKINGS OF STATE GOVERNMENT. THE LAW HAS JUST A FEW EXCEPTIONS. THE ALBUQUERQUE JOURNAL REPORTS LEGISLATORS HAVE HEARD PROPOSALS THAT…… MORE
