LOCAL AGENCIES ARE PUTTING TOGETHER A LONG RANGE TRANSPORTATION PLAN THAT LOOKS 25 YEARS INTO THE FUTURE. SENIOR PLANNER AARON SUSSMAN AT THE MID REGION COUNCIL OF GOVERNMENTS SAYS POPULATION GROWTH IN THE ALBUQUERQUE METRO WILL HAVE A BIG IMPACT ON TRANSPORTATION INFRASTRUCTURE. HE SAYS THE PROJECTIONS FROM THE STATE DEMOGRAPHIC OFFICE INDICATE THE REGION…… MORE
New Mexicans Protest Child Abuse
HUNDREDS TAKE PART IN A PROTEST MARCH OVER THE WEEKEND AGAINST CHILD ABUSE IN NEW MEXICO. PARTICIPANTS GATHERED IN ALBUQUERQUE’S OLD TOWN SATURDAY AFTERNOON, STOPPING TRAFFIC TO TELL DRIVERS CHILD ABUSERS IN THIS STATE ARE GETTING AWAY WITH THE CRIME, SOMETIMES WITH JUST A SLAP ON THE WRIST. SANTA FE POLICE SAY THERE WERE DEMONSTRATIONS…… MORE
Drivers Beware
THREE MORE DAYS TO GET THE MESSAGE. POLICE IN NEW MEXICO AND NATIONWIDE ARE CRACKING DOWN ON DISTRACTED DRIVERS. THAT TARGETS DRIVERS TALKING ON A HAND-HELD CELL PHONE AND TEXTING BEHIND THE WHEEL … BUT MELISSA DOSHER WITH STATE D-O-T SAYS SPECIFICALLY THOSE TEXTING BEHIND THE WHEEL. SHE SAYS YOU CAN PULL UP NEXT TO…… MORE
Berry Plans for More Central Avenue Buses
ALBUQUERQUE MAYOR R-J BERRY IS HOPING TO LEVERAGE CITY MONEY TO GET FEDERAL DOLLARS TO HELP PAY FOR A BUS RAPID TRANSIT SYSTEM ON CENTRAL AVENUE. HE TELLS US IT’S MONEY WELL SPENT AND HE’S HOPING TO SEE MUCH OF IT COMPLETED SOONER, RATHER THAN LATER. HE’S HOPING TO SEE A SUBSTANTIAL PORTION OF THE…… MORE
GOVERNOR ACTS ON CIVIL FORFEITURE
LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES WILL NO LONGER BE ABLE TO SEIZE PROPERTY CONNECTED TO A CRIME UNLESS THERE IS A CONVICTION IN THE CASE. GOVERNOR MARTINEZ SIGNED HOUSE BILL 560, PUTTING AN END TO CIVIL ASSET FORFEITURE. PAUL GESSING WITH THE RIO GRANDE FOUNDATION SAYS CIVIL ASSET FORFEITURE WAS UNCONSTITUTIONAL. GESSING SAYS THERE IS STILL CRIMINAL FORFEITURE WHICH…… MORE
GOV VETOES HEMP BILL
YOU CAN FORGET ABOUT HAVING BEER AND WINE DELIVERED TO YOUR HOME. A BILL ALLOWING FOR HOME DELIVERY WAS PASSED BY THE LEGISLATURE THIS YEAR…BUT IT WAS VETOED TODAY BY GOVERNOR MARTINEZ. THE GOVERNOR ALSO VETOED A BILL THAT WOULD HAVE ALLOWED THE GROWING OF INDUSTRIAL USE HEMP IN NEW MEXICO.… MORE
IT’S ALL JUST PRACTICE
COTTONWOOD MALL WILL BE THE BACKDROP FOR SOME ACTIVE SHOOTER TRAINING. IT’S PLANNED FOR THIS SUNDAY EVENING, AFTER THE MALL CLOSES. VARIOUS BERNLILLO COUNTY PUBLIC SAFETY AGENCIES ARE PARTICIPATING.… MORE
Hold the Phone … and the Text
NEW MEXICO JOINS THE NATION IN CRACKING DOWN ON DISTRACTED DRIVING WITH A CAMPAIGN THAT STARTS FRIDAY AND CONTINUES THROUGH APRIL 15TH. IT’LL COVER NOT ONLY HAND-HELD CELL PHONE USE … BUT TEXTING WHILE DRIVING … BOTH WHICH ARE AGAINST THE LAW IN NEW MEXICO. MELISSA DOSHER WITH THE STATE D-O-T TELLS US THERE’S A…… MORE
No Fines for Monster Sewage Spill
THE ALBUQUERQUE-BERNALILLO COUNTY WATER UTILITY AUTHORITY WILL NOT FACE ANY FINES FOR THE SPILL LAST FEBRUARY THAT SENT ABOUT SIX MILLION GALLONS OF PARTIALLY TREATED WASTEWATER IN TO THE RIO GRANDE. A MALFUNCTION AT THE SOUTHSIDE RECLAMATION PLANT CAUSED THE SPILL. WATER UTILITY SPOKESMAN DAVID MORRIS SAYS THE E-PA HAS ISSUED TWO ADMINISTRATIVE ORDERS OUTLINING…… MORE
Billion Dollar Budget Signed into Law
NEW MEXICO NOW HAS A SPENDING PLAN FOR NEXT FISCAL YEAR. GOVERNOR MARTINEZ HAS SIGNED THE 6.2 BILLION DOLLAR BUDGET APPROVED BY LAWMAKERS. THE GOVERNOR SAYS THE SPENDING PLAN PRIORITIZES JOB CREATION, CONTINUING EDUCATION REFORM AND IMPROVEMENTS TO PUBLIC SAFETY. THE BUDGET INCREASES SPENDING BY A LITTLE OVER ONE PERCENT FROM THE CURRENT YEAR. IT…… MORE
