A BILL ALLOWING SAME DAY VOTER REGISTRATION HAS BEEN SIGNED INTO LAW BY GOVERNOR MICHELLE LUJAN GRISHAM. NEW MEXICANS WILL NOW BE ABLE TO REGISTER AT EARLY VOTING SITES AND ON ELECTION DAY, STARTING IN 2022. CURRENTLY VOTER REGISTRATION CLOSES 28 DAYS BEFORE AN ELECTION. THE CHANGE IS EXPECTED TO INCREASE VOTER TURNOUT…BUT OPPONENTS SAY…… MORE
ALBUQUERQUE PUBLIC SCHOOLS IS LOOKING TO SAVE MONEY IN OTHER WAYS AFTER VOTERS REJECTED THE DISTRICT’S LATEST BID AT THE POLLS FOR A MILL LEVY AND BOND ISSUE. THE DISTRICT IS NOW REDUCING ITS ENERGY USE TO SAVE MONEY … AND IT’S AT 4-AND-A-HALF MILLION DOLLARS RIGHT NOW. APS WATER AND ENERGY COORDINATOR TELLS KOB…… MORE
OPENING STATEMENTS IN THE MURDER TRIAL OF DAVON LYMON ARE EXPECTED TO BEGIN THIS (WED) AFTERNOON. LYMON IS ACCUSED OF GUNNING DOWN APD OFFICER DANIEL WEBSTER IN 2015 AND IS NOW FINALLY GOING ON TRIAL. THE 38 YEAR OLD LYMON HAS ALREADY BEEN CONVICTED IN STATE AND FEDERAL COURTS OF HAVING A .40-CALIBRE PISTOL THAT’S…… MORE
BERNALILLO COUNTY NOW HAS A CONSTRUCTION AND DESIGN FIRM TO RENOVATE AND EXPAND THE ALVARADO SQUARE BUILDING DOWNTOWN INTO THE COUNTY’S NEW HEADQUARTERS. COUNTY COMMISSIONERS TUESDAY NIGHT VOTED TO AWARD THE CONTRACT TO HB CONSTRUCTION WITH DEKKER/PERICH/SABATINI ARCHITECTS WORKING WITH THEM. THE BUILDING AT 415 SILVER SOUTHWEST WILL EVENTUALLY BE THE NEW HOME FOR COUNTY…… MORE
WE’RE HEARING CONGRESSMAN BEN RAY LUJAN COULD BE KEEPING HIS EYE ON THE SENATE RACE. A SLOT JUST OPENED FOR LUJAN AND OTHERS TO RUN FOR THE SENATE SEAT THAT’LL BE VACATED BY DEMOCRAT TOM UDALL IN 2020. LUJAN’S BEEN A FAST MOVER IN THE POLITICAL GAME … FIRST BEING A STATE PUBLIC REGULATION COMMISSIONER…… MORE
IT’S NOW UP TO GOVERNOR MICHELLE LUJAN GRISHAM TO DECIDE IF A BILL ALLOWING BEER AND WINE TO BE DELIVERED TO HOME WITH FOOD ORDERS. THE SAME MEASURE WAS VETOED BY FORMER GOVERNOR SUSANA MARTINEZ. ONLY A LIMITED AMOUNT OF BOOZE WOULD BE ALLOWED TO BE DELIVERED. THE LEGISLATION CALLS FOR TWO SIX PACKS OF…… MORE
THE PEDESTRIAN STRUCK AND KILLED BY A SPEEDING VEHICLE IN SOUTHEAST ALBUQUERQUE SATURDAY NIGHT HAS BEEN IDENTIFIED AS 39 YEAR OLD ANGELICA BACA. APD SAYS TWO CARS WERE RACING ON LOUISIANA, NORTH OF GIBSON, WHEN BACA WAS HIT BY ONE OF THE VEHICLES. FOUR AIRMEN FROM KIRTLAND AIR FORCE BASE WERE IN THE VEHICLE INVOLVED…… MORE
ALBUQUERQUE RAPE SUSPECT NICOLAS WILLIAMS HAS BEEN RELEASED AGAIN…AND THE BERNALILLO COUNTY D-A’S OFFICE IS NOT HAPPY ABOUT IT. SPOKESMAN MICHAEL PATRICK SAYS PROSECUTORS ARE FRUSTRATED. IT’S THE THIRD TIME THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY’S OFFICE HAS SOUGHT “PREVENTATIVE RELEASE” BY THREE DIFFERENT JUDGES. PATRICK SAYS WILLIAMS HAS THREE PENDING RAPE CASES AND A FOURTH IS UNDER…… MORE
IN SEPARATE INCIDENTS, U.S. BORDER PATROL AGENTS HAVE RECENTLY ARRESTED TWO WANTED SEX OFFENDERS AS THEY CROSSED THE BORDER ILLEGALLY. ON FRIDAY, A MAN FROM ECUADOR WAS ARRESTED IN SUNLAND PARK, NEW MEXICO. HE WAS WANTED ON RAPE, INDECENT ASSAULT, AND BATTERY CHARGES…AND IS NOW IN THE DONA ANA COUNTY JAIL. THEN SUNDAY A MAN…… MORE
GOVERNOR MICHELLE LUJAN GRISHAM IS ASKING THAT MEMBERS OF THE NEW MEXICO GAME COMMISSION RESIGN. THOSE MEMBERS SERVE AT THE PLEASURE OF THE GOVERNOR…AND THE ALBUQUERQUE JOURNAL REPORTS THAT THE RESIGNATIONS OF THE SITTING COMMISSIONERS WERE REQUESTED LAST WEEK. LUJAN GRISHAM HAS BEEN ON THE JOB FOR ALMOST THREE MONTHS, AND HAS BEEN WORKING TO…… MORE
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