A BILL CREATING AN EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION DEPARTMENT IS NOW HEADED TO THE GOVERNOR’S DESK FOR HER SIGNATURE. THE BILL CREATES FOUR SUB-DEPARTMENTS FOR EARLY EDUCATION AND FOCUSES ON SPECIAL ED … HOME VISITATIONS …AND SUPPORTING FAMILIES. IF GOVERNOR MICHELLE LUJAN GRISHAM SIGNS THE MEASURE, SHE’LL HAVE TO ALSO APPOINT A SECRETARY FOR THE NEW…… MORE
THE BILL THAT LEGALIZED RECREATIONAL POT IN NEW MEXICO ADVANCED OVER THE WEEKEND IN SANTA FE AFTER BEING ENDORSED BY A SENATE PANEL ON SATURDAY. THE MEASURE LETS PEOPLE POSSESS UP TO AN OUNCE OF THE DRUG FOR RECREATION. HOWEVER, THOSE USING THE MARIJUANA HAVE TO BE 21 YEARS OR OLDER. THE MEASURE ALSO HAVE…… MORE
A CONTROVERSIAL GUN CONTROL BILL HAS BEEN SIGNED INTO LAW BY GOVERNOR MICHELLE LUJAN GRISHAM. THE BILL REQUIRES BACKGROUND CHECKS FOR JUST ABOUT ALL GUN PURCHASES IN NEW MEXICO. THE MEASURE WAS OPPOSED BY THE VAST MAJORITY OF COUNTY SHERIFFS ACROSS THE STATE WHO SAID IT WOULD DO NOTHING TO REDUCE CRIME. LAST WEEK, REPUBLICANS…… MORE
UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO POLITICAL SCIENCE PROFESSOR LONNA ATKESON SAYS CULTURAL ISSUES HAVE COME TO THE FOREFRONT DURING THIS YEAR’S LEGISLATIVE SESSION. GUN CONTROL IS ONE OF THOSE ISSUES, PROMPTING MORE THAN TWO DOZEN COUNTIES TO PASS SECOND AMENDMENT SANCTUARY RESOLUTIONS. ATKESON SAYS THIS IS ESSENTIALLY A FIGHT WITHIN THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY. MOST OF THE…… MORE
GAS PRICES ACROSS NEW MEXICO HAVE LEVELED OFF FINALLY … BUT PROBABLY NOT FOR LONG. JOSHUA ZUBER WITH TRIPLE-A NEW MEXICO SAYS PRICES HAVE STEADILY GONE UP IN FEBRUARY … BUT THE STATEWIDE AVERAGE IS THIS WEEK THE SAME AS IT WAS LAST WEEK AT 2-28 A GALLON. HE SAYS ALBUQUERQUE IS DOWN THREE CENTS…… MORE
NEW MEXICO’S FIRE DANGER THIS SPRING PROBABLY WON’T BE AS HIGH AS IT WAS A YEAR AGO…THANKS TO AN INCREASE IN THE MOUNTAIN SNOW PACK . THAT ACCORDING TO NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGIST CLAY ANDERSON. BUT HE SAYS THE THREAT WILL BE THERE LATER ON. HE SAYS THE FIRE DANGER WILL START TO INCREASE IN…… MORE
TWO MEN WANTED BY THE VALENCIA COUNTY SHERIFF’S DEPARTMENT ARE NOW ARRESTED IN EL PASO. THIRTY-ONE YEAR OLD JESUS GARCIA FROM PERALTA AND 23 YEAR OLD ALEXANDRO MONTELONGO-MURILLO FROM EL PASO ARE IN THE EL PASO COUNTY JAIL IN CONNECTION WITH THE EXECUTION-STYLE MURDER OF DANIEL SANDOVAL OF MEADOW LAKE ON MARCH 2ND. THE TWO…… MORE
TOP HOUSE REPUBLICANS HELP GET THE GUN BACKGROUND CHECK BILL APPROVED … AND SAY THAT WAS THE GOAL FOR THE MEASURE EXPANDING BACKGROUND CHECKS REQUIRED FOR MOST GUN SALES. THE MEASURE HAS CLEARED BOTH THE HOUSE AND SENATE AND IS READY FOR THE GOVERNOR’S SIGNATURE. GOVERNOR MICHELLE LUJAN GRISHAM HAS SAID SHE’D SIGN THE BILL…… MORE
A BILL THAT WOULD ALLOW MEDICAL MARIJUANA IN SCHOOLS HAS BEEN APPROVED BY THE NEW MEXICO SENATE ON A VOTE TO 33-TO-2. IT NOW HEADS TO THE STATE HOUSE. THE MEASURE REQUIRES LOCAL SCHOOL BOARD TO DRAFT THE RULES FOR STORING AND ADMINISTERING THE DRUG. ADDITIONALLY, THE BILL CHANGES THE MEDICAL POT PROGRAM TO INCLUDE…… MORE
ALBUQUERQUE MAYOR TIM KELLER SAYS THERE’S STILL TIME TO WORK THINGS OUT AS THE CITY COUNCIL PREPARES TO VOTE ON A FINAL CAPITAL PROGRAM NEXT MONTH. THE MAYOR AND THE CITY COUNCIL ARE NOT SEEING EYE-TO-EYE ON ONE ASPECT OF THAT PROJECT. KELLER SAYS THE 2-AND-A-HALF MILLION DOLLAR PROJECT TO ALLEVIATE TRAFFIC AT BALLOON FIESTA…… MORE
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