NEW MEXICO LAWMAKERS HAVE UNTIL MARCH 16TH WHEN THE SESSION ENDS TO WORK OUT THE DETAILS OF A STATE ETHICS COMMISSION THAT WAS APPROVED BY VOTERS LAST YEAR. HEATHER FERGUSON WITH COMMON CAUSE NEW MEXICO WANTS THE PUBLIC TO MAKE THEIR VOICES HEARD TO ENSURE THE COMMISSION PROCESS IS AS OPEN AS POSSIBLE. THERE ARE…… MORE
IT’S A WIN FOR SANTA FE’S PUBLIC SCHOOLS. A FIRST-TIME-EVER MAIL-IN ELECTION TO RENEW A SCHOOL TECHNOLOGY PROPERTY TAX PASSED WITH 59 PERCENT OF THE VOTE. THE “SANTA FE NEW MEXICAN” REPORTS THAT ACCORDING TO THE SANTA FE COUNTY CLERK’S OFFICE A THIRD OF THE SCHOOL DISTRICT’S REGISTERED VOTERS MAILED-IN OR HAND DELIVERED THEIR BALLOTS.…… MORE
IT’LL BE THE FIRST GUN CONTROL MEASURE TO HIT THE GOVERNOR’S DESK. A SENATE BILL THAT REQUIRES BACKGROUND CHECKS ON PRIVATE GUN SALES PASSED IN THE STATE HOUSE ON A VOTE OF 42-TO-27 MONDAY NIGHT. LEADING UP THE VOTE, THERE WAS A LOT OF PUSH BACK FROM BOTH SIDES ON THIS BILL … BUT THE…… MORE
THE VALENCIA COUNTY SHERIFF’S DEPARTMENT HAS IDENTIFIED TWO MEN AS SUSPECTS IN SATURDAY’S MURDER OF DANIEL SANDOVAL IN MEADOW LAKE. ARREST WARRANTS HAVE BEEN ISSUED FOR 32 YEAR OLD JESUS GARCIA OF PERALTA AND 23 YEAR OLD ALEXANDRO MURILLO OF EL PASO TEXAS. GARCIA AND MURILLO FACE CHARGES INCLUDING AN OPEN COUNT OF MURDER, CONSPIRACY…… MORE
NEW MEXICO IS ONE STEP CLOSER TO JOINING EIGHT OTHER STATES IN ALLOWING LOTTERY WINNERS TO REMAIN ANONYMOUS. SENATE BILL 397 PASSED THE SENATE IN SANTA FE ON MONDAY ON A 32-TO-2 VOTE AND NOW HEADS TO THE HOUSE. THE BILL WAS INTRODUCED BY SENATOR PAT WOODS AND IT GIVES WINNERS OF LOTTERY PRIZES THE…… MORE
A MAN WHO BARRICADED HIMSELF INSIDE AN APARTMENT IN ALBUQUERQUE IN THE 56-HUNDRED BLOCK OF GIBSON SOUTHEAST MONDAY IS NOW IN THE MDC FOLLOWING A DOMESTIC DISPUTE WITH HIS BOYFRIEND. THE SUSPECT … ANDREW EDWARDS … WAS LOCATED INSIDE THE PEARL APARTMENTS ON GIBSON. HIS BOYFRIEND, CURTIS TRUJILLO, TOLD POLICE EDWARDS HIT IN THE HEAD…… MORE
SAFE ZONES ARE COMING TO DOWNTOWN ALBUQUERQUE. THE CITY COUNCIL VOTED MONDAY NIGHT TO APPROVE COUNCILOR ISAAC BENTON’S PROPOSAL TO CREATE SAFE ZONES DOWNTOWN. YOU’LL HAVE TO DRIVE 20 MILES PER HOUR WHEN YOU’RE IN THE ZONE … WHICH IS IN AN AREA BORDERED BY 8TH STREET ON THE WEST AND THE TRAIN TRACKS ON…… MORE
SOME CHANGES FOR NEW MEXICO’S MEDICAL MARIJUANA PROGRAM. FOLLOWING A COURT RULING THAT NEW MEXICO’S LIMIT ON MEDICAL MARIJUANA PLANTS WAS ARBITRARY, THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH IS TEMPORARILY EXPANDING THE CAP. THE NUMBER OF PLANTS A MEDICAL CANNABIS PRODUCER CAN HAVE WILL GO FROM 450 TO 25-HUNDRED…BUT ONLY UNTIL AUGUST 28TH. OVER THE NEXT SIX…… MORE
IT’S 36 YEARS IN PRISON. THAT WAS THE SENTENCE A JUDGE IN PORTALES HANDED MARY AND SANDI TAYLOR ON MONDAY . THE MOTHER AND DAUGHTER DAY CARE OPERATORS WERE FOUND GUILTY OF RECKLESS CHILD ABUSE RESULTING IN DEATH AND GREAT BODILY HARM AFTER THEY LEFT TWO LITTLE GIRLS IN A HOT CAR IN 2017. ONE…… MORE
A FORMER PRAYER GROUP LEADER FROM RIO RANCHO WILL HAVE TO PAY BACK MORE THAN 75-THOUSAND DOLLARS THAT HE STOLE FROM GROUP MEMBERS. SIXTY-SIX YEAR OLD FELIX FERNANDO WILL ALSO SERVE THREE YEARS PROBATION AS PART OF HIS SENTENCE FOR WIRE FRAUD. THE U.S. ATTORNEYS OFFICE SAYS FERNANDO TOLD THE GROUP THAT MONEY WAS EVIL…… MORE
There is no custom code to display.