THE NEW MEXICO SENATE HAS PASSED A BILL INTENDED TO IMPROVE FIRE SAFETY IN SCHOOLS AND OTHER PUBLIC BUILDINGS. THE MEASURE, SPONSORED BY MAJORITY WHIP MIMI STEWART, REQUIRES THE PUBLIC REGULATION COMMISSION TO UPDATE INSPECTION GUIDELINES FOR SMOKE AND FIRE DAMPERS. STEWART SAYS WITHOUT PROPER INSPECTION, DAMPERS CAN FAIL…CAUSING A MANAGEABLE FIRE TO ERUPT INTO…… MORE
JOHN D’ANTONIO IS NEW MEXICO’S STATE ENGINEER AGAIN. HE WAS STATE ENGINEER WHEN BILL RICHARDSON WAS GOVERNOR OF NEW MEXICO, AND NOW GOVERNOR MICHELLE LUJAN GRISHAM HAS APPOINTED HIM TO THE POSITION AGAIN, ANNOUNCING THE MOVE ON TUESDAY. LUJAN GRISHAM TELLS THE ALBUQUERQUE JOURNAL THAT D’ANTONIO HAS THE EXPERIENCE NEEDED TO TAKE ON THE STATE’S…… MORE
GARY NESS, THE MAN WHO WAS ATHLETICS DIRECTOR FOR THE UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO FROM 1988 TO 1992 … HAS DIED. NO REASON IS GIVEN FOR HIS DEATH BUT NESS DIED LATE LAST WEEK. HE WAS 76 YEARS OLD. FUNERAL SERVICES ARE PENDING. KOB TV REPORTS THAT NESS INCREASED THE STAFF IN SPORTS AND OTHER…… MORE
STATE SPENDING IS UP BY 10 PERCENT THANKS TO A BOOM IN OIL DRILLING IN NEW MEXICO. AND THE ALBUQUERQUE JOURNAL REPORTS SPENDING LEVELS WILL H IT AN ALL-TIME HIGH IF A BUDGET PLAN APPROVED BY A HOUSE COMMITTEE MONDAY SURVIVES THE LEGISLATURE. THE JOURNAL REPORTS SPENDING LEVELS WOULD BE JUST UNDER 7 BILLION DOLLARS.…… MORE
NEW MEXICO IS AMONG THE 16 STATES SUING PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP FOR DECLARING A STATE OF EMERGENCY AT THE BORDER. THE PRESIDENT SAYS THE U-S IS BEING INVADED BY CENTRAL AND SOUTH AMERICANS. BUT THE STATE OF EMERGENCY WILL ALLOW HIM TO USE MONEY FOR THE BORDER THAT’S EARMARKED FOR THE PENTAGON AND TO BLOCK…… MORE
THE 2019 LEGISLATIVE SESSION IS NOW JUST PAST THE HALF-WAY POINT. POLITICAL BLOGGER JOE MONAHAN SAYS THIS SESSION HAS BEEN NOTEWORTHY IN THAT MORE THAN 40 BILLS WERE VERY QUICKLY PASSED AND SIGNED BY THE GOVERNOR. HE SAYS IT’S DUE TO THE ROCKET DOCKET THAT WAS APPROVED AND SIGNED QUICKLY. BUT MONAHAN TELLS NEWSRADIO KKOB…… MORE
THE TEEN ACCUSED OF BRINGING A GUN TO SUE CLEVELAND HIGH SCHOOL IN RIO RANCHO LAST THURSDAY WILL STAY IN CUSTODY UNTIL HE HAS A PSYCHOLOGICAL EVALUATION. SIXTEEN YEAR OLD JOSHUA OWEN IS ALSO SAID TO HAVE FIRED AT LEAST ONE SHOT INSIDE THE SCHOOL AROUND 7AM … AND COURT DOCUMENTS INCIDENT HE WAS WEARING…… MORE
WE’RE LEARNING MORE ABOUT A POSSIBLE MOTIVE FOR A SHOOTING THURSDAY AT SUE CLEVELAND HIGH SCHOOL IN RIO RANCHO. ACCORDING TO THE ALBUQUERQUE JOURNAL, A NOTE FOUND IN THE POCKET OF 16 YEAR OLD JOSHUA OWEN INDICATED HE WANTED TO KILL HIS EX-GIRLFRIEND AND OTHERS, AND THEN KILL HIMSELF. POLICE SAY OWEN FIRED ONE SHOT…… MORE
NEW MEXICO VOICES FOR CHILDREN DISCOVERED HOW MUCH VOTERS IN THE STATE NOW THINK TWICE ABOUT APPROVING TAX HIKES. JAMES JIMENEZ WITH VOICES FOR CHILDREN SAYS IT’S MOSTLY BECAUSE THEY DON’T THINK THE MONEY GENERATED BY TAX HIKES … LIKE THE INCREASE APS SOUGHT IN PROPERTY TAXES RECENTLY … IS USED IN AREAS THEY THINK…… MORE
A JUDGE IN CLOVIS HAS SENTENCED NATHANIEL JOUETT TO LIFE IN PRISON FOR KILLING TWO PEOPLE AT A PUBLIC LIBRARY. IT WILL MORE THAN 30 YEARS BEFORE HE’S ELIGIBLE FOR PAROLE. JOUETT WAS 16 WHEN HE OPENED FIRE INSIDE THE LIBRARY IN AUGUST OF 2017, KILLING EMPLOYEES WANDA WALTERS AND KRISSIE CARTER. HE PLEADED GUILTY…… MORE
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