NEW MEXICO STATE GOVERNMENT GOT A RECORD 2.2 BILLION DOLLARS FROM THE OIL AND GAS INDUSTRY THROUGH TAXES AND FEES IN FISCAL 2018. THE NEW MEXICO OIL AND GAS ASSOCIATION SAYS THAT’S AN INCREASE OF 465 MILLION DOLLARS FROM THE PREVIOUS YEAR. IT’S ALL DUE TO A SURGE IN OIL PRODUCTION, MOSTLY IN THE PERMIAN…… MORE
NEW MEXICO SENIOR CITIZENS CURRENTLY PAY TAXES ON THEIR SOCIAL SECURITY EARNINGS. STATE REP GAIL ARMSTRONG WANTS TO CHANGE THAT. HOUSE BILL 477 WOULD LET SENIORS CLAIM UP TO 24-THOUSAND DOLLARS IN SOCIAL SECURITY EARNINGS WITHOUT HAVING TO PAY STATE TAXES ON THAT MONEY. ARMSTRONG SAYS HER BILL HAS NOT YET BEEN SCHEDULED FOR A…… MORE
EIGHT STATES ALLOW THEIR LOTTERY WINNERS TO REMAIN ANONYMOUS. NOW, IF YOU WON A LOT OF MONEY IN NEW MEXICO, LIKE BIG-TIME LOTTERY MONEY…YOU MIGHT BE ABLE TO KEEP YOUR NAME OUT OF THE PUBLIC EYE. THIS BILL WAS TABLED AFTER GETTING A TIE-VOTE ON TUESDAY AFTERNOON … LEADING EVERYONE TO THINK IT WAS DEAD.…… MORE
STATE PROSECUTORS WANT AN ACCUSED PEDOPHILE PRIEST HELD IN JAIL PENDING TRIAL. EIGHTY-ONE YEAR OLD MARVIN ARCHULETA WAS ARRAIGNED VIA VIDEO MONDAY IN SANTA FE MAGISTRATE COURT. HE WAS ARRESTED FRIDAY IN ALBUQUERQUE IN THE ALLEGED RAPE AND KIDNAPPING OF A YOUNG BOY AT A CATHOLIC CHURCH IN THE ESPANOLA AREA IN THE 1980S. DURING…… MORE
A SENATE BILL CIRCULATING AT THE LEGISLATURE IN SANTA FE WOULD BAN CERTAIN OUT-OF-STATE COMPANIES FROM SHIPPING WINE TO NEW MEXICO. THAT HAS THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF WINE RETAILERS SPEAKING OUT AGAINST THE MEASURE. THE ALBUQUERQUE JOURNAL REPORTS THE ASSOCIATION SAYS IF THE BILL IS PASSED AND SIGNED INTO LAW, IT WOULD MEAN WE NO…… MORE
ALBUQUERQUE PUBLIC SCHOOLS WILL TAKE STEPS TO DEAL WITH THE DEFEAT OF A 900-MILLION DOLLAR MILL LEVY AND BOND PACKAGE BY VOTERS. ACCORDING TO THE ALBUQUERQUE JOURNAL, THE DISTRICT HAS DECIDED TO FREEZE FACILITY MAINTENANCE SPENDING UNTIL IT CAN FULLY ANALYZE ITS FISCAL SITUATION. CHIEF OPERATIONS OFFICER SCOTT ELDER SAYS THE DISTRICT’S MAINTENANCE FUNDING FROM…… MORE
A MAJOR WINTER STORM WILL DUMP A LOT OF SNOW IN THE MOUNTAINS OF NORTHERN NEW MEXICO LATER IN THE WEEK. NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGIST CLAY ANDERSON SAYS WE’LL BE TAPPING INTO SOME PACIFIC MOISTURE MOVING INTO THE STATE THURSDAY NIGHT INTO FRIDAY, ESPECIALLY AROUND THE CONTINENTAL DIVIDE. ANDERSON SAYS WE COULD BE MEASURING SNOWFALL…… MORE
A PETITION COLLECTING SIGNATURES TO IMPEACH NEW MEXICO GOVERNOR MICHELLE LUJAN GRISHAM NOW HAS MORE THAN 19-THOUSAND SIGNATURES. THE PETITION NEEDS 25-THOUSAND SIGNATURES TO THE IMPEACHMENT PROCESS UNDERWAY. IT WAS STARTED AFTER LUJAN GRISHAM PULLED MOST OF THE STATE’S NATIONAL GUARD FROM THE BORDER AFTER THEY WERE SENT THERE BY PRESIDENT TRUMP. TRUMP SAYS THEY’RE…… MORE
THE MAN WHO WAS THE UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO’S ATHLETIC DIRECTOR HAS HIRED ALBUQUERQUE LAWYER PAUL KENNEDY TO REPRESENT HIM. PAUL KREBS IS CHARGED WITH FRAUD, MONEY LAUNDERING, CRIMINAL SOLICITATION, EVIDENCE TAMPERING AND MAKING OR ALLOWING A FALSE PUBLIC VOUCHER. THE CHARGES WERE FILED AGAINST HIM LAST WEEK IN CONNECTION WITH THE ATHLETICS DEPARTMENT GOLFING…… MORE
THE CATHOLIC DIOCESE OF LAS CRUCES SAYS IT HAS VOLUNTARILY RELEASED TO THE NEW MEXICO ATTORNEY GENERALS OFFICE THOUSANDS OF PAGES OF FILES INVOLVING MORE THAN TWO DOZEN PRIESTS. THE DIOCESE SAYS THE PRIESTS IN QUESTION HAVE FACED CREDIBLE ALLEGATIONS OF SEX ABUSE AGAINST CHILDREN. ANOTHER 13 PRIESTS HAVE BEEN IDENTIFIED AS BEING THE SUBJECT…… MORE
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