THE CITY OF ALBUQUERQUE IS RAISING WHAT IT CHARGES PRIVATE BUSINESSES WHO HIRE OFF-DUTY APD OFFICERS. APD SPOKESMAN GILBERT GALLEGOS SAYS THE PROGRAM CAN PAY DIVIDENDS AS IT ALLOWS ON-DUTY OFFICERS TO RESPOND TO OTHER SITUATIONS WHILE THE OFF-DUTY OFFICERS CAN BE A USEFUL PRESENCE FOR BUSINESSES AND EVENTS. THE BASIC RATE FOR A PATROLMAN…… MORE
A RECREATIONAL MARIJUANA BILL INTRODUCED AT THE LEGISLATURE BY STATE REPRESENTATIVE JAVIER MARTINEZ ON THURSDAY WOULD ALLOW THE DRUG TO BE SOLD IN LICENSED STORES IN NEW MEXICO. CITIES AND COUNTIES COULD OPT OUT OF THE SALES IF THEY SO CHOOSE. THE SANTA FE NEW MEXICAN REPORTS HOUSE BILL 356 WOULD SET UP A LICENSING…… MORE
THE MAJOR TOPIC AT THE LEGISLATURE IN SANTA FE ON THURSDAY HAD TO DO WITH GUN CONTROL. AND REPRESENTATIVE DEBBIE ARMSTRONG’S HOUSE BILL 87 PASSED IN THE HOUSE CONSUMER AND PUBLIC AFFAIRS COMMITTEE THURSDAY NIGHT. PEOPLE BOTH FOR AND AGAINST BACKGROUND CHECKS AND GUN CONTROL LINED UP NEARLY OUT THE DOOR TO VOICE CONCERNS. AND…… MORE
GOVERNOR MICHELLE LUJAN GRISHAM HAS FILLED ONE OF THE HIGHEST-PROFILE POSITIONS IN HER ADMINISTRATION. SHE HAS APPOINTED KAREN TRUJILLO OF LAS CRUCES TO BE NEW MEXICO’S NEXT SECRETARY OF THE PUBLIC EDUCATION DEPARTMENT. TRUJILLO WILL HAVE TO RESIGN FROM HER DONA ANA COUNTY COMMISSION SEAT SHE WON IN THE LAST ELECTION. SHE IS ALSO A…… MORE
TWO PEOPLE ARE DEAD AFTER A PAIR OF SEMI’S CRASHED INTO EACH OTHER ON I-40 WEST OF ALBUQUERQUE THURSDAY AFTERNOON. BERNALILLO COUNTY FIRE DEPT LT. DAVID LUJAN SAYS THE BIG RIGS COLLIDED HEAD-ON NEAR ROUTE 66 CASINO. HE SAYS THEY’RE NOT CLEAR ON THE CIRCUMSTANCES LEADING TO THE CRASH. HE SAYS ONE SEMI WAS MOVING…… MORE
A LITTLE EXTRA REVENUE COMING IN TO THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO. ATTORNEY GENERAL HECTOR BALDERAS SAYS NEW MEXICO IS PART OF A SETTLEMENT WITH WALGREENS THAT WILL RESULT IN NEW MEXICO GETTING 840-THOUSAND DOLLARS, PART OF A 200-MILLION DOLLAR SETTLEMENT WITH ALL FIFTY STATE. THE SETTLEMENT RESOLVES ALLEGATIONS THAT WALGREENS OVER-DISPENSED INSULIN PENS TO…… MORE
CHRISTIE NORIEGA COULD HAVE GOTTEN 30 YEARS IN PRISON FOR A CRASH LAST YEAR NORTH OF ALBUQUERQUE THAT LEFT TWO MEN DEAD. BUT THE JUDGE GAVE NORIEGA A BREAK THURSDAY, SENTENCING HER TO THREE YEARS BEHIND BARS. PROSECUTORS ALLEGED NORIEGA WAS DRUNK WHEN SHE HIT AND KILLED TWO MEN CHANGING A TIRE ON THE SIDE…… MORE
AN ALBUQUERQUE JUDGE FACES A DRUNK DRIVING CHARGE. DEBORAH WALKER, WHO’S BEEN A FAMILY COURT JUDGE FOR MORE THAN 20 YEARS, WAS ARRESTED WEDNESDAY NIGHT FOLLOWING A CRASH IN THE 2-THOUSAND BLOCK OF CANDELARIA NORTHWEST. THE ARRESTING OFFICER SAYS WALKER SMELLED OF ALCOHOL AND HAD SLURRED SPEECH. A BREATHALYZER TEST SHOWED SHE WAS ABOVE THE…… MORE
PLANS ARE MOVING AHEAD FOR A NEW HOTEL ON CENTRAL AVENUE BETWEEN DOWNTOWN AND UNM. CARMELINA HART WITH ALBUQUERQUE’S PLANNING DEPARTMENT SAYS THE CITY COUNCIL HAS APPROVED A METROPOLITAN REDEVELOPMENT BOND FOR CONSTRUCTION OF A HOTEL ACROSS FROM PRESBYTERIAN HOSPITAL. SHE SAYS ONE FLOOR WILL GO TO THE RONALD MCDONALD HOUSE WITH A SKY BRIDGE…… MORE
NEW MEXICO TEACHERS WOULD GET UP TO 10 DAYS OF SICK LEAVE A YEAR UNDER A BILL UNANIMOUSLY APPROVED IN THE STATE HOUSE. AND THE NUMBER OF DAYS OFF FOR BEING SICK WOULD NOT HURT THEIR YEARLY PERFORMANCE EVALUATIONS. THIS BILL HAD BI-PARTISAN SUPPORT WHEN REPUBLICAN SUSANA MARTINEZ WAS GOVERNOR …BUT SHE VETOED IT. IT’S…… MORE
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