OPEN PRIMARIES COULD BE IN NEW MEXICO’S FUTURE. A NUMBER OF ELECTORAL REFORM BILLS ARE BEING INTRODUCED BY LAWMAKERS AT THE LEGISLATURE TO END THE STATE’S CLOSED PRIMARY SYSTEM. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS REPORTS THE MEASURES WOULD MAKE ELECTIONS MORE COMPETITIVE BY ALLOWING INDEPENDENTS AND UNAFFILIATED VOTERS TO CAST BALLOTS IN THOSE ELECTIONS. …… MORE
Legislation Addresses PayDay Loans in NM
IF YOU REPAY YOUR PAY DAY LOAN ON TIME … YOU’D BE REWARDED UNDER A BILL BEING PROPOSED AT THE LEGISLATURE IN SANTA FE. HIGH INTEREST RATES … SOMETIMES UP TO 200 PERCENT … MAKE SHORT TERM PAY DAY LOANS DIFFICULT TO PAY OFF. THE PROPOSAL FROM ALBUQUERQUE STATE REP JAVIER…… MORE
Bills Ban “Solitary” for Certain Prisoners
A HOUSE BILL BEING PROPOSED AT THE LEGISLATURE IN SANTA FE WOULD LIMIT WHICH JAIL OR PRISON INMATES COULD BE PLACED IN SOLITARY CONFINEMENT. THE WOULD EXEMPT ANYONE UNDER 18 YEARS OLD … PREGNANT WOMEN … AND PRISONERS DEALING WITH SERIOUS MENTAL ILLNESS. THE MEASURE IS CO-SPONSORED BY ALBUQUERQUE DEMOCRATIC REPRESENTATIVE MOE MAESTAS. HE SAYS…… MORE
Cold Cases on Bernalillo County Billboards
THE BERNALILLO COUNTY SHERIFFS DEPARTMENT IS REOPENING TWO UNSOLVED HOMICIDE COLD CASES. DEPUTY FELICIA ROMERO SAYS SIBLINGS LISA AND EDDIE GUERRERO WERE SHOT TO DEATH ON SUNNY SLOPE ROAD IN 1999…AND ALICIA ACOSTA WAS GUNNED DOWN INSIDE HER SMOKE SHOP ON ISLETA BOULEVARD IN 2009. SHE SAYS THERE ARE NEW DEVELOPMENT…… MORE
Heather Wilson Nominated for Air Force Secretary
PRESIDENT TRUMP SAYS HE’LL NOMINATE HEATHER WILSON TO BE THE NEXT SECRETARY OF THE AIR FORCE. THE WHITE HOUSE SAYS THE FORMER NEW MEXICO CONGRESSWOMAN WOULD BE THE FIRST AIR FORCE ACADEMY GRADUATE TO LEAD THAT BRANCH OF THE SERVICE. PRIOR TO SERVING IN CONGRESS, WILSON WAS SECRETARY OF THE STATE…… MORE
Search Continues for Auto Theft Suspect
THE WOMAN ARRESTED LAST FRIDAY IN ALBUQUERQUE IN CONNECTION WITH THE CRASH THAT KILLED 14 YEAR OLD SHAYLEE BOLING GIVES APD INFORMATION ON THE PERSON IN THE VEHICLE WITH HER. SHE SAYS HE’S 24 YEAR OLD PAUL GARCIA. HE HAS BROWN HAIR AND EYES, THICK EYEBROWS, AND A MOUSTACHE AND GOATEE. IF YOU…… MORE
Quezada Off the Hook
NEW MEXICO STATE POLICE SAY BERNALILLO COUNTY COMMISSIONER STEVEN MICHAEL QUEZADA IS NOT GUILTY OF FRAUD. PATRICIA PAIZ, THE PERSON QUEZADA BEAT IN THE COMMISSIONERS RACE IN NOVEMBER, CLAIMED QUEZADA HADN’T SIGNED THE PAPERWORK WHEN HE ANNOUNCED HIS CANDIDACY. STATE POLICE SAID ON MONDAY THAT AN INVESTIGATION REVEALED ALL THE HANDWRITTEN…… MORE
Southern NM Jobs Announced
MORE JOBS COMING TO SOUTHERN NEW MEXICO. A HUNDRED-AND-THREE NEW POSITIONS ARE COMING TO DONA ANA COUNTY. WHOLESOME VALLEY FOODS IS CREATING 90 JOBS WITH THE RENOVATION OF AN ABANDONED EGG PROCESSING FACILITY. THAT’S LOCATED IN BERINO. ALSO, NEW MEXICO GREENHOUSE HOLDINGS IS ADDING 13 JOBS FOR THEIR OPERATIONS IN MESILLA…… MORE
Rio Rancho Police Chief Steps Down
THE CITY OF RIO RANCHO WILL BE GETTING A NEW POLICE CHIEF. CURRENT CHIEF MICHAEL GEIER HAS ANNOUNCED HE’S STEPPING DOWN FOR PERSONAL REASONS. GEIER HAS LED THE RIO RANCHO POLICE DEPARTMENT SINCE FEBRUARY OF 2014. HE HAD A LONG CAREER IN ALBUQUERQUE, SERVING AROUND 20 YEARS WITH APD. RIO RANCHO…… MORE
Round House Marks Another School Choice Week
IT’S SCHOOL CHOICE WEEK … AND IT’LL BE CELEBRATED AT THE STATE CAPITOL IN SANTA FE MONDAY WITH LT. GOVERNOR JOHN SANCHEZ AND STATE EDUCATION SECRETARY HANNA SKANDERA. THEY’LL JOIN HUNDREDS OF STUDENTS, TEACHERS, PARENTS, AND COMMUNITY LEADERS AT NOON IN THE ROTUNDA TO COINCIDE WITH MORE THAN 21-THOUSAND SIMILAR EVENTS ACROSS THE…… MORE
