GOVERNOR MICHELLE LUJAN GRISHAM PULLED NEW MEXICO NATIONAL GUARD TROOPS FROM THE BORDER WITH MEXICO … AND THE MOVE GOT NATIONAL ATTENTION ON WEDNESDAY. THE ALBUQUERQUE JOURNAL REPORTS LUJAN GRISHAM THEN DEFENDED HER DECISION, SAYING THE AREA IN SOUTHERN NEW MEXICO WILL NOT BE ‘MILITARIZED.’ SHE SAYS THE STATE WILL NOT USE THE NATIONAL GUARD…… MORE
Failed Election Blame for APS
ALBUQUERQUE PUBLIC SCHOOL OFFICIALS ARE STILL REELING FROM THE DEFEAT OF THEIR BOND ISSUE AND MILL LEVY. DAVID PEERCY, PRESIDENT OF THE SCHOOL BOARD AT APS, SAYS HE TAKES PERSONAL RESPONSIBILITY FOR ITS FAILURE. HE TELLS KOB-TV IT WAS HIS JOB TO TELL CONSTITUENTS THE POSITIVE INITIATIVES APS WOULD HAVE PUT IN PLACE HAD THE…… MORE
Why APS Election for Tax Hike Failed
ALBUQUERQUE PUBLIC SCHOOLS OVER-REACHED. THAT’S WHAT THE RIO GRANDE FOUNDATION’S PRESIDENT PAUL GESSING IS SAYING ABOUT VOTERS OVERWHELMINGLY REJECTING THE SCHOOL DISTRICT’S PROPOSED TAX HIKE. HE TELLS NEWSRADIO KKOB MOST VOTERS FELT A 19-PERCENT INCREASE IN THE APS PROPERTY TAX WAS WAY TOO MUCH. HE SAYS VOTERS PERCEIVE APS TO BE AN INEFFICIENT ORGANIZATION AND…… MORE
Still Just Democrats and Republicans for NM Primaries
NEW MEXICO PRIMARIES WILL REMAIN OPEN ONLY TO MEMBERS OF POLITICAL PARTIES. THE STATE SUPREME COURT HAS THROWN OUT A CASE BROUGHT BY VOTERS WHO CLAIMED THAT BARRING INDEPENDENTS FROM CASTING BALLOTS IN THE PRIMARY IS UNCONSTITUTIONAL. THE SANTA FE NEW MEXICAN REPORTS THAT, WITH THE RULING, THE HIGH COURT IS LEAVING IT UP TO…… MORE
Dental Therapist Bill Makes It Through Committee
A NEW MEXICO HOUSE COMMITTEE HAS UNANIMOUSLY APPROVED A BILL AUTHORIZING DENTAL THERAPISTS TO PRACTICE IN THE STATE. SUPPORTERS SAY NEARLY 900-THOUSAND NEW MEXICANS LIVE IN AREAS WITHOUT ENOUGH DENTISTS…AND MORE THAN A QUARTER OF ALL ELEMENTARY AGE CHILDREN IN THE STATE HAVE UNTREATED TOOTH DECAY. DENTAL THERAPISTS ARE LICENSED DENTAL PRACTITIONERS, SIMILAR TO PHYSICIANS…… MORE
Woman Attacked, Mugged in Nob Hill
NINETEEN YEAR OLD VAL HERNANDEZ IS RECOVERING AFTER THE UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO STUDENT WAS VIOLENTLY ATTACKED AND ROBBED IN NOB HILL LAST WEEKEND. SHE HAD TO SPEND SOME TIME IN THE HOSPITAL AND THE ATTACKER IS STILL ON THE RUN AFTER HITTING HERNANDEZ IN THE FACE WITH A GUN. HERNANDEZ OFTEN GOES TO NOB…… MORE
A-G Files Charges in Krebs Case
THE NEW MEXICO ATTORNEY GENERAL’S OFFICE HAS FILED A CRIMINAL COMPLAINT CHARGING FORMER U-N-M ATHLETICS DIRECTOR PAUL KREBS WITH NUMEROUS FELONIES CONNECTED TO THE 2015 GOLF TRIP TO SCOTLAND. THE CHARGES INCLUDE FRAUD OVER 20-THOUSAND DOLLARS, MAKING OR PERMITTING A FALSE PUBLIC VOUCHER, TAMPERING WITH EVIDENCE AND MONEY LAUNDERING. MOST OF THE CHARGES ARE FOURTH…… MORE
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NM Democratic Lawmakers on Trump’s SOTU Speech
NOTHING POSITIVE FROM NEW MEXICO’S DEMOCRATIC LAWMAKERS IN WASHINGTON ABOUT PRESIDENT TRUMP’S STATE OF THE UNION SPEECH TUESDAY NIGHT. SENATOR TOM UDALL SAYS THE SPEECH WAS THE PRESIDENT’S CHANCE TO SHOW NEW MEXICANS THAT HE’D CHANGE COURSE AFTER INFLICTING THE LONGEST GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN IN U-S HISTORY BUT SAYS PRESIDENT TRUMP SEEMS COMMITTED TO DESTRUCTIVE TACTICS.…… MORE
Pull-back of Some Troops at the Border
FEWER NEW MEXICO NATIONAL GUARD TROOPS WILL BE AT THE BORDER NEW MEXICO SHARES WITH OLD MEXICO. THERE WERE 118 GUARD TROOPS AT THE BORDER, SOME FROM OTHER STATES. KOB TV REPORTS GOVERNOR MICHELLE LUJAN GRISHAM HAS PULLED MOST OF THOSE TROOPS DEPLOYED THERE AND REQUESTED NATIONAL GUARD LEADERS TO ASSESS IF A LARGER PRESENCE…… MORE
