A NEW PLAN IN THE WORKS TO OVERHAUL NEW MEXICO’S SALES TAX CODE. IT’S FROM REPUBLICAN STATE REP JASON HARPER, WHO TELLS THE ALBUQUERQUE JOURNAL HIS LEGISLATION IS DESIGNED TO WIN BIPARTISAN SUPPORT AT THE ROUND HOUSE. HE SAYS HIS OVERHAUL OF THE TAX RATE WOULD LOWER STATE AND LOCAL TAXES,…… MORE
Woman Dead after NE Heights Shooting
A SHOOTING IN ALBUQUERQUE WEDNESDAY NIGHT LEAVES A WOMAN DEAD AND A MAN IN THE HOSPITAL. APD OFFICERS WERE SENT TO A HOME IN THE 200 BLOCK OF TEXAS NEAR CHICO AROUND 8:30 PM. THEY FIRST ENCOUNTERED THE INJURED MAN, WHO WAS OUTSIDE THE HOME. OFFICERS CLEARED THE HOME, THEN FOUND…… MORE
Advocate says NM’s DWI Policies Aren’t Working
NEW MEXICO’S POLICIES ON DRUNK DRIVING AREN’T WORKING. THAT FROM LINDA ATKINSON WITH ALBUQUERQUE’S DWI RESOURCE CENTER IN LIGHT OF THE LEVI MANUELITO CASE. THE 57 YEAR OLD SHIPROCK MAN RECENTLY HAD HIS 15TH DRUNK DRIVING ARREST. ATKINSON SAYS IT’S TOO EASY FOR REPEAT OFFENDERS TO GET ACCESS TO A VEHICLE. …… MORE
NM Lawmaker’s Bill Beefs Up “Three Strikes” Law
WHEN LAWMAKERS CONVENE IN SANTA FE LATER THIS MONTH, THERE WILL BE AN EFFORT TO MAKE THE STATE’S THREE STRIKES LAW MORE EFFECTIVE. STATE REPRESENTATIVE BILL REHM OF ABQ SAYS NO ONE HAS EVER BEEN SENTENCED UNDER THE LAW WHICH HAS BEEN ON THE BOOKS FOR YEARS. HE SAYS THE CRIMES…… MORE
Albuquerque Makes a Good List
ALBUQUERQUE IS RANKED 17TH OVERALL ON SUNSET MAGAZINE’S LIST OF THE 20 GAME CHANGES REDEFINING THE WEST. BUT IT’S TOPS WHEN IT COMES TO CITES IN THE SOUTHWEST … FOLLOWED BY TAOS. ALBUQUERQUE HAS BEEN NOTED FOR THE CITY’S GROWING FILM INDUSTRY, ITS ART SCENE, HIKING AND BIKING TRAILS AND 300…… MORE
A Mixed Health Report for NM
THERE ARE POSITIVE AND NEGATIVE TRENDS WHEN IT COMES TO THE HEALTH OF NEW MEXICANS. THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH’S LATEST REPORT CARD SHOWS THAT TEEN BIRTH RATES ARE DOWN…AS IS THE PERCENTAGE OF NEW MEXICANS WHO SMOKE. BUT, ACCORDING TO THE SANTA FE NEW MEXICAN, THERE’S ALSO A NEGATIVE SIDE.…… MORE
Mortgage Firm Settlement Means Payments for Some New Mexicans
A NATIONWIDE SETTLEMENT WITH A MAJOR MORTGAGE COMPANY MEANS CASH PAYMENTS FOR AROUND 265 NEW MEXICANS. CHOLLA KHOURY WITH THE STATE ATTORNEY GENERALS OFFICE SAYS SOME PEOPLE ENDED UP LOSING THEIR HOMES BECAUSE OF BAD ACTS BY P-H-H MORTGAGE CORPORATION OF NEW JERSEY. SHE SAYS IF THEY FACED FORECLOSURE BUT DIDN’T…… MORE
Serial Bank Robber Sentenced
A MAN WHO WENT ON A BANK ROBBERY SPREE IN AUGUST OF LAST YEAR IS GOING TO PRISON FOR 20 YEARS. THIRTY-SEVEN YEAR OLD CHRISTOPHER JAMES BAUM WAS PROSECUTED UNDER THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT’S “WORST OF THE WORST” ANTI-VIOLENCE INITIATIVE. BAUM, WHO ALREADY HAD THREE PRIOR BANK ROBBERY CONVICTIONS, ADMITTED TO HOLDING…… MORE
Albuquerque Man Pleads in in Deacon’s Death
A 20 YEAR OLD ALBUQUERQUE MAN FACES THREE DECADES IN PRISON AFTER PLEADING GUILTY ON TUESDAY TO 2ND DEGREE MURDER AND 35 OTHER CHARGES. DANIEL LEE SANDOVAL IS ACCUSED OF KILLING A LOCAL DEACON, HECTOR AGUIRRE, WHO’S ALSO A CARPENTER. POLICE SAY SANDOVAL RAN OVER AGUIRRE AS THE DEACON TRIED TO KEEP SANDOVAL…… MORE
NM Supreme Court Stays Vetoed Bills
THE NEW MEXICO SUPREME COURT GIVES GOVERNOR MARTINEZ WHAT SHE WANTS: A STAY ON THE 2017 LEGISLATIVE BILLS SHE VETOED. THIS AFTER A LOWER COURT RULED THAT THE GOVERNOR EITHER DIDN’T EXPLAIN HER REASON FOR VETOING THOSE BILLS OR SHE ACTED TOO LATE ON THEM. LEGISLATIVE LEADERS SAY THE VETOES ARE…… MORE
