A BILL THAT WOULD ALLOW RIDESHARING COMPANIES LIKE UBER AND LYFT TO EXIST IN NEW MEXICO IS APPROVED BY THE STATE HOUSE. IT PASSED ON A 58-TO-8 VOTE. HOUSE BILL 168 FROM STATE REP MONICA YOUNGBLOOD WOULD CLARIFY STATE REGULATIONS FOR THE COMPANIES … COFIDY SAFETY STANDARDS … AND REQUIRE RIDESHARING…… MORE
Food Tax Could Return to NM
OPPONENTS ARE SPEAKING OUT AGAINST A PLAN TO REINSTATE THE FOOD TAX IN NEW MEXICO. THE PROPOSAL IS CURRENTLY BEFORE THE SENATE FINANCE COMMITTEE AS LAWMAKERS STRUGGLE WITH DWINDLING REVENUES. FRED NATHAN WITH THE GROUP “THINK NEW MEXICO” IS HOPING THE BILL DOESN’T GO ANYWHERE. HE HOPES PEOPLE WILL RECOGNIZE THAT…… MORE
Social Promotion Bill Killed off in Committee
A CONTROVERSIAL EDUCATION BILL THAT’S BEEN DEBATED FOR YEARS IS LIKELY DEAD FOR THIS LEGISLATIVE SESSION. THE REPUBLICAN PROPOSAL WOULD END THE PRACTICE OF MOVING THIRD GRADERS ON TO THE FOURTH GRADE EVEN IF THEY AREN’T PROFICIENT AT READING…SOMETHING THAT’S KNOWN AS SOCIAL PROMOTION. IT PASSED IN THE GOP LED HOUSE…… MORE
Cancer Patients Fight for Continued Funding
CANCER PATIENTS AND SURVIVORS WERE AT THE ROUND HOUSE MONDAY, TALKING-UP LEGISLATORS TO CONTINUE FUNDING THE FIGHT AGAINST CANCER. SANDRA ADONDAKIS WITH THE NEW MEXICO CHAPTER OF THE LUNG ASSOCIATION SAYS THE GOAL WAS TO CONVINCE LAWMAKERS TO MAINTAIN FUNDING FOR SMOKING CESSATION PROGRAMS. SHE SAYS IT WOULD HELP PEOPLE QUIT. …… MORE
Ten NM Non-Profits Off the Hook
ATTORNEY GENERAL HECTOR BALDERAS SAYS 10 NON PROFITS THAT PROVIDED BEHAVIORAL HEALTH SERVICES IN NEW MEXICO MAY HAVE BEEN GUILTY OF REGULATORY VIOLATIONS…BUT THERE’S NO PATTERN OF FRAUD. IN 2013, THE MARTINEZ ADMINISTRATION FROZE MEDICAID PAYMENTS TO 15 PROVIDERS, ALLEGING FRAUD AND ABUSE. THREE OF THE PROVIDERS WERE PREVIOUSLY CLEARED BY…… MORE
Show-off Driver Caused Three Deaths
ALBUQUERQUE POLICE IDENTIFY THE VICTIMS FROM LAST FRIDAY’S SINGLE VEHICLE TRIPLE FATAL ACCIDENT AT PENNSYLVANIA AND OSUNA. APD’S TANNIER TIXIER SAYS THERE WERE TWO MEN AND THREE WOMEN IN THE CAR WHEN IT SPED THROUGH THE INTERSECTION AT SPEEDS IN EXCESS OF 100 MILES PER HOUR, GOING AIRBORNE AND LANDING ON AN OPEN…… MORE
Dumpster Death a Homicide
THE MAN FOUND DEAD INSIDE A DUMPSTER ON NORTH 4TH STREET IN ALBUQUERQUE LAST FRIDAY HAS BEEN IDENTIFIED. AND APD IS NOW INVESTIGATING HIS DEATH AS A HOMICIDE. BUT HIS NAME IS NOT BEING RELEASED BECAUSE APD HASN’T NOTIFIED HIS NEXT OF KIN YET. OFFICERS WERE SENT TO THE 12-HUNDRED BLOCK…… MORE
Suspect in Downtown Murder Indicted
AN ALBUQUERQUE MAN HAS BEEN INDICTED FOR MURDER IN A FATAL SHOOTING THAT HAPPENED OUTSIDE A DOWNTOWN NIGHTCLUB. TWENTY-FIVE-YEAR OLD TORY BURDEX IS CHARGED WITH FIRST DEGREE MURDER AND CONSPIRACY IN THE DEATH OF KYLE NTIFORO. THE SHOOTING HAPPENED IN OCTOBER OF 2014…BUT IT WAS MORE THAN A YEAR BEFORE BURDEX…… MORE
Suspects Sought in ATM Shooting Death
THE SUSPECT WHO SHOT AND KILLED A 24 YEAR OLD ARMY VETERAN FRIDAY NIGHT IS STILL ON THE RUN. APD SAYS TYLER LACKEY WAS KILLED AT AN ATM AT GIBSON AND YALE SOUTHEAST WHILE ARGUING WITH ANOTHER MAN. POLICE BELIEVE THE SUSPECT MAY HAVE TRIED TO ROB LACKEY. APD SAYS THE MAN FLED THE SCENE…… MORE
Council Committee Considers Petroglyph Land Purchase
AN ALBUQUERQUE CITY COUNCILOR IS PROPOSING THAT THE CITY BUY UP SOME LAND AROUND THE PETROGLYPH NATIONAL MONUMENT. ISAAC BENTON TELLS 770 KKOB THE PETROGLYPHS ARE A TREASURE THAT NEED TO BE PROTECTED FROM DEVELOPMENT. BENTON SAYS SEVERAL PARCELS OF LAND COULD BE PURCHASED FOR ONE AND A HALF MILLION DOLLARS. THAT LAND COULD THEN…… MORE
