LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES WILL NO LONGER BE ABLE TO SEIZE PROPERTY CONNECTED TO A CRIME UNLESS THERE IS A CONVICTION IN THE CASE. GOVERNOR MARTINEZ SIGNED HOUSE BILL 560, PUTTING AN END TO CIVIL ASSET FORFEITURE. PAUL GESSING WITH THE RIO GRANDE FOUNDATION SAYS CIVIL ASSET FORFEITURE WAS UNCONSTITUTIONAL. GESSING SAYS THERE IS STILL CRIMINAL FORFEITURE WHICH…… MORE
GOV VETOES HEMP BILL
YOU CAN FORGET ABOUT HAVING BEER AND WINE DELIVERED TO YOUR HOME. A BILL ALLOWING FOR HOME DELIVERY WAS PASSED BY THE LEGISLATURE THIS YEAR…BUT IT WAS VETOED TODAY BY GOVERNOR MARTINEZ. THE GOVERNOR ALSO VETOED A BILL THAT WOULD HAVE ALLOWED THE GROWING OF INDUSTRIAL USE HEMP IN NEW MEXICO.… MORE
IT’S ALL JUST PRACTICE
COTTONWOOD MALL WILL BE THE BACKDROP FOR SOME ACTIVE SHOOTER TRAINING. IT’S PLANNED FOR THIS SUNDAY EVENING, AFTER THE MALL CLOSES. VARIOUS BERNLILLO COUNTY PUBLIC SAFETY AGENCIES ARE PARTICIPATING.… MORE
Hold the Phone … and the Text
NEW MEXICO JOINS THE NATION IN CRACKING DOWN ON DISTRACTED DRIVING WITH A CAMPAIGN THAT STARTS FRIDAY AND CONTINUES THROUGH APRIL 15TH. IT’LL COVER NOT ONLY HAND-HELD CELL PHONE USE … BUT TEXTING WHILE DRIVING … BOTH WHICH ARE AGAINST THE LAW IN NEW MEXICO. MELISSA DOSHER WITH THE STATE D-O-T TELLS US THERE’S A…… MORE
No Fines for Monster Sewage Spill
THE ALBUQUERQUE-BERNALILLO COUNTY WATER UTILITY AUTHORITY WILL NOT FACE ANY FINES FOR THE SPILL LAST FEBRUARY THAT SENT ABOUT SIX MILLION GALLONS OF PARTIALLY TREATED WASTEWATER IN TO THE RIO GRANDE. A MALFUNCTION AT THE SOUTHSIDE RECLAMATION PLANT CAUSED THE SPILL. WATER UTILITY SPOKESMAN DAVID MORRIS SAYS THE E-PA HAS ISSUED TWO ADMINISTRATIVE ORDERS OUTLINING…… MORE
Billion Dollar Budget Signed into Law
NEW MEXICO NOW HAS A SPENDING PLAN FOR NEXT FISCAL YEAR. GOVERNOR MARTINEZ HAS SIGNED THE 6.2 BILLION DOLLAR BUDGET APPROVED BY LAWMAKERS. THE GOVERNOR SAYS THE SPENDING PLAN PRIORITIZES JOB CREATION, CONTINUING EDUCATION REFORM AND IMPROVEMENTS TO PUBLIC SAFETY. THE BUDGET INCREASES SPENDING BY A LITTLE OVER ONE PERCENT FROM THE CURRENT YEAR. IT…… MORE
D-A Booted from Murder Case Against Officers
CITING WHAT APPEARS TO BE A CONFLICT OF INTEREST, A DISTRICT JUDGE HAS RULED THAT D-A KARI BRANDENBURG WILL NOT BE ALLOWED TO PROSECUTE THE CASE OF TWO A-P-D OFFICERS CHARGED WITH MURDER IN THE JAMES BOYD SHOOTING. ATTORNEY SAM BREGMAN REPRESENTS ONE OF THOSE OFFICERS, KEITH SANDY. HE SAYS HE’S PLEASED WITH THE OUTCOME.…… MORE
APS Introduced Superintendent Finalists
ALBUQUERQUE HOLDS THREE MORE FORUMS FRIDAY AFTER INTRODUCING ITS THREE FINALISTS FOR THE SUPERINTENDENT’S JOB TO COMMUNITY MEMBERS WHO ATTENDED THURSDAY’S HEARING. THE ONLY NEW MEXICO CANDIDATE IS ALMUDENA ABEYTA … DEPUTY SUPERINTENDENT FOR TEACHING AND LEARNING AT SANTA FE PUBLIC SCHOOLS. SHE SAYS STUDENTS ARE ALWAYS THE FIRST PRIORITY. ABEYTA IS ALSO A PRODUCT…… MORE
Three Cuffed in Drug-Related Shooting
THREE MEN ARE UNDER ARREST IN A DRUG-RELATED SHOOTING THAT HAPPENED JANUARY 4TH IN ALBUQUERQUE. A-P-D SAYS 20 YEAR OLD ISAIAH MARTINEZ, 19 YEAR OLD RAUL TENA JR, AND 18 YEAR OLD DEVANTE ENRIQUEZ FACE A NUMBER OF CHARGES INCLUDING ARMED ROBBERY AND AGGRAVATED BATTERY. THEY’RE ACCUSED OF ROBBING, SHOOTING AND CRITICALLY INJURING ADRIAN GALLEGOS…… MORE
Councilor Says There are Better Ways to Address Litter
SANTA FE HAS ABOUT A MONTH BEFORE THE BAN ON SALES OF MINIATURE LIQUOR BOTTLES TAKES EFFECT. THE CITY COUNCIL PASSED THE MEASURE LAST (WED) NIGHT ON A 6-TO-2 VOTE. RON TRUJILLO WAS ONE OF THE TWO “NO” VOTES. HE TELLS US HE VOTED AGAINST IT MAINLY BECAUSE IT WAS POSED AS A WAY TO…… MORE
