THE AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION ENDORSES A STUDY DONE AT THE UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO THAT SUGGESTS THIS STATE IS HIGHEST AMONG THE 50 STATES FOR CONFINING PRISON INMATES IN SOLITARY. A DIFFERENT ASSESSMENT WAS MADE BY THE STATE. THE STUDY WAS DONE BY UNM GRADUATES, WHO TALKED WITH INMATES BEFORE MAKING THEIR CONCLUSION. AND…… MORE
Metro Detention Center Cooperated with ICE
OFFICIALS AT THE METRO DETENTION CENTER ADMIT THAT THEY’RE COOPERATING WITH IMMIGRATION AND CUSTOMS ENFORCEMENT IN SOME CASES. JAIL SPOKESWOMAN CANDACE HOPKINS TELLS THE ALBUQUERQUE JOURNAL THAT THEY’VE OCCASIONALLY CALLED ICE ABOUT CERTAIN INMATES AT THE MDC. BUT HOPKINS SAYS THOSE INSTANCES ARE EXTREMELY RARE. SHE COULDN’T SAY HOW MANY TIMES THE JAIL HAS COOPERATED…… MORE
Teacher Raises Included in Education Bill
A BIPARTISAN EDUCATION BILL DESCRIBED AS “LANDMARK LEGISLATION” GETS A PASSING VOTE IN THE SENATE FINANCE COMMITTEE THURSDAY. THE MEASURE INVESTS 330-MILLION DOLLARS INTO PUBLIC SCHOOLS … RAISING TEACHER PAY, SUPPORTING AT-RISK STUDENTS, AND EXPANDING EXTENDED LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES. THE MEASURE WOULD MAKE BASE PAY FOR TIER ONE TEACHERS 40-THOUSAND DOLLARS A YEAR … 50-THOUSAND DOLLARS…… MORE
Bill Lets Voters Recall Candidate
A REPUBLICAN STATE LAWMAKER HAS INTRODUCED A RESOLUTION ALLOWING FOR VOTERS TO RECALL AN ELECTED OFFICIAL …SOMETHING THAT’S NOT CURRENTLY ALLOWED BY STATE LAW. UNDER THE PLAN FROM ALBUQUERQUE REPRESENTATIVE BILL REHM, VOTERS COULD FILE A PETITION CITING SPECIFIC ACTS OR FAILURES. THE PETITION WOULD REQUIRE THE SIGNATURES OF AT LEAST 25-PERCENT OF THE VOTERS…… MORE
Mistrial Declared for Man Charged with Prostituting Daughter
AN ALBUQUERQUE JUDGE HAS DECLARED A MISTRIAL IN THE CASE OF JAMES STEWART… ACCUSED OF FORCING HIS YOUNG DAUGHTER INTO PROSTITUTION. DISTRICT JUDGE CINDY LEOS RULED THAT PREJUDICIAL TESTIMONY HAD BEEN GIVEN WEDNESDAY BY A WITNESS IN THE CASE…THE LITTLE GIRL’S GRANDMOTHER. A NEW TRIAL DATE OF APRIL FIRST HAS BEEN SET. STEWART ALLEGEDLY FORCED…… MORE
New Information on Dona Ana County Officer Involved Shooting
NEW DEVELOPMENTS IN AN OFFICER INVOLVED SHOOTING WEDNESDAY IN DONA ANA COUNTY. STATE POLICE SAY JAMES KIRKLAND OF KINGMAN, ARIZONA WAS SHOT AND WOUNDED BY AN OFFICER AS KIRKLAND THREATENED IN KILL HIMSELF AND HIS 7 YEAR OLD SON AFTER HE BARRICADED HIMSELF INSIDE A VEHICLE. POLICE SAY KIRKLAND HAD BLOWN THROUGH A BORDER PATROL…… MORE
West Side Shelter to Be Kept Open
MORE THAN 3-HUNDRED MEN, WOMEN AND CHILDREN ARE LEFT ON THE STREETS EACH NIGHT BECAUSE EMERGENCY HOUSING ON ALBUQUERQUE’S WEST SIDE SHUTS DOWN ONCE IT GETS WARMER IN MARCH. BUT NOW, ALBUQUERQUE MAYOR TIM KELLER AND BERNALILLO COUNTY MANAGER JULIE MORGAS BACA ARE JOINING CITY AND COUNTY OFFICIALS AS WELL AS SHELTER MANAGERS TO KEEP…… MORE
Update on Woman’s Murder in Albuquerque
ALBUQUERQUE POLICE THINK THEY KNOW WHO MURDERED A WOMAN OUTSIDE A CENTRAL AVENUE FAMILY DOLLAR STORE ON WEDNESDAY. BASED ON A LICENSE PLATE NUMBER FROM A WITNESS, OFFICERS ARRESTED 26 YEAR OLD MAIAH MADRID-SCHLEICHER. ACCORDING TO A CRIMINAL COMPLAINT THE SUSPECT EXCHANGED WORDS WITH AMANDA MADRID AS THE TWO WERE GETTING INTO THEIR CARS…AND SHOTS…… MORE
Saving Water in Albuquerque
THE ALBUQUERQUE-BERNALILLO COUNTY WATER AUTHORITY SAYS WE’VE REACHED A MILESTONE WHEN IT COMES TO WATER USAGE. KATHERINE YUHAS WITH THE WATER AUTHORITY SAYS THE COMMUNITY USED JUST 125 GALLONS OF WATER PER CAPITA DAILY IN 2018. IT IS A NEW RECORD LOW AND REPRESENTS HALF OF WHERE USAGE STOOD IN THE MID-90S. NOW, YUHAS SAYS…… MORE
Mistrial Ruled in James Stewart Case
THE JUDGE IN THE TRIAL OF JAMES STEWART HAS DECLARED A MISTRIAL. STEWART IS BEING TRIED FOR ALLEGEDLY PROSTITUTING HIS YOUNG DAUGHTER, WHO TESTIFIED FOR A SECOND DAY ON WEDNESDAY. THE DEFENSE IS ASKING FOR A MISTRIAL, CLAIMING A WITNESS BROKE THE RULES CONCERNING WHAT COULD BE SAID IN COURT. JUDGE CINDY LEOS SPOKE IN…… MORE
