IF THE GOVERNOR AND A GROUP OF STATE LAWMAKERS HAVE THEIR WAY, A NEW OFFICE OF OUTDOOR RECREATION WOULD BE ESTABLISHED IN NEW MEXICO. THE IDEA IS TO PROMOTE OUR STATE AS A PLACE TO BIKE, CLIMB AND FISH. THE ALBUQUERQUE JOURNAL REPORTS SUPPORTERS OF THE LEGISLATION WANT NEW MEXICO TO CHALLENGE STATES LIKE UTAH…… MORE
Background Check Bills Go to House and Senate Floors
BILLS THAT WOULD REQUIRE BACKGROUND CHECKS FOR NEARLY ANY GUN SALE IN NEW MEXICO ARE NOW MAKING THEIR WAY TO BOTH THE HOUSE AND SENATE FLOOR. THE ALBUQUERQUE JOURNAL REPORTS DEMOCRATS FAVOR THE MEASURES AND BOTH BILLS HAVE MOVED FORWARD ON PARTY-LINE VOTES. A KEY HOUSE COMMITTEE ON MONDAY AGREED THAT THE BILL WOULD BE…… MORE
Measure Bans Guns for Domestic Violence Offenders
STATE REP DEBBIE ARMSTRONG’S BILL TO KEEP GUNS OUT OF THE HANDS OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE OFFENDERS IS ON ITS WAY TO THE HOUSE FLOOR FOR A VOTE ALONG WITH OTHER GUN VIOLENCE REDUCTION BILLS. ARMSTRONG SAYS A WOMAN IS FIVE TIME MORE LIKELY TO BE KILLED IF A GUN IS PRESENT DURING A FAMILY FIGHT.…… MORE
APD Continues Explosion Investigation
A MULTI-AGENCY INVESTIGATION IS NOW UNDERWAY FOLLOWING A DEADLY EXPLOSION BEHIND A SHOPPING CENTER AT COORS AND CENTRAL IN ALBUQUERQUE MONDAY AFTERNOON. IT’S THE SHOPPING CENTER WHERE A SMITH’S GROCERY STORE IS LOCATED. THE EXPLOSION ROCKED THE CENTER AND BUSINESSES IN THE AREA WERE EVACUATED AND PUT ON SHELTER IN PLACE. APD’S SIMON DROBIK SAYS…… MORE
New Mexico Senators Sign Anti-Border Wall Bill
NEW MEXICO’S TOM UDALL AND MARTIN HEINRICH ARE AMONG A GROUP OF 15 DEMOCRATIC SENATORS WHO’VE INTRODUCED A BILL TO KEEP PRESIDENT TRUMP FROM BYPASSING CONGRESS ON A BORDER WALL. THE MEASURE WOULD PREVENT THE PRESIDENT FROM DECLARING A NATIONAL EMERGENCY TO TAKE BILLIONS OF DOLLARS IN MILITARY AND DISASTER RESPONSE FUNDS FOR WALL CONSTRUCTION.…… MORE
Minimum Wage Bill Feeling Opposition
A BILL RAISING NEW MEXICO’S MINIMUM WAGE TO 12 DOLLARS AN HOUR BY THE YEAR 2021 HAS WON APPROVAL IN A HOUSE COMMITTEE. NOT EVERYONE LIKES THE IDEA. CAROL WIGHT, THE C-E-O OF THE NEW MEXICO RESTAURANT ASSOCIATION, SAYS A PARTICULARLY HARMFUL PROVISION IN THE BILL WOULD REMOVE A LOWER ALLOWABLE WAGE FOR TIPPED EMPLOYEES.…… MORE
“Rocket Docket” Bill Signed by the Governor
A BUSY START TO THE WEEK FOR GOVERNOR MICHELLE LUJAN-GRISHAM ON MONDAY. SHE BEGAN THE WEEK BY SIGNING 25 SENATE BILLS AND 17 HOUSE BILLS INTO LAW. THE BILLS WERE PART OF THE “ROCKET DOCKET,” A GROUP OF BILLS THAT HAD WIDESPREAD SUPPORT IN PREVIOUS SESSIONS BUT DIDN’T MAKE IT PAST THE DESK OF FORMER…… MORE
Contraception Bill Introduced in Santa Fe
A BILL THAT WILL GUARANTEE COVERAGE OF CONTRACEPTION BY NEW MEXICO HEALTH PLANS IS HEADING TO THE HOUSE FOR A VOTE IN SANTA FE. THE BILL IS SPONSORED BY REPRESENTATIVE DEBBIE ARMSTRONG. HOUSE BILL 89 ENSURES THAT HEALTH PLANS PROVIDE THINGS SUCH AS BIRTH CONTROL PILLS, I-U-D’S AND VASECTOMIES AT NO COST. THE BILL ALSO…… MORE
Man Accused of Sexual Assault is Out of Jail
A JUDGE IN ALBUQUERQUE HAS DENIED A REQUEST FROM PROSECUTORS TO KEEP ANTHONY CASIQUITO LOCKED UP UNTIL TRIAL. THE BERNALILLO COUNTY DISTRICT ATTORNEY’S OFFICE SAYS THE 22-YEAR OLD CASIQUITO WAS ON CONDITIONS OF RELEASE IN A PREVIOUS CASE WHEN HE WAS ACCUSED OF SEXUALLY ASSAULTING A FELLOW PATIENT AT LOVELACE WEST SIDE HOSPITAL LAST MONTH.…… MORE
Heads Up If you Bought a NM Lottery Ticket
CHECK YOUR POWERBALL TICKET FROM SATURDAY. THE NEW MEXICO LOTTERY SAYS A TICKET WORTH A MILLION DOLLARS WAS SOLD IN THE ALAMOGORDO AREA. NO ONE HAS COME FORWARD YET TO CLAIM THE PRIZE. THE LOTTERY SAYS THE WINNING TICKET MATCHED ALL FIVE NUMBERS, BUT MISSED ON THE POWERBALL NUMBER. THE TICKET HOLDER HAS 90 DAYS…… MORE
