DEMOCRAT MICHELLE LUJAN GRISHAM IS THE FIRST CANDIDATE FOR GOVERNOR TO ANNOUNCE SHE WILL NOT CONTINUE THE LEGAL BATTLE OVER WHETHER NEW MEXICO MEETS ITS FINANCIAL OBLIGATIONS TO ADEQUATELY EDUCATE OUR CHILDREN. THAT POSITION, IF SHE’S ELECTED, COULD SERIOUSLY SHORTEN THE TIMELINE FOR THE FUNDING LAWSUIT BY YEARS. LUJAN GRISHAM SAYS NEW MEXICO’S EDUCATION SYSTEM…… MORE
The Judge “Missed the Boat”
PUBLIC EDUCATION SECRETARY CHRISTOPHER RUSZKOWSKI SAYS THE JUDGE MISSED THE BOAT. IT’S HIS RESPONSE TO A RULING BY JUDGE SARAH SINGLETON FRIDAY THAT NEW MEXICO ISN’T SPENDING ENOUGH MONEY ON EDUCATION. IN A STATEMENT, RUSZKOWSKI SAYS SINCE GOVERNOR MARTINEZ TOOK OFFICE, THE STATE HAS UPPED EDUCATION SPENDING BY 450-MILLION DOLLARS…MORE THAN 100 MILLION THIS YEAR…… MORE
Man Accused of Beating Teen Up for Sentencing
JUSTIN HANSEN, THE MAN ACCUSED OF BRUTALLY BEATING A TEENAGED ALBUQUERQUE GIRL, BRITTANY MARCEL, WITH A SHOVEL BACK IN 2008, WILL BE SENTENCED WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON IN DISTRICT COURT. HE’S BEEN A FREE MAN BUT COULD WIND UP IN PRISON AFTER HIS SENTENCING AT 1:30 WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. HE PLEADED “NO CONTEST” TO THE CHARGES AGAINST HIM,…… MORE
More Parents Arrested for Child Abuse
A ONE YEAR OLD ALBUQUERQUE BOY IS HOSPITALIZED IN CRITICAL CONDITION AFTER HIS MOTHER ALLEGEDLY BEAT AND KICKED HIM. TWENTY-FOUR YEAR OLD DAHN LEIDY AND HER BOYFRIEND, 35 YEAR OLD FLORENCIO MENDOZA, WERE ARRESTED MONDAY…AND BOTH WERE CHARGED WITH CHILD ABUSE RESULTING IN GREAT BODILY HARM OR DEATH. AUTHORITIES SAY THE BOY HAD TO BE…… MORE
Monsoons More than Santa Fe Needed
TUESDAY NIGHT’S MONSOON RAINFALL HIT HARDEST IN SANTA FE. IN ALBUQUERQUE, WE HAD A LOT OF RAIN AS WELL, ACCOMPANIED BY SOME POWER OUTAGES. BUT THERE WAS FLOODING ACROSS PARTS OF THE SANTA FE, INCLUDING SOME GOVERNMENT BUILDINGS, HOMES AND BUSINESSES BEING FLOODED IN TOWN. OUTSIDE AND SOUTHWEST OF SANTA FE, THE A LOT OF…… MORE
Arson Investigated at Clovis Church
CLOVIS POLICE KNOW WHO THEY’RE LOOKING FOR BUT HAVE YET TO CATCH THE SUSPECT WANTED FOR A CHURCH ARSON. AN OFFICER WAS DISPATCHED TO THE SACRED HEART CATHOLIC CHURCH ON MERRIWETHER STREET AROUND 9:30 TUESDAY MORNING ON A REPORT OF ARSON. CLOVIS POLICE SAYS A PERSON WENT INSIDE THE CHURCH AROUND 1:40 TUESDAY MORNING AND…… MORE
Alleged Prison Gang Member Convicted
IT TOOK A FEDERAL JURY SEVEN HOURS TUESDAY TO FIND AN ALLEGED PRISON GANG MEMBER GUILTY OF MURDER AND RACKETEERING. FIFTY-THREE YEAR OLD ANTHONY CORDOVA NOW FACES A MANDATORY LIFE PRISON SENTENCE. FEDERAL PROSECUTORS SAY CORDOVA WAS A MEMBER OF THE SYNDICATO DE NUEVO MEXICO PRISON GANG. HE WAS ACCUSED OF MURDERING A MAN IN…… MORE
APD’s Busy Night of Crime
A BUSY EVENING FOR ALBUQUERQUE POLICE MONDAY NIGHT. OFFICERS IN THE SOUTHEAST AREA COMMAND RESPONDED TO A TRIPLE-STABBING AT AN APARTMENT COMPLEX NEAR GIBSON AND SAN PEDRO. OFFICER SIMON DROBIK TELLS US IT HAPPENED AROUND 6:30PM AND ONE INDIVIDUAL WAS THE PRIMARY AGGRESSOR. HE WAS STABBED BY ONE OF THE VICTIMS. ALL THREE WERE HOSPITALIZED…… MORE
Trouble With A-R-T Lanes
THOSE OF YOU USING A-R-T LANES IN ALBUQUERQUE AS TURNING LANES WILL WANT TO PUT AN END TO THAT PRACTICE. THE ALBUQUERQUE POLICE DEPARTMENT IS GEARING UP TO START TICKETING THOSE DRIVER, DESPITE THE FACT NO A-R-T BUSES ARE USING THE LANES YET. A-B-Q RIDE DRIVERS WILL BE TRAINED ON DRIVING THE BUSES LATER THIS…… MORE
Education Ruling Reviewed by NM PED
STATE EDUCATION OFFICIALS ARE TRYING TO DETERMINE THE IMPACT OF A COURT DECISION LATE LAST WEEK. STATE DISTRICT JUDGE SARAH SINGLETON RULED FRIDAY THAT NEW MEXICO ISN’T DOING ENOUGH TO PROVIDE AN ADEQUATE EDUCATION FOR ALL STUDENTS. AND SHE GAVE THE GOVERNOR AND LEGISLATURE UNTIL NEXT APRIL TO SET UP A FUNDING SYSTEM THAT’S CONSTITUTIONAL.…… MORE
