ALBUQUERQUE PUBLIC SCHOOLS IS DOING WHAT MANY URBAN SCHOOL DISTRICTS ARE DOING AROUND THE U-S: SENDING LETTERS HOME WITH IMMIGRANT STUDENTS. SPOKESPERSON MONICA ARMENTA SAYS MANY OF THESE STUDENTS WERE ANXIOUS BEFORE DONALD TRUMP WAS ELECTED. NOW SCHOOL COUNSELING OFFICES REPORT STUDENTS ARE UPSET ABOUT HOW TRUMP’S DEPORTATION THREATS WILL IMPACT THEIR FAMILY…… MORE
Quezada Suing PAC
THE MAN WHO JUST WON ELECTION TO THE BERNALILLO COUNTY COMMISSION IS SUING A LOCAL POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE FOR WHAT IT SAID ABOUT HIM DURING THE CAMPAIGN. FORMER “BREAKING BAD” ACTOR STEVEN MICHAEL QUEZADA SAYS THE PAC FALSELY ACCUSED HIM OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AND OF BEING AFFILIATED WITH A WEST SIDE GANG. …… MORE
Santa Fe Could Tax Sweet Drinks
SANTA FE’S MAYOR WANTS TO RAISE THE TAX ON SUGARY DRINKS TO HELP FUND EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION THERE. MAYOR JAVIER GONZALES IS PROPOSING A 2-CENT TAX BE ADDED WHEN ANYONE BUYS A SUGARY BEVERAGE … WITH THE EXPECTED 10-POINT-6-MILLION DOLLAR REVENUE GOING TOWARD EXPANDING EDUCATION PROGRAMS. GONZALES HAS SUPPORT FROM CITY…… MORE
Pediatric Surgeon Still in Federal Custody
ALBUQUERQUE PEDIATRIC SURGEON GUY ROSENSCHEIN MADE HIS FIRST FEDERAL COURT APPEARANCE THURSDAY ON CHARGES THAT HE POSSESSED AND DISTRIBUTED CHILD PORNOGRAPHY. THE 63 YEAR OLD WAS ARRESTED TUESDAY AFTER BERNALILLO COUNTY SHERIFF’S DETECTIVES FOUND A THUMB DRIVE ALLEGEDLY CONTAINING CHILD PORNOGRAPHY AT HIS HOME. ROSENSCHEIN REMAINS IN FEDERAL CUSTODY. IF FOUND…… MORE
New D-A Could Determine Cops’ Retrial
INCOMING BERNALILLO COUNTY DISTRICT ATTORNEY RAUL TORREZ MAY MAKE THE FINAL DECISION ON WHETHER TWO FORMER ALBUQUERQUE POLICE OFFICERS WILL BE RE-TRIED FOR MURDER. THE ALBUQUERQUE JOURNAL REPORTS THAT RANDI MCGINN, WHO PROSECUTED THE CASE AGAINST KEITH SANDY AND DOMINIQUE PEREZ, HAS ASKED A JUDGE TO LET TORREZ DECIDE IF THERE WILL BE…… MORE
Help Needed from Public in Poaching Case
AN APPARENT CASE OF POACHING THIS WEEK ON THE BANDOLIER NATIONAL MONUMENT. OFFICIALS SAY AN ELK WAS KILLED SOMETIME OVERNIGHT TUESDAY. IT HAPPENED ALONG HIGHWAY 4, WEST OF THE SANDOVAL-LOS ALAMOS COUNTY LINE BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 45 AND 46. INVESTIGATORS NOW HOPE YOU CAN HELP. THEY’RE ASKING THAT ANYONE WHO MAY…… MORE
Major Changes Expected for Supreme Court
LOOK FOR A MORE CONSERVATIVE SUPREME COURT WITH DONALD TRUMP IN THE WHITE HOUSE. SENIOR LECTURER PETER KIERST AT UNM SPECIALIZES IN CONSTITUTIONAL LAW AND THE SUPREME COURT…AND SAYS TRUMP COULD BE MAKING SEVERAL APPOINTMENTS IN THE YEARS TO COME. HE SAYS IT WOULD CREATE A CHANCE FOR PRESIDENT-ELECT TRUMP AND…… MORE
Albuquerque Among Cities Protesting Trump
CARRYING SIGNS THAT READ “NOT OUR PRESIDENT” AND “STAND AND FIGHT” … NEARLY 100 TRUMP PROTESTERS TOOK TO THE STREETS OF ALBUQUERQUE WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND NIGHT TO RALLY AGAINST HIS PRESIDENCY. THEY GATHERED AT 1ST AND CENTRAL AROUND 5:30PM … HEADED UP CENTRAL AVENUE… BLOCKED TRAFFIC ON I-25 NEAR THE LOMAS…… MORE
NM’s Legislative Changes Important
THERE WILL BE A NEW DEMOCRATIC LEADER IN THE NEW MEXICO SENATE. AFTER 24 YEARS IN THE LEGISLATURE, MICHAEL SANCHEZ OF BELEN WAS DEFEATED BY G-O-P NEWCOMER GREG BACA TUESDAY. POLITICAL BLOGGER JOE MONAHAN SAYS HE WASN’T SURPRISED SANCHEZ LOST…BUT WAS SURPRISED BY THE MARGIN. MONAHAN SAYS THE MARGIN SAID TO…… MORE
Who’s Eying NM Governorship
A LOOK AT WHO MIGHT TAKE OVER NEW MEXICO’S GOVERNOR’S MANSION AFTER SUSANA MARTINEZ LEAVES. THE ALBUQUERQUE JOURNAL REPORTS THAT SENATOR TOM UDALL AND CONGRESSWOMAN MICHELLE LUJAN GRISHAM ARE SERIOUSLY CONSIDERING A GUBERNATORIAL RUN. CONGRESSMAN STEVE PEARCE TELLS THE JOURNAL HE’D AT LEAST CONSIDER THE IDEA. THE 68 YEAR…… MORE
