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only May, and we’re already on the path covering the 2016 presidential election. That, plus weather and entertainment news from around the state.
It's Wednesday, May 6, 2015
Hillary Clinton says immigration reform should include a clear path to citizenship for undocumented immigrants. Republicans have said any measure has to start with stronger border security. The Associated Press has the story. She only announced her candidacy for the Republican presidential nomination on Monday, and now Carly Fiorina is coming to New Mexico to headline the state GOP’s Silver Elephant Dinner. Matthew Reichbach has details. Santa Fe police officers finally have the right forms to issue civil citations for small quantities of marijuana possession.
Julie Ann Grimm has the scoop.
Robert Redford told Santa Fe Mayor Javier Gonzales that the opportunity to slow down the impact of climate change is “shrinking.” Read it at the Santa Fe New Mexican. Record rain in eastern New Mexico caused some severe flooding in Clovis.
Read it at the Clovis News Journal.
A funnel cloud was spotted in Roswell during an afternoon storm on Tuesday.
More than a dozen Northern New Mexico health clinics are in line to get $4 million in federal grant money.
A few days after Lyft announced it was pausing its operations in New Mexico, Uber, another ride-sharing company, says new Public Regulation Commission rules are “unreasonable.”
Albuquerque City Councilors have approved an ordinance to promote equal pay for women. The measure, called the Pay Equality Ordinance, gives businesses seeking city contracts incentive to offer equal wages to both men and women. A weighted preference will be given to firms that hold a "pay equity business certificate" issued by the city’s Office of Diversity and Human Rights.
A second review released by City of Albuquerque auditors confirms Taser deal was “greased.”
A national survey shows that 70 percent of Americans favor body cameras for police officers.
Fans of the late Doors rocker Jim Morrison are working on plans to save the Albuquerque home he lived in while he attended Highland High School.
A Santa Fe firefighter was on the The Price Is Right , one of our favorite television game shows. Jeffrey Maestas won an outdoor kitchen island. After winning a wheel spin-off, Maestas lost the big showcase round.
More than 140 Smokey and the Bandit enthusiasts will pass through Tucumcari this week as they head “East Bound and Down” to Dallas, taking part in the eighth-annual Bandit Run.
David Hersey and Dave Hall came up with the idea to hold the original run as a re-enactment of the 30-year anniversary of the journey portrayed in the film Smokey and the Bandit, that starred Burt Reynolds, Sally Field and the late Jackie Gleason.
Sports reporter Geoff Grammer gets the video award of the day. He posted a time-lapsed video showing the ground crew removing a rain tarp at Isotopes Lab. It was so fascinating we watched it twice.
Santa Fe Reporter