Morning Word: Griego Faces More Trouble

Griego Could Lose Real Estate License

Former state senator Phil Griego is being

after he resigned from the legislature in 2015. Dan Boyd at the Albuquerque Journal reports Griego could also lose his real estate license after the New Mexico Real Estate Commission filed a complaint against him for violating several rules when he brokered the sale of a state building in 2014.

PNM Earnings Decline

The state's investor-owned utility told investors its earning for the second quarter are

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The bad news didn't hurt PNM's stock, however; it closed up a penny.

Santa Fe Launches Finance Portal

The City of Santa Fe

that allows the public to visualize department finances and gain a better understanding of the budgeting process. Visitors still can’t review city vendor contracts and other documents online, but a little more sunshine is always good.

David Romero White, the founder of Organtica, has been planning a drive-thru lane at his new cannabis dispensary when it opens in Albuquerque this fall. His idea:

waiting in crowded lobbies. But Oliver Utyettebrouck reports the Department of Health isn’t buying it and rejected White’s plan.

This morning, the federal Drug Enforcement Agency is expected to announce it has decided not to reschedule cannabis, but

facilities to study whether the plant has medicinal value.

Heath Haussamen reports state Land Commissioner Aubrey Dunn “wants the federal government to transfer millions of unleased subsurface mineral acres beneath private land to the state, to be

like home visiting and child-care assistance.”

The Albuquerque restaurant owners who removed their “Black Olives Matter” marketing campaign after being criticized on social media are

with the slogan for $20.

Tonight’s presidential campaign rally for Gary Johnson, which had been planned at the Albuquerque Convention Center, has been pushed back to Saturday Johnson’s staff said they

. The time and place for Saturday’s event will be announced later.

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