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Money for Justice
At the same time executive agencies are cutting back program spending and preparing for even steeper cuts, the state’s courts and public defender’s office are
to operate and boost employee and contractor pay.
UNM Plans Hiring Freeze and Budget Cuts
In anticipation of fewer state dollars, the University of New Mexico is preparing to
by 5 percent and implement a hiring freeze.
No Probable Cause
A state District Court judge in Albuquerque
against Los Alamos National Laboratory employee Jeremy Danielson, who was accused of carrying a hoax bomb at the Sunport on Sunday.
Voters to Advise SF County on Tax Hike
Santa Fe County wants to
on raising local gross receipts taxes one-eighth of 1 percent to fund behavioral health services, so commissioners are putting an advisory question on the Nov. 8 ballot.
Fewer Residents Go Without Health Insurance
The Affordable Care Act is working in New Mexico. A census reports show
since 2015.
The New Mexico Secretary of State campaign is
on Voter ID laws and whether voters should have to present photo id before casting ballots.
Victoria Martens, the mother of the 10-year-old girl killed in Albuquerque last month, told police
in the past, because “she enjoyed watching.” We’re also learning, even before the horrific homicide,
about the girl and twice asked the Children, Youth and Families Department to investigate possible abuse and neglect.
Paul Allen, the owner of the Seattle Seahawks, who helped launch Microsoft in Albuquerque years ago, is a big fan of Albuquerque restaurant Powdrell’s Barbeque. In fact, he’s having the sauce
during home games.
Joe Powdrell, whose family has been serving barbecue in Albuquerque since 1962, said he and brother Mike traveled to Seattle for last weekend’s season opener, having been invited to work with concession crews and give them “the benefit of our experience” with regard to meat smoking and sandwich preparat. He said they’d already sent the Seahawks “an initial quantity of sauce,” a product made in Albuquerque but with roots that go back to 1870 and his great-grandfather’s cooking in Louisiana.
Santa Fe Reporter