1
City will save money by leaving open jobs unfilled.
Along with potholes, apparently.

2
Lawmakers pass bill to eliminate box on employment applications for people with criminal records.
That should make Manny Aragon and Robert Vigil happy

3
New law will raise fee by $20 for DWI convictions.
Or, in DWI terms, 2½ six-packs

4
House Taxation & Revenue Committee votes against raising taxes on cigarettes.
It’s the “hate the sin, not the sinner” approach to lawmaking

5
Lawmakers are still considering raising taxes on food.
As part of an anti-obesity strategy.

6
Lawmakers don’t pass Richardson’s anti-pollution bills.
They showed him! And us.

7
ABC will shoot new TV series, Scoundrels, in New Mexico.
Is it a documentary?