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Wednesday, October 19,2011
Local News

License Deregulation

What’s behind irregularities in PED administrators’ licenses?

Joey Peters
Not long after Pamela Engstrom resigned as principal of Albuquerque’s El Camino Real Charter School, her husband, Anders, requested public documents on the education credentials of a few prominent New Mexico Public Education Department officials.
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Wednesday, October 19,2011
Local News

Rejected

In Brief

Joey Peters
To some, the Public Regulation Commission is best known for being cozy with the companies it regulates. So it might have come as a surprise when the PRC’s Insurance Division rejected a proposed 9.9 percent rate increase from health insurance giant Blue Cross Blue Shield on Oct. 11.
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Wednesday, October 19,2011
Local News

Crowdsourcing

In Brief

Joey Peters
Gov. Susana Martinez doesn’t have much to show from a special redistricting session that she packed with an ambitious agenda. But one thing she did get was a capital outlay bill, albeit at less than half the size she originally wanted.
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Wednesday, October 19,2011
Local News

Pac It In

In Brief

Joey Peters
The New Mexico Secretary of State’s Office recently released campaign contribution records for Susana PAC, Gov. Susana Martinez’ political action committee. Although the governor is not allowed to solicit contributions after the start of a special redistricting session, she can technically still receive them.
Wednesday, October 12,2011
Local News

Pre-occupied

Just why is everyone so angry?

Joey Peters
Santa Fe is the latest in a long line of cities to host Occupy Wall Street protests. Saturday, Oct. 8, marked the second weekend in a row of protests in front of a local Bank of America branch.
Wednesday, October 12,2011
Local News

Big Picture

Beer and Baseball

Dan Werwath loves beer and baseball. “Who doesn’t?” he asks SFR. “Communists, that’s who—and rich old people.” So when a number of residents testified at City Council against allowing beer sales at Fort Marcy Park for the games of a tentative semi-pro baseball team, he created a Facebook event to counter them.
Wednesday, October 12,2011
Local News

Jobless Mess

Indicators: Oct. 12

Joey Peters
New Mexico’s unemployment rate continues to drop steeply, something Mitchell says would be “phenomenal”—if it were accurate. Instead, he says, the number is meaningless. In the past six months, each new job has come at a cost of roughly five people dropping from the workforce, Mitchell says.
Wednesday, October 5,2011
Local News

Vagrancy

Are Santa Fe’s homeless criminals or just easy scapegoats?

Joey Peters
Randal Peifer has been using St. Elizabeth Shelter for the past 20 years, about as long as he’s been homeless. He lives just feet away from the shelter near the back lot of a gas station. He sleeps under trees and bushes with a blanket and newspapers to keep him warm at night.
Wednesday, October 5,2011
Local News

Occupied

In Brief

Joey Peters
Santa Fe got a taste of the Occupy Wall Street protests when around 75 people demonstrated at a local Bank of America on Oct. 1.
Wednesday, October 5,2011
Local News

Menopaused

In Brief

Joey Peters
Middle-aged Santa Fe women looking to escape menopause have a new local alternative.
 
 
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