LEGISLATURE 2021 Special Session News Senate’s new Democrats difference in pot passage Expungement for pot crimes wins approval NM set to legalize cannabis after landmark Senate vote Cannabis expungement bill gets Senate approval Special session on cannabis legalization begins at Capitol Economic development discussion gets new life Cannabis legalization may spawn profitable industry Growers optimistic […]

SEATTLE — A Neo-Nazi who helped lead a campaign to threaten journalists and Jewish activists in three states was sentenced Tuesday to seven years in federal prison — the longest prison term handed out to the participants in the conspiracy. A jury convicted Kaleb Cole in September of five felony counts related to the delivery […]

LINCOLN, Neb. — Nebraska Gov. Pete Ricketts announced a $500 million plan Monday to divert water out of Colorado under a 99-year-old compact between the states that allows Nebraska to seize access to Colorado land along the South Platte River and build canals. Ricketts said Nebraska would invoke its rights under the South Platte River […]

Levy to help cover offerings for low, moderate earners

SANTA FE, N.M. — With the arrival of the new year, new laws are taking effect in New Mexico that aim to bolster access to health insurance and eliminate many court fines against juveniles that are viewed as counterproductive. One bill approved by Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham and the state’s Democrat-led Legislature adds a 2.75% […]

Recreational cannabis sales expected to start by April

Meanwhile, December is the last month on the job for 4 of ABQ's 9 councilors

Pandemic, a new homicide record, fatal hot-air balloon crash all among the top stories

License was revoked over previous DWI

DENVER — Prison staff had no idea what was happening when an inmate suddenly lost consciousness at the Limon Correctional Facility in May. It turned out the man was overdosing from fentanyl that had been snuck into the facility on the Eastern Plains. The drug is an opioid said to be 50 times more potent […]