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From KRQE-TV.com - ALBUQUERQUE (KRQE) — Albuquerque voters will decide next Tuesday whether to raise the city's minimum wage by a dollar-an-hour to $8.50. In the meantime, two city councilor's filed ethics complaints against one of the groups supporting the measure. "This is not citizens of Albuquerque doing this," said Councilor Trudy Jones. "This is an outside, national organization and, more importantly, they have not registered as we are all forced to do, required to do, when we run for office."
Jones and Councilor Dan Lewis filed complaints with the City Clerk Wednesday against the Washington, D.C.-based group Working America, which is advertising in support of the measure They claim the group had sent out robocalls and mailers to thousands of Albuquerque residents even though the group didn't file as a committee with the city. The mailers show people claiming to be New Mexicans holding signs supporting the wage increase.
The city clerk has asked Working America to stop sending mailers while the investigation continues. Read more
Your choice: do you want to have no gas or high prices
NewsNM:Swickard - We want prices at the very top during an emergency so that people do not fill up their gas tank, they just take the four gallons they need to exit the area. Then four more cars can each get the four gallons they need to leave the area with the twenty gallons the first driver would have taken if the price had been normal. If the price does not skyrocket then the first 100 cars buy all of the gas from that station and the next 400 cars are parked on the side of the road, out of gas, with the people walking. How much is gas worth when you have none? From NBCNEWS.com - Prices for gasoline, hotel rooms, electrical generators and other post-storm necessities have risen sharply from New York to West Virginia in the wake of Hurricane Sandy, and many residents are complaining of gouging.
In New Jersey alone, about 100 consumers have called the attorney general’s office to complain, said Neal Buccino, spokesman for the state’s Division of Consumer Affairs.“Some gas stations have raised their prices by 20 to 30 percent in one day,” Buccino said. “Some hardware stores have doubled the price they charge for generators overnight.”
Those types of increases would appear to be illegal under New Jersey’s anti-gouging law, which prohibits price hikes of more than 10 percent in an emergency. The law does make an exception for merchants who face increased costs, but the markup is still limited to 10 percent above normal, according to the state attorney general’s office. The state has deployed teams of investigators to check out complaints against specific retailers.
Violations are punishable by $10,000 fines. At least one gas station operator paid $20,000 to settle gouging charges in New Jersey related to Tropical Storm Irene last year. Read more
Newsbreak New Mexico 5pm Newscast with Vanessa Dabovich
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Actor Johnny Depp gives money to Navajo Nation Rio Rancho immigration raid Environmentalists continue Mexican Wolves fight Carlsbad Mental Health Center probe
A search
warrant was executed late Monday at CarlsbadMentalHealthCenter by investigators
with the state Attorney General’s Office, with the assistance of the Eddy
County Sheriff’s Department.
Carlsbad Mental Health is under investigation for
Medicaid fraud.
Phil Sisneros, director of communication for the Attorney
General’s Office, says the warrant was expected to be filed in court on
Tuesday. He declined to provide details on the search at the nonprofit health
center, citing the ongoing investigation and potential ethical and legal
concerns. He also declined to elaborate on the items taken from the building
Monday evening.
The center’s board of directors issued a statement two weeks
ago, stating that the agency is fully cooperating with the investigation.
AG's office investigates fraud at Carlsbad Mental Health Center
Newsbreak New Mexico 12pm Newscast with Vanessa Dabovich
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Environmentalists continue Mexican Wolves fight Actor Gene Hackman slaps man in Santa Fe NM Racing Commission asks for more money Gary Johnson pushes for %5 of election votes
A string of movies have been
shooting in New Mexico this past year with even more movie crews setting up
shop in the state in the coming months.
Johnny Depp just wrapped up
filming “The Lone Ranger” around Shiprock, Jane Seymour just started a movie
shoot in the Santa Fe and Albuquerque areas and Eva Longoria and Ed
Harris will head over next month to shoot an independent film.
Why the draw to the Land of Enchantment? Aside from the vistas and
rich culture, It’s simple….tax incentives.
New Mexico continues to offer one of the most
competitive incentives packages in the industry which includes a 25% Refundable
Film Production Tax Credit, the NM Film Investment Loan Program and the Film
Crew Advancement Program.
The state
will give 25% back on whatever is spent in whether its vendors, hotels or crew
members.
New Mexico
Film Office Director Nick Maniatis says it not only boosts tourism, but the
film industry is creating jobs.
Johnny Depp as "Tonto"
Maniatis- “If
we get a large production, a 200 million dollar production, they could dump one
hundred million dollars into our economy in about six months. There is
something to be said for that. I think it’s important for me to create jobs and
that is what I’m always trying to look to do.”
The film
office is also partnering with the Tourism Department to create film tourism. Maniatis
says the popularity of shows like “Breaking Bad” have sparked the curiosity of
television buffs from around the globe.
Maniatis-“We’re
going to try to tap into that need for people to see where things were made. Breaking
Bad was such a big hit and now they have a trolley up here that does a tour and
people come from Europe to see it.”
The long
term goal for the film office is to create itineraries, maps and movie listings
on their website to show people what actors and New Mexico locations are in films. Mianiatis
says if enough funding can be secured there are plans for an Iphone and ipad app
that allows users to select their location and see clips of a movie shot where
they are standing.
For Newsbreak
New Mexico,
I’m Vanessa Dabovich.
NM film industry continues to flourish, sets sights on tourism
The SantaTeresaIndustrial Park near the U.S Mexico border
reopened Wednesday following a mandatory evacuation due to a hazardous material
spill.
Around 200 people were
sickened Tuesday by an unknown substance reporting difficulty breathing, light-headedness, nausea and dizziness.
A 1-mile
area surrounding the DonaAnaCountyIndustrial Park and Mexico border crossing at Santa
Teresa was evacuated for a few hours and the county airport was closed.Evacuees were taken to SantaTeresaHigh School.
An
Albuquerque-based civil support team from the New Mexico National Guard headed
to Santa Teresa to try to identify the hazardous materials and their source.The investigation initially centered at the FoamEx
plant on the industrial park campus but was later expanded to other areas in
the park.
Vice
president of the Border Industrial Association, Jerry Pacheco, says
FoamEx Innovations owns a building about 298,000 square feet in the industrial
park that makes polyurethane foam products. Pacheco also says there
are a variety of different kinds of companies in the three industrial parks in
the Santa Teresa area, around fifty in all.
DonaAnaCounty emergency officials say the cluster
of factories and warehouses in Santa Teresa was reopened at 6 a.m. this morning
after testing for hazardous materials was negative. The DonaAnaCountyAirport
also reopened.
Investigations
to identify the substance continue.
For
Newsbreak New Mexico,
I’m Vanessa Dabovich.
Santa Teresa Industrial Park reopens, hazardous material still a mystery
Actor
Johnny Depp filmed scenes in New
Mexico for an upcoming movie and now has given the
Navajo Nation $25,000 for scholarships.
Tribal president Ben Shelly accepted
the donation and the Navajo Nation's Health Education and Human Services
Committee voted Monday to accept the money so it can be appropriated for
vocational scholarships.
Depp's spokesperson says the donation is supposed to
be private and no further statement will be released on his behalf.
Depp will
play Tonto in the movie version of "The Lone Ranger," which is
expected to be in theaters in June.
The Shiprock monument in New
Mexico can be seen in the movie's recently released trailer and MonumentValley near the Arizona-Utah border also
is featured.
Actor Johnny Depp gives Navajo Nation scholarship funds
Federal agents took four people into custody after storming a
Rio Rancho business and home on Monday morning.
Homeland Security agents wasted
little time when they moved in, quickly throwing handcuffs on the owner of the
Double Dragon Chinese restaurant.
The agents and police were looking for
computers and other records that could help bust open an illegal immigration
operation that centers partly on fraudulent documents.
Agents also searched at
least one Rio Rancho home. Investigators are staying tight-lipped on specifics
related to Monday morning's raids.
The four people detained Monday are expected
to be dealt immigration charges shortly.
Feds conduct immigration operation at Rio Rancho restaurant
A Wednesday morning rollover crash has closed a portion of Highway 70 in both directions and Bataan Memorial East at Sonoma Ranch Boulevard.
The crash was reported shortly after 8 a.m. today and appears to involve two vehicles.
Highway 70 westbound is being diverted to Bataan Memorial West at the Mesa Grande Drive exit and traffic on Highway 70 eastbound is directed to exit at Rinconada Boulevard, head northbound and take surface streets east past Mesa Grande Drive.
If at all possible, motorists are asked to avoid the area or seek an alternative route.
Serious crash closes highway 70 and Bataan Memorial East
Environmentalists and a group of
scientists are criticizing a draft proposal that outlines options for releasing
Mexican gray wolves into the wild.
The plan deals with releasing wolves from captive breeding facilities into the
wild in Arizona
to replace wolves that are either killed illegally or die from natural causes. It suggests the replacement wolves be
selected to maximize genetic diversity of the wild population in Arizona and New
Mexico.
The scientists and other critics have sent a letter to the U.S. Fish and
Wildlife Service, saying releases are needed, but the plan doesn’t do enough to
boost the wild population. They
also argue that release decisions should hinge on the federal agency rather
than guidelines from the Arizona Game and Fish Commission.
There are around 58 wolves in the
wild along the New Mexico-Arizona border.
Environmentalists continue to fight Mexican wolves proposal
Police in New Mexico say Gene
Hackman was acting in self-defense when he slapped a homeless man who had
become aggressive toward the Oscar-winning actor and his wife.
The Albuquerque
Journal reports that the incident occurred Tuesday afternoon in downtown Santa Fe. Police didn't
immediately provide any additional details.
A message seeking comment was left
for Hackman's publicists at Guttman Associates in Beverly
Hills, Calif.
Hackman and his wife
have a home in Santa Fe.
The 82-year-old actor has won two Academy Awards and been nominated for three
others over a career that has spanned five decades.
Libertarian candidate for president Gary Johnson has several new
campaign ads running in markets across the country.
Johnson is making a push to
get 5 percent of the general election vote.
He says it would officially qualify
the Libertarian Party for federal funding. He says the result would make the
Libertarian Party a bonafide third party.
The candidate supports pulling out of Afghanistan
now, ending the war on drugs, balancing the budget and marriage equality.
Libertarian candidate Johnson pushing for 5% of the votes
New Federal Bureau of Investigation
numbers show that overall violent crime in New Mexico fell slightly last year.
The
annual FBI Uniform Crime report released Monday showed that violent crime in
the state dropped around 3 percent in 2011.
According to the report, law
enforcement agencies in New Mexico
reported a total of 11,817 violent crimes. That's a decrease from 2010 when
agencies reported 12,126 violent crimes.
However, the state saw a tiny jump in
the number of reported murders. Last year, New Mexico agencies reported 156 murders, a
spike from 142 in 2010.
The DoñaAnaCountyAirport
and a Santa Teresa industrial park remained closed Tuesday evening while an
investigation into a hazardous material spill continued.
Emergency personnel on Tuesday
morning evacuated a one-mile radius around the site, about two miles north of
the Santa Teresa port of entry on the Mexican border, after the release of
unidentified chemicals caused workers to suffer difficulty breathing,
light-headedness, nausea and dizziness.
Twenty to 45 people treated at a Santa Teresa High shelter were later released,
and three people who went on their own to an El Paso hospital were also released.
An
Albuquerque-based civil support team from the New Mexico National Guard headed
to Santa Teresa to try to identify the hazardous materials and their source.
The investigation initially centered
on the Foamex plant, which produces flexible polyurethane foam products, but
other areas were also checked.
Hazardous material spill led to Santa Teresa Industrial Park evacuation Tuesday
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