Investments and Pensions Oversight Committee Meeting Monday, July 28
New Mexico Senate Democrats
Santa Fe, Jul 25, 2014

Santa Fe, NM – The Investments and Pensions Oversight Committee will meet on Monday, July 28, 2014 at 10:00 a.m. in room 307 at the State Capitol in Santa Fe.

New theory: WIPP leak linked to glove in waste drum
Patrick Malone | The New Mexican
Santa Fe, Jul 24, 2014

LOS ALAMOS — A glove used to process nuclear waste at Los Alamos National Laboratory and metallic residue from that process have grabbed the attention of investigators probing the cause of a radiation leak at the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant, a lab official told lawmakers Wednesday.

New Mexico legislators want to remove TV series from cap on tax incentives
Associated Press
Santa Fe, Jul 24, 2014

SANTA FE, New Mexico — Two Democratic lawmakers plan to ask the Legislature to revamp a $50 million annual cap on tax incentives for film and television production in New Mexico.

State senator wants `homeless hate crime` law
Caleb James, KOB Eyewitness News 4
Albuquerque, Jul 24, 2014

Were the deadly beatings of two homeless men in Albuquerque a hate crime? Under federal law, the answer is no. That`s true for most states, too.

Ukraine Prime Minister Resigns, as Kiev Moves Toward Elections
DAVID M. HERSZENHORN, NEW YORK TIMES
New York City, Jul 24, 2014

KIEV, Ukraine — Prime Minister Arseniy P. Yatsenyuk, a pro-Western technocrat who has guided the Ukrainian government through the tumultuous months since the ouster of President Viktor F. Yanukovyvch, resigned abruptly on Thursday, after the governing coalition of Parliament collapsed.

Crews pumping water from flooded homes in Algodones
Tina Jensen, KRQE News 13
Albuquerque, Jul 24, 2014

ALGODONES, N.M. (KRQE) – Afternoon rain on Wednesday caused major problems for Algodones. Homes and farmland are surrounded by water after irrigation ditches quickly filled up and overflowed. The rain started around 4:00 p.m., moving from Santa Fe, down I-25 and into Algodones. The area got about an inch of rain in only 40 minutes and that was all that it took.

Comunidad reacciona ante sexta balacera por APD
KLUZ News
Albuquerque, Jul 24, 2014

Albuquerque, (Entravision).-A lo que va del año se han reportado seis tiroteos mortales por parte del departamento de policía de Albuquerque. La comunidad reacciona ante este incidente.

Subcontractor dies at Intel
Devin Armijo, KOAT TV 7
Albuquerque, Jul 24, 2014

RIO RANCHO, N.M. —Intel said a subcontractor who was working onsite died in an accident Tuesday. The man was employed by Klinger Constructors. The man who died was Lee Griego, 62. Klinger Constructors said he fell 20 feet off some scaffolding on Tuesday, but they`re not sure how it happened.