KRQE Newsfeed: DWI lawsuit, Musk lawsuit, Stormy day, City communication, New equipment
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Leaders to consider Guaranteed Income program for some ABQ families
Young boy honored for donating organs following death in Santa Fe mobile home fire
City of Albuquerque using goats to mitigate fire risk in the Bosque
UNM, City of Albuquerque working to expand university's presence downtown
What's happening around New Mexico February 14-20
[1] Victims of DWI scheme file class action lawsuit – Victims of the DWI corruption scandal involving officers from multiple law enforcement agencies are joining forces in a class action lawsuit. A group of local attorneys are calling the scheme a widespread issue of systemic corruption. Since the feds started charging key players in the scheme, more victims have come forward.
[2] NMDOJ joins other states to sue Elon Musk, DOGE – New Mexico Attorney General Raul Torrez and 13 other attorney general's are taking legal action against DOGE and Elon Musk. Recently, Musk, who was granted access to sensitive government data, played a role in cutting the federal workforce and pushed to eliminate entire agencies. Torrez argued that President Trump violated the appointments clause of the U.S. Constitution by creating a new federal department without congressional approval and by granting Musk over federal agencies without the consent of the Senate. In their lawsuit, the plaintiffs are asking the courts to invalidate Musk's work and bar him from issuing any orders to anyone in the executive branch outside of DOGE.
[3] Snow, rain, & wind in New Mexico on Valentine's Day – Mountain snow is moving into northwest and northern New Mexico and southwest Colorado. Some of this snow will be heavy at times, especially in southwest Colorado and in the northern mountains. Lower elevations will see a break in the precipitation before a line of rain and mountain snow moves in from the west early Friday afternoon. For Albuquerque, we will likely stay dry most of the day, with increasing rain chances by Friday evening. It will fizzle out by late Friday night, but some mountain snow showers will continue through the overnight hours. Quieter weather returns late Friday night into early Saturday morning.
[4] ABQ City Council President calls for better communication with Mayor's Administration – Albuquerque's city council president calls it a major breakdown in communication between councilors and Mayor Tim Keller's administration. The conflict comes after the Keller administration told councilors they need to start emailing their questions for department heads ahead of council meetings to ensure accurate answers. Thursday, Councilor Brook Bassan released a letter saying she is now considering not putting the mayor's items on council agendas. In response to Bassan's letter, the Chief Administrative Officer says she's 'always happy to discuss whatever challenges individual councilors are having.'
[5] New weather station on the Zuni Pueblo expected to save lives – A key piece of equipment that could save lives is up and running on the Zuni Pueblo. The new weather station at the Andrew Othello Airport is now the official weather station for the Zuni Pueblo area, providing real time updates to pilots and meteorologists. Community leaders says this will be a game changer for them and for the critical patient care that is needed in the area, an issue that was highlighted when hundreds of emergency calls couldn't be answered during bad weather.
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