Caught Between Your Fire Marshal and your Building Official? “You’re Not Getting the C.O. Until You Change It!” Contractors and Building Owners have been getting caught up in the problem of conflicting opinions about fire prevention construction details ever since I have been working for New Mexico Home Builders Association. Occasionally this involves residential construction.
Copyright © 2018 Albuquerque Journal SANTA FE – Local beer and live music helped revive downtown Truth or Consequences. Now state lawmakers are wondering if similar ingredients can help Main Streets in smaller cities across New Mexico. Truth or Consequences Brewing Co. opened about a year ago, offering its own line of beers made on
(Press Staff Photo by Christine Steele) USDA employees Christine Griego and Patricia Villalobos talk with Rosalina Sedillos and Laura Breed, both of Hanover, about options for repairing their homes. Sedillos said she was interested in selling her home several years ago, but it needed repairs that she couldn’t afford. Low-income seniors in Grant County who
Thank you to everyone who weighed in with your State Legislators to stop the raid of the OHV Fund! Due to your efforts, the budget (HB 2) which was signed into law by the Governor on March 7th did not include the provision that would have taken $85,000 from the OHV Trail Safety Fund. Special
SANTA FE—Today the House of Representatives adopted House Memorial 57 proclaiming February 6, 2018, as “New Mexico’s Angels on Earth” Day in honor of Ryan and Rebecca Holets, a Rio Rancho couple who have received national attention for adopting a baby born to a woman struggling with heroin addiction. The memorial was sponsored by Rep.
SANTA FE—This afternoon, the House Business and Industry Committee unanimously approved House Bill 212 to establish a family-friendly workplace income tax credit for New Mexico small businesses. HB 212, sponsored by Rep. Rebecca Dow (R-Truth or Consequences), provides a tax credit for small businesses that have implemented family-friendly workplace policies such as parental paid leave
If Gov. Susana Martinez signs a Senate bill into law, New Mexico will become the 46th state to specifically define strangulation as a serious violent crime. State Sen. Daniel Ivey-Soto, D-Albuquerque, who sponsored Senate Bill 61, called the Legislature’s unanimous support of the measure “a monumental achievement.” A former prosecutor, Ivey-Soto said he became aware
When New Mexico Rep. Rebecca Dow (R-38) toured the Sangre de Cristo Range in northern New Mexico to learn about the Taos Valley Watershed Coalition’s work there, she had the opportunity to see firsthand how a collaborative effort between the Nature Conservancy, federal and state agencies, industry and private entities is addressing threats to the
LAS CRUCES – While there’s growing support to expand early childhood education in New Mexico, is it a cure-all for the state’s poor education rankings? Just ahead of the start of the 2018 legislative session next week, that question was posed Tuesday to two lawmakers, state Sen. Bill Soules, D-Las Cruces and chair of the Senate Education
By Mary Alice Murphy More than 50 people attended the first Gila Area Watershed and Forest Restoration Collaborative meeting held Jan. 9, 2018 at the Grant County Veterans Memorial Business and Conference Center. Kim Kostelnik of SAKAK Natural Resource Consulting served as facilitator on behalf of the New Mexico Forest Industry Association. The group was