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1. HECTOR BALDERAS GETTING HUGE PAY BUMP TO LEAD NORTHERN NEW MEXICO COLLEGE
From $95k as state attorney general to $232,500—and he doesn’t even have to referee wrestling matches over public records anymore!
2. OIL AND GAS MONEY EXPECTED TO BOOST NEW MEXICO GOVERNMENT’S REVENUE BY $1.1 BILLION
Hopefully, nothing bad comes from all these fossil fuels.
3. GOP SANTA FE IS PLANNING A COOKIE SWAP PARTY
Make sure to ask the party chair how strong the cookies are, if you know what we mean.
4. INSTALLMENT LOAN COMPANIES SAY CAP ON INTEREST RATES WILL HURT BUSINESS
Seems like charging 175% on a payday loan might have done some hurting of its own.
5. THE FBI FTW—AGAIN
Agents have named a fella who allegedly robbed an ABQ bank the “Ski Bum Bandit;” don’t they know Santa Fe and Taos have all the good runs?
6. DEVILS NO LONGER A PART OF ANNUAL LAS POSADAS EVENT
We did it, New Mexico! We beat Satan!
7. AMERICAN SCIENTISTS ACHIEVE FUSION ENERGY BREAKTHROUGH USING LASERS
We’re probably still doomed, but lasers are cool.
