1. State Auditor says Environment Secretary James Kenney and his division director should not have spent nearly $15,000 per ticket to fly business class to Australia
Unless they were planning to stay there forever.
2. Report shows New Mexico students had largest increase nationwide in chronic absenteeism
A teachable moment for the idiom “go big or go home”
3. Upgrades to Albuquerque’s Balloon Fiesta Park will include “toilets that flush,” Mayor Tim Keller says
Because, in the words of Eleanor Roosevelt: “The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams”
4. United States Postal Service won’t deliver mail anywhere on Juneteenth
And probably won’t deliver it here on June 20 for the usual reasons
5. State transportation department working on plan to make roads safer
By banning driving
6. Forecasts show cooler, wetter weather starting mid-week
Can we donate our rain to Ruidoso?
7. New Mexico Brewers Guild 2024 pint glass features Zozobra
Now that’s a flaming cocktail