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- Sen. Martin Heinrich, acknowledging it would likely not be a popular decision,
- announced he would vote for intervention in Syria
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- KUNM looks at the not-exactly-sterling record
- of the company that conducted the behavioral health audit
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- "I have found that most if not all of the PCG audits that I have defended were incorrect at the initial stage,” says Knicole Emanuel, a North Carolina lawyer who specializes in Medicaid. She’s started defending healthcare providers that are subjects of PCG audits.
“In some of the PCG audits that I have encountered, PCG has said that the Medicaid provider owes $700,000, $800,000, $1.5 million, these exorbitant amounts, and at the end of the day when they look at all the documents, it goes down to like $200 or $300,” Emanuel says. - Secretary of Energy Arne Duncan was in the state and he
- pushed for pre-kindergarten,/a>.He said the problems of failing students and dropouts begin long before high school. That is why the Obama administration wants to spend more than $75 billion to expand prekindergarten education, Duncan told a room jammed with more than 150 supporters of the idea.
Under President Obama’s plan, much of the money to expand early childhood education would come from a federal tax increase of 94 cents a pack on cigarettes. States that wanted to tap into the national account would voluntarily join the program and then contribute a portion of the cost for expanding early childhood education. - The New Mexico Environment Department will rule today on copper rules. Laura Paskus has
- five reasons why you should connect the dots
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- The Daily Lobo
- covers the criticism that Richard Berry is facing
- over the handling of the Albuquerque Police Department.
- Sandoval County residents expressed their opinions on same-sex marriage at a County Commission hearing.
- No one showed up to vote speak against it
- . The Sandoval County Clerk is still waiting on guidance from the courts on the issue.
- Gov. Susana Martinez is
- on an East Coast fundraising trip
- . On the way back from Philadelphia and New York City, Martinez will stop by Midland, Texas for a fundraiser.
- The state
- approved a rate increase for 26,000 customers of Blue Cross Blue Shield
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- Albuquerque will be the home of a pilot program
- to best plan for urban sprawl in light of climate change
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- "The impacts of climate change and the type of growth that occurs in a region like this can have really serious impacts on things like air quality and water availability," said Aaron Sussman, project manager and transportation planner at MRCOG.
The results will be integrated into the metro area's official long term plan for growth. - KOB looks at Pete Dinelli
- making the point that he's a Democrat in the Albuquerque mayoral race that's nonpartisan
- . While the race is non-partisan, the parties frequently get involved.
- A poll conducted by Research and Polling, Inc. for the Albuquerque Journal finds APS superintendent
- Winston Brooks with a 36 percent approval rating to 34 percent disapproval
- . This means a chunk of 30 percent have no opinion.
- However, a plurality of voters
- oppose a proposed teacher evaluation system
- , 46 percent to 41 percent.
- Interim Hearings watch:
- The Transportation Infrastructure Revenue Subcommitee will meet today at the State Capitol. Here's
- the agenda
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- The DCCC
- added Roxanne Lara to its "Jumpstart" program
- . This shows the DCCC is at least considering making a play in taking out Steve Pearce in the 2nd Congressional District.
- The Drought and Fire Digest:
- John Fleck says that water sharing
- needs to become the norm
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- Rio Rancho voters will
- decide whether or not to issue a new general obligations bond
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- A 2010 horse race at Ruidoso Downs was allegedly
- fixed by the notorious Zetas cartel
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- As participants in a Zetas money-laundering scheme got socked with hefty prison sentences last week, federal officials flatly stated that the 2010 edition of the most prestigious quarter-horse race in the United States was rigged.
"There's no telling how many people were hurt financially by these races that were fixed," U.S. District Judge Sam Sparks said, referring in part to the 2010 Futurity. - The town of Mesilla named Cynthia Stoehner-Hernandez as the
- town's new clerk and treasurer
- , a key municipal position.
- Navajo technical college will be
- changing its name to Navajo Technical University
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