Jurors began deliberations Wednesday in a lawsuit by a former City of Albuquerque employee who says she was fired in retaliation for reporting misconduct by a top Albuquerque Police Department official. Plus, Albuquerque city leaders celebrated a key Westside project with a groundbreaking ceremony for a new multigenerational center to be built near Cibola Loop and Cuba Road NW.
Lately, 15 more states have proposed, or are working on, similar proposals. California is among the most recent of them to take a leap forward; its green amendment should wind up on the ballot for the 2024 general election if it passes both houses. Maya van Rossum, founder of nonprofit Green Amendments For the Generations, launched the movement after winning that legal action years ago in her role at the Delaware Riverkeeper Network.
One amendment Monday would have restored language preventing lawmakers from getting involved in the industry for another two years, but the effort failed.
By Robert Nott, The Santa Fe New Mexican A measure intended to "clean up and address unintended consequences" of New Mexico's Cannabis Regulation Act, according to its sponsor, faced a flurry of proposed amendments on the Senate floor Monday and underwent hours of debate. Lawmakers' wrangling over Senate Bill 6, sponsored by Sen. Katy Duhigg,