THE GAVEL WILL DROP AT
NOON.. SIGNALING THE
START OF NEW
MEXICO )S LEGISLATIVE
SESSION AT THE
ROUNDHOUSE.
NEW MEXICO )S DEMOCRATIC
- LED LEGISLATURE HAS A
BILLION-DOLLAR
BUDGET SURPLUS TO WORK
WITH.
THEIR MAIN GOAL - TO
PASS A BUDGET..
BUT THEY WILL ALSO
LIKELY TAKE ON HOT
BUTTON ISSUES, LIKE,
GUN CONTROL AND
INCREASING THE MINIMUM
WAGE..
TODAY --
NEWLY INAUGURATED
GOVERNOR MICHELLE LUJAN
GRISHAM WILL DELIVER HER
FIRST STATE OF THE STATE
ADDRESS..
SHE )S EXPECTED TO FOCUS
ON EDUCATION.
NEWS 13 WILL BE AT THE
ROUNDHOUSE EVERYDAY --
COVERING
EVERYTHING THAT HAPPENS
AT THIS YEAR )S
LEGISLATIVE SESSION.
AGAIN -- THAT BEGINS
TODAY...
WE WILL COVER THE
GOVERNOR )S OPENING
SPEECH LIVE...ON AIR AND
ON OUR KRQE NEWS APP.
YOU CAN FIND THE LATEST
NEWS ON THE SESSION - ON
ALWAYS ON KRQE
DOT COM.
.TODAY...Partly cloudy.
Patchy freezing fog
early in the morning.
Highs in the upper 40s.
PRESIDENT TRUMP )S
NOMINEE FOR ATTORNEY
GENERAL WILL BE ON THE
HOT SEAT TODAY.
WILLIAM BARR IS
TESTIFYING BEFORE THE
SENATE JUDICIARY
COMMITTEE FOR HIS
CONFIRMATION HEARING.
REMARKS PREPARED FOR THE
CONFIRMATION HEARING
SHOW BARR WILL SAY
SPECIAL COUNSEL ROBERT
MUELLER MUST BE ALLOWED
TO COMPLETE HIS RUSSIA
INVESTIGATION - (AND
THAT AMERICANS SHOULD
LEARN THE OUTCOME.
WE TURN NOW TO A LIVE
LOOK OVER WASHINGTON D-C
-- WHERE THE PARTIAL
GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN IS
ENTERING IT )S FOURTH
WEEK.
PRESIDENT TRUMP IS STILL
BLAMING DEMOCRATS FOR
THE CONTINUED
PARTIAL SHUTDOWN -
SAYING "THEY )RE PLAYING
POLITICS." BOTH SIDES
ARE REFUSING TO BUDGE ON
BORDER WALL FUNDING.
THE PRESIDENT IS
REQUESTING 5 POINT 7
BILLION DOLLARS.
HAPPEING TODAY - NEW
MEXICO U-S SENATOR TOM
UDALL IS SCHEDULED TO
ADDRESS HOW THE
GOVERNMENT SHUT DOWN IS
AFFECTING THOSE OF US
HERE
IN NEW MEXICO.
IT )S ALL PART OF
"TUESDAY )S WITH TOM".
THE SENATOR IS SET TO
HOLD A PRESS CONFERENCE
TO ADDRESS THE
SPECIFIC EFFECTS THE
PARTIAL SHUTDOWN IS
HAVING ON FEDERAL
WORKERS, FARMERS,
RANCHERS, TRIBES AND
PUBLIC LAND
ACROSS NEW MEXICO AND
INDIAN COUNTRY. WE )LL
FOLLOW THIS STORY AND
LET YOU KNOW WHAT HE
SAYS.
NEW AT SIX --
THE ROMAN CATHOLIC
ARCHDIOCESE OF SANTA FE
- IS HOPING TO PREVENT
THE SPREAD OF FLU --
WITH SOME TEMPORARY
CHANGES AT MASS. THE
ARCHDIOCESE SAYS THAT IT
IS ENCOURAGING
PARISHIONERS TO
NOD AND AVOID SHAKING
HANDS OR HUGGING DURING
THE SIGN OF PEACE.
CHURCH OFFICIALS ARE
ALSO ASKING PARISHIONERS
NOT TO HOLD HANDS
WHEN PRAYING THE OUR
FATHER.
CHURCH OFFICIALS ASK
THOSE WHO ARE SICK TO
STAY HOME.
ALBUQUERQUE POLICE ARE
ASKING FOR YOUR HELP
SEARCHING FOR ENDANGERED
MISSING PERSON, ANGIE
BUCKHOLTZ ROMERO
ACCORDING TO A-P-D...
BUCKHOLTZ ROMERO HAS
BEEN MISSING SINCE
OCTOBER 14 OF LAST YEAR.
POLICE SAY - ANGIE )S
FAMILY AND FRIENDS TOLD
THEM SHE HAD JUST BEEN
RELEASED FROM THE
HOSPITAL AND WAS ILL AT
THE TIME OF HER
DISAPPEARANCE.
POLICE SAY BUCKHOLTZ
ROMERO WAS LAST SEEN BY
HER BOYFRIEND.
A-P-D IS ASKING ANYONE
WITH ANY INFORMATION TO
PLEASE CALL 242-
COPS.
NEW AT SIX --
LEGISLATIVE ANALYSTS ARE
RECOMMENDING CHANGES TO
THE
RAIL RUNNER SERVICE..
A LEGISLATIVE REPORT
ISSUED YESTERDAY, SAYS
RIDERSHIP ON THE RAIL
RUNNER FELL LAST YEAR TO
ITS LOWEST LEVEL SINCE
SERVICE TO SANTA FE
BEGAN ABOUT A DECADE
AGO..
ANALYSTS RECOMMEND THAT
THE STATE ADJUST HOW
THEY SPEND
MONEY ON THE TRAIN.
INCLUDING UPGRADING RAIL
TRACK -- TO ALLOW FOR
HIGHER SPEEDS IN RURAL
AREAS.. THEY also
SUGGEST CLOSING OR
LIMITING SERVICE" AT THE
DOWNTOWN BERNALILLO
STATION.
OFFICIALS SAY IT )S THE
LEAST-USED STATION.
THE VILLAGE OF LOS LUNAS
IS MOVING FORWARD WITH
PLANS TO BUILD A BRAND
NEW DOWNTOWN.
THE VILLAGE SAYS THE
TRANSPORTATION CENTER )S
MASTER
PLAN HAS BEEN IN THE
WORKS FOR ROUGHLY A
DECADE. PLANS INCLUDE
BUILDING NEW HOUSING,
SHOPS AND A DOG PARK.
VILLAGE OFFICIALS SAY IT
WOULD BE BUILT ON THE
OPEN LAND BEHIND THE
LOS LUNAS TRANSPORTATION
CENTER. VILLAGE
OFFICIALS SAY THEY WILL
HOLD PUBLIC FORUMS FOR
FEED BACK. IT WILL THEN
GO BEFORE LOS LUNAS CITY
COUNCIL.
.TODAY...Partly cloudy.
Patchy freezing fog
early in the morning.
Highs in the upper 40s.
CHANGES COULD SOON BE
COMING TO THE
INTERSECTION OF COORS
AND
PASEO..
LOCAL CYCLISTS SAY THE
LACK OF SINAGE ALERTING
DRIVERS TO "SHARE THE
ROAD" MAKES IT
DANGEROUS.
AT THE INTERSECTION,
THERE IS ONE
SIGN--TELLING
CYCLISTS TO MERGE INTO
TWO LANES OF TRAFFIC.
HOWEVER--THERE ARE NO
SIGNS ALERTING DRIVERS
TO LOOK FOR
CYCLISTS.
THE CITY AND N-M-D-O-T
SAY THEY ARE WORKING
CLOSELY WITH MULTIPLE
GROUPS ON CREATING BIKE
PATHS AND LANES..AND ARE
WILLING TO MAKE CHANGES
FOR EVERYONE )S SAFETY.
2019 JUST BEGAN,
BUT WALLETHUB IS ALREADY
OUT WITH THIS YEAR )S
LIST OF THE BEST STATES
TO
RETIRE.
NEW MEXICO RANKS 45TH
OVERALL.
IT CONSIDERS THREE
CATEGORIES--
AFFORDABILITY, HEALTH
RELATED FACTORS AND
OVERALL QUALITY OF LIFE.
NEW MEXICO )S HIGHEST
MARK WAS IN
AFFORDIBILITY.
WALLETHUB RANKS NEW
MEXICO.
33RD.
TOPPING THE LIST IS
FLORIDA.
FOLLOWED BY SOUTH
DAKOTA, COLORADO AND NEW
HAMPSHIRE.
NOW LET )S GET A LOOK AT
THAT MORNING DRIVE...
MEOW WOLF )S NEWEST
ATTRACTION HAS PEOPLE
TALKING
THIS MORNING.
U-S-A TODAY CAME OUT
WITH "2019 )s MOST
ANTICIPATED RIDES AND
ATTRACTIONS."
ON THE LIST-- MEOW
WOLF )S "KALEIDOSCAPE" AT
THE ELITCH
GARDENS IN DENVER.
THE SANTA FE-STARTUP
DESCRIBES IT AS THE
FIRST ARTIST-DRIVEN DARK
RIDE.
THE NEW ATTRACTION OPENS
IN APRIL....
THE FIVE FACTS IN 90
SECONDS.
Highs in the upper 40s.
.TONIGHT...Mostly
cloudy. Slight chance of
rain showers in the
evening, then chance of
rain and snow showers
after midnight.
TIME FOR THE FIVE FACTS
YOU NEED TO KNOW BEFORE
YOU GO THIS MORNING.
AT NUMBER FIVE...
MEOW WOLF )S NEWEST
ATTRACTION HAS PEOPLE
TALKING
THIS MORNING.
U-S-A TODAY CAME OUT
WITH "2019 )s MOST
ANTICIPATED RIDES AND
ATTRACTIONS."
ON THE LIST-- MEOW
WOLF )S "KALEIDOSCAPE" AT
THE ELITCH
GARDENS IN DENVER.
THE SANTA FE-STARTUP
DESCRIBES IT AS THE
FIRST ARTIST-DRIVEN DARK
RIDE.
THE NEW ATTRACTION OPENS
IN APRIL.... MEOW WOLF
WILL DEBUT A DENVER
INSTALLATION IN 2020 -
CREATORS ARE ALSO
WORKING IN A LOCATION IN
WASHINGTON D-
C...AND VEGAS.
AT NUMBER FOUR..
APD IS ASKING FOR YOUR
HELP IN THEIR SEARCH FOR
AN ENDANGERED MISSING
PERSON..
POLICE SAY -- ANGIE
BUCKHOLTZ ROMERO -- HAS
BEEN MISSING SINCE
OCTOBER 14.
ANGIE )S FAMILY AND
FRIENDS TOLD POLICE SHE
HAD JUST BEEN
RELEASED FROM THE
HOSPITAL AND WAS ILL AT
THE TIME OF HER
DISAPPEARANCE.
POLICE SAY BUCKHOLTZ
ROMERO WAS LAST SEEN BY
HER BOYFRIEND.
SHE )S DESCRIBED AS BEING
FIVE FEET... FOUR INCHES
TALL - WITH BROWN
EYES AND BROWN HAIR.
A-P-D IS ASKING ANYONE
WITH ANY INFORMATION TO
PLEASE CALL 242-
COPS.
AT NUMBER THREE...ADLIB
WEATHER
AT NUMBER TWO...
FORMER STATE
REPRESENTATIVE MONICA
YOUNGBLOOD IS
EXPECTED TO BE COURT IN
COURT ON WEDNESDAY TO
DETERMINE IF SHE IS
VIOLATING PROBATION.
YOUNGBLOOD IS ON
PROBATION AFTER BEING
FOUND GUILTY OF
MISDEMEANOR D-W-I.
UNDER HER PROBATION SHE
SHOULDN )T BE DRINKING--
BUT BOTH OF HER RANDOM
ALCOHOL TESTS APPEARED
TO BE DILUTED.
DURING HER COURT
APPEARANCE--
A JUDGE WILL DECIDE IF
SHE )S BEEN DRINKING AND
IS TRYING TO COVER
IT UP.
AT NUMBER ONE...THE
GAVEL WILL DROP AT THE
ROUNDHOUSE AS
NEW MEXICO )S LEGISLATIVE
SESSION GETS UNDERWAY
THIS
AFTERNOON.
NEW MEXICO )S DEMOCRATIC
- LED LEGISLATURE HAS A
BILLION-DOLLAR
BUDGET SURPLUS TO WORK
WITH.
THIS - AS THEY PREPARE
TO TACKLE SEVERAL HOT
BUTTON ISSUES, INCLUDING
GUN CONTROL AND
INCREASING THE MINIMUM
WAGE..
NEWLY INAUGURATED
GOVERNOR MICHELLE LUJAN
GRISHAM WILL DELIVER HER
FIRST STATE OF THE STATE
ADDRESS...WITH THE
MAIN GOAL OF THE 60 DAY
SESSION TO PASS A
BUDGET.
IN HER PROPOSED BUDGET -
THE GOVERNOR APPEARS TO
BE MAKING
EDUCATION A TOP
PRIORITY.