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Albuquerque residents weary of in-your-face crime got some good news last week when Attorney General Hector Balderas, Mayor Tim Keller and Police Chief Harold Medina announced a new initiative to crack down on “organized retail crime” in which thieves and gangs of thieves target big box stores and other retailers.
It’s not your grandmother’s version of shoplifting we are talking about here. It’s brazen, it’s often orchestrated and it can become dangerous when store clerks or security personnel (or even an outraged bystander) attempt to confront someone who is hauling his or her ill-gotten merchandise out the front door.
SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) Republican lawmakers in New Mexico are asking the state attorney general to weigh in on a $1.75 billion spending dispute.
Democratic Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham vetoed the Legislature’s allocations of the federal pandemic relief money earlier this year, saying it should be distributed by her administration.
Democratic Attorney General Hector Balderas was asked to intervene after Republican lawmakers fell short in an attempt to override the governor s veto. Albuquerque Senate Democrat Jacob Candelaria also supported the veto override. He says his colleagues in the Democratic majorities of the House and Senate have a “fair weather commitment to the law.”
By CEDAR ATTANASIO Associated Press / Report for America
In this June 11, 2021, file photo, New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham speaks during a news conference at the state Capitol building in Santa Fe, N.M. Republican lawmakers in New Mexico sent a letter Thursday, July 8, 2021, asking the state Attorney General Hector Balderas to rule on a $1.75 billion spending dispute they have with Lujan Grisham. Lujan Grisham says her administration must distribute the money because of the way Congress passed the pandemic relief bill. (AP Photo/Morgan Lee, File)
SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) Republican lawmakers in New Mexico are asking the state attorney general to weigh in on a $1.75 billion spending dispute. Democratic Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham vetoed the Legislature s allocations of the federal pandemic relief money earlier this year, saying it should be distributed b
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