Weekend Weather Outlook With Heat Wave Warning
The forecast calls for hot conditions with sunny skies and temperatures near or above 100 degrees on Friday. Winds from the west at 10 to 20 mph. Overnight lows around 62. Saturday will be partly cloudy with highs in the low 90s and lows near 58.
New Mexico Public Meeting Notice Takes Effect in June
Government bodies must post meeting agendas 72 hours in advance starting June 14, expanding from 24 hours. For groups meeting weekly, a draft agenda is due 72 hours prior and final agenda posted 36 hours before. The measure is part of roughly 130 laws taking effect 90 days after adjournment.
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New Mexico Expands AP Courses With 1 Million Grant
Gov. Susana Martinez announced that New Mexico will expand advanced placement offerings using 1 million from the College Board, adding 750,000 in state funds. The plan includes training guidance counselors to identify students ready for AP and boosting teacher training with multiple regional sessions and parent information outreach.
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Santa. FE
N.M
New Mexico
Susana Martinez
College
College Board
Spaceport America grows as New Mexico eyes space boom
New Mexico maps 52 archeo astronomy sites from Wizard's Roost to Magdalena Ridge Observatory and portrays a future for space observation. Spaceport America near Truth or Consequences opens 2011 and could see Virgin Galactic tours starting 2014 with 500 tickets at 200000 dollars each. SpaceX Grasshopper tests join UP Aerospace launches as the state leverages military and research facilities including Kirtland, White Sands, and VLA to expand private space activity.
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Tom McDonald
Gazette Media Services
Know
New Mexico
Museum of Space History
Nmspacemuseum.org
Chris Orwell
Orwell
International Space Hall of Fame
Spaceport America
Sierra County
Virgin Galactic
Richard Branson
Earth
Spaceport
Space Exploration Technologies Corp
Spacex
UP Aerospace
Denver
Clovis
Alamogordo
Albuquerque
Las Cruces
White Sands Missile Range
White Sands Proving Ground
Robert Goddard
Roswell
Wernher von Braun
Air Force
International Ufo Museum and Research Center
Sandia National Laboratories
Kirtland Air Force Base
Socorro County
National Solar Observatory
Sunspot
Cloudcroft
State Economic Development Department
Tax Overhaul May Ride IRS Scandal Into Reform Efforts
Lawmakers press for a major tax code overhaul amid concerns over IRS targeting of conservative groups. Republicans and Democrats cite complexity as a curb on taxpayer compliance and debate which breaks to cut, with questions on revenue and preserving key deductions. The Cincinnati targeting episode underscores calls to reduce IRS discretion and simplify the system.
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Stephen Ohlemacher
Associated Press
Washington
Internal Revenue Service
IRS
Rep
David Camp
Michigan
Taxwriting House
Ways and Means
Nina E. Olson
Camp
Senate
Finance Committee
Max Baucus
Montana
Tim Griffin
R-Ark
Ways and Means Committee
Baucus
Cincinnati
Mothers Now Top Earners in 4 in 10 US Households
AP report notes a Pew study finding 40 percent of U S households with children have mothers as sole or primary breadwinners up from 11 percent in 1960. The trend spans single and married mothers, with public attitudes mixed and policy implications for child care and safety nets.
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Hope Yen
Associated Press
Washington
Pew Research Center
Kim Parker
Pew Social & Demographic Trends Project
Feds Probe Md. Train Derailment and Explosion
Federal investigators plan to piece together the cause after a CSX train carrying chemicals collided with a garbage truck at a private crossing in Rosedale near Baltimore. About 12 rail cars derailed and several caught fire, with one driver seriously injured. NTSB teams and FRA probe the crash while officials report no toxic release or evacuation.
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Ben Nickoll
Associated Press
Rosedale, Md
CSX
Baltimore
Rosedale
Robert Sumwalt
National Transportation Safety Board
John J. Alban Jr
Maryland
NTSB
Sumwalt
Federal Railroad Administration
Selkirk
N.Y
Waycross
Baltimore County
Elise Armacost
Gary Sease
CSX Transportation Inc
Kevin Kamenetz
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