4 snared in online child-sex sting
Nico Roesler | The New Mexican
Three Santa Fe men and an Arizona resident have been arrested on charges of soliciting sex with a child, and 10 other people are being sought in connection with a sting operation run by the Crimes Against Children Unit of the Santa Fe Police Departme ...Story, »

House panel OKs budget leaving room for tax cuts
Barry Massey | The Associated Press
A more than $5 billion state budget proposal is back on track in the House and the spending blueprint leaves nearly $42 million available for possible tax cuts advocated by Republican Gov. Susana Martinez and legislators. The budget was unanimously ...Story, »

Bill to battle corruption gets little local backing
Steve Terrell | The New Mexican
A weekend vote in the House of Representatives on a corruption bill could have reverberations on the campaign trail around the state. The House on Saturday voted 41-26 to pass House Bill 111, which would increase criminal penalties when a crime is ...Story, »

With SMBD help, businesses off to a honey of a start
Bob Quick | The New Mexican
It takes a village to produce a business, and Daven Lee has done just that -- in the form of her Milk and Honey Soap, which is made in Santa Fe and sold all over the country. Sales in fact doubled in 2011, despite the weak national economy. For t ...Story, »

Real Money: Using the wisdom of Solon and Leviticus
Rob Rikoon | For The New Mexican
This February, let's imagine a different way to celebrate Valentine's Day by solving our nation's debt problems. President Barack Obama has again proposed a modest restructuring of mortgage debt for a narrow class of people, another tweaking of a bro ...Story, »

BUSINESS BEAT: Joe's Dining (that's right) adds a day
Bob Quick | The New Mexican
Joe's Dining (formerly Joe's Diner) is open on Mondays again. That's the word from owners Roland and Sheila Richter. "We started closing on Monday in 2004," Sheila said. "We needed a day to catch up." But now the eatery is open 7:30 a.m. to 9 p ...Story, »

Local news in brief, Feb. 7, 2012
| The New Mexican
Warrant roundup nets 4 scofflaws Local law enforcement teams served four warrants Saturday on people with outstanding warrants for drunken driving. Since the beginning of Operation Descansos, 898 warrants have been served through arrests and surr ...Story, »

Legislative roundup, Feb. 7, 2012
| The New Mexican
Days remaining in session: 9 A cloud over Sunshine Portal bill? A bill to expand the state Sunshine Portal website passed the Senate, but not before the body passed an amendment that killed nearly all the bill's Republican support. Senate Bill 30 ...Story, »

Police notes, Feb. 7, 2012
| The New Mexican
The Santa Fe Police Department is investigating the following reports: • Two women stole a CD with photo files on it from a car in the 800 block of Camino Monte del Sol at 10 a.m. Sunday. • Someone stole bank information and a black fla ...Story, »

Lujan is outspoken advocate of labor groups
Julie Ann Grimm | The New Mexican
Inside a cabinet in the Lujan family dining room, a tattered, yellowed piece of paper tells a story. The slender sheet is brittle because it's more than 100 years old -- a ballot from the 1911 election for a judgeship in Santa Fe before New Mexico ...Story, »

'Train man' Sarr says council needs a listener
Julie Ann Grimm | The New Mexican
Bob Sarr knows business. He has a formal business education and has worked for large corporations with recognizable names such as Colgate-Palmolive and Procter & Gamble. Many people in Santa Fe know him as the train man. Sarr in 1992 acquired ...Story, »

Nambé Mills founder Pauline Cable dies at 93
Howard Houghton | The New Mexican
Private services have been held in Arizona for Pauline Platt Cable, founder of Nambé Mills, who died at her home north of Tucson two days before her 94th birthday. Cable came to Northern New Mexico in 1941, about a decade before starting a c ...Story, »

Judge: Former officer's job irrelevant in vehicular homicide trial
Nico Roesler | The New Mexican
Alfred Lovato will be known simply as a passenger in state District Court next week, not a former state police sergeant. Judge Michael Vigil ruled Monday that Lovato, 40, would be treated as any other citizen in the case charging him with vehicular ...Story, »

Ives focuses on city's sustainability projects
Julie Ann Grimm | The New Mexican
Although Peter Ives and his wife, Patricia Salazar, still have busy careers as attorneys, they also have an empty nest. Their three children are all in college or in the workforce. So, Ives decided now is a good time to dip his toe into local gover ...Story, »

Business briefs for Feb.7, 2012
None | The New Mexican
LANL conference registration deadline Over the next five years, LANL plans to award some $200 million in master task order agreements for general construction services, such as civil, architectural-structural, electrical, mechanical and piping. Le ...Story, »

Business calendar
None | The New Mexican
Calendar * The Small Business Development Center at Santa Fe Community College will hold the following workshops. For fees, times and more information, call 428-1343 or visit www.nmsbdc.org/santafe. Thursday -- Understanding Financial Financial S ...Story, »

Join the conversation: Legislative Lunch Live Blog
| The New Mexican
What's going on with the 2012 legislative session? The buzz from the Roundhouse is spreading around the state and we want to know what everyone has to say about it. Join our Legislative Lunch live blog at noon each Wednesday during the session (F ...Story, »

Randy Travis arrested on charge of public intoxication
| The Associated Press
SANGER, Texas -- Country singer Randy Travis, who has a home in Santa Fe, has apologized after being arrested on a charge of public intoxication outside a North Texas church. Denton County sheriff's spokesman Tom Reedy says police in the town of Sa ...Story, »

NM regulators repeal carbon cap and trade rules
Susan Montoya Bryan | The Associated Press
New Mexico’s participation in a regional cap and trade program aimed at curbing greenhouse gas emissions became more unlikely Monday with a unanimous vote by state regulators. The decision by the Environmental Improvement Board to repeal the ca ...Story, »

Lawmakers put off vote on Indian Affairs nominee
Barry Massey | The Associated Press
Gov. Susana Martinez’s nominee to lead the Indian Affairs Department is under scrutiny from lawmakers over possible illegal sales of cigarettes at a store operated by the cabinet secretary’s family. The Senate Rules Committee agreed Monda ...Story, »