KSFR Local

State film incentives program under microscope (Podcast)

dal@ksfr.org — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 20:34:31 GMT

Critics of New Mexico's film incentives program may have found some new ammunition to see if it's possible to cut back on some of the money spent by the state to lure film makers to come to New Mexico and spend their money here instead of in other states.

N.M. House passes partial ban on cell phones while driving

dal@ksfr.org — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 20:27:27 GMT

-- Feb. 9, 1 p.m. -- It would be illegal statewide for a driver to hold a cell phone for talking and for texting under a bill the state House of Representatives has passed.

People don't plan to die (Podcast)

dal@ksfr.org — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 22:44:49 GMT

Is it because of fear or incredulity that people don't like to talk about, or much less, plan for their own deaths?

Exclusive: Santa Fe County plans small-group meetings on Land Plan

dal@ksfr.org — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 20:36:56 GMT

-- Feb 8, 10 a.m. -- KSFR Exclusive: Santa Fe County officials plan a series of small-group discussions with local residents about the latest draft of the Sustainable Land Development Plan.

New Mexico House could pass tax increases

dal@ksfr.org — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 15:36:44 GMT

-- Feb. 5, 7 a.m. -- The speaker of New Mexico's House of Representatives says he thinks he has enough votes to push a tax-increase package through his chamber, perhaps as early as today.

Mayoral candidates, Rail Runner, Santa Fe Airport (Podcast)

dal@ksfr.org — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 21:30:48 GMT

-- On KSFR's At Noon midday report for Thursday: As the municipal elections approach in early March, we'll begin a series on what's been said at some of the candidates forums... Changes coming to the Rail Runner commuter train in the coming days. We'll find out how the financially strapped organization is holding together.... And when it snows like it did this week, how do they manage at the Santa Fe airport?

Santa Fe's land development plan gets first hearing

dal@ksfr.org — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 15:16:57 GMT

-- Feb. 4, 7 a.m. -- Santa Fe County's long-awaited land development plan gets its first public hearing tonight at 6 by the county's Development Review Committee.

Santa Fe County plan, nuclear weapons, teen birth rates, domestic partnerships (Podcast)

dal@ksfr.org — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 22:11:01 GMT

-- On Wednesday's At Noon midday report: Santa Fe County's county manager with a preview of the new land development ordinance ... Sen. Jeff Bingaman on the increased nuclear weapons budgets ... Teen birth rates decline in New Mexico ... Excerpts from a state senate hearing on domestic partnerships.

Another storm approaches

dal@ksfr.org — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 15:16:08 GMT

-- Feb. 2, 7 a.m. -- Another round of winter weather headed to Santa Fe...an El Ni o fueled storm arrives tomorrow.

Toyota dealer prepared to work round-the-clock to fix pedals

dal@ksfr.org — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 20:40:07 GMT

--Feb. 1, 1 p.m. -- A Santa Fe Toyota dealership says it's among the dealers nationwide who are prepared to work 24 hours a day to repair gas pedals that are the subject of a world-wide Toyota recall.

Report: State, Santa Fe, still losing jobs

dal@ksfr.org — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 17:34:37 GMT

-- Jan. 28, 10 a.m. -- The latest jobs report for New Mexico shows sharp increases in unemployment for Santa Fe and the state as a whole.

Would New Mexico banks drown under $1.4 billion in state cash? (Podcast)

dal@ksfr.org — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 21:41:17 GMT

State Rep. Brian Egolf of Santa Fe has introduced a bill that would take the $1.4 billion in general New Mexico accounts out of Wells Fargo Bank and divide the deposits among local, New Mexico banks. We ask him how that would work and whether local banks would drown under the infusion of deposits.

Santa Fe County, hospital debate money woes

dal@ksfr.org — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 16:17:23 GMT

-- Jan. 27, 7 a.m. -- Santa Fe County and Christus St. Vincent Hospital have until mid-February to figure out how to come to grips with mutual budget problems.

Fastest computer has entry point in Santa Fe (Podcast)

dal@ksfr.org — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 21:21:54 GMT

State officials call it the fastest computer in the world with public access. And it's now officially online at Santa Fe Community College, even though it's not quite ready for full public access just yet.

Rail Runner weekend trains might run, after all

dal@ksfr.org — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 15:19:21 GMT

-- Jan. 6, 7 a.m. -- The Rail Runner commuter train will not have to discontinue weekend service, thanks to an infusion of funds from the US Department of Transportation.

Will Supreme Court ruling affect New Mexico? (Podcast)

dal@ksfr.org — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 15:15:33 GMT

Legal experts are still digesting the full meaning of the U.S. Supreme Court's decision to allow unlimited spending on political campaigns by corporations and by labor unions.

New Mexico's unemployment fund could go bust

dal@ksfr.org — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 15:14:35 GMT

-- Jan. 25, 3 p.m. -- The unemployment bank accounts of some states are already empty. That could happen to New Mexico by next year, unless there's an infusion of new funds.

Rail Runner could use ideas on train crossing signage (Video)

dal@ksfr.org — Sat, 23 Jan 2010 21:52:35 GMT

Only 15% obey the law at this Rail Runner train crossing in Santa Fe.

Feds seize Santa Fe bank

dal@ksfr.org — Sat, 23 Jan 2010 14:50:20 GMT

-- Jan. 23, 8 a.m. -- Federal banking regulators have seized Santa Fe-based Charter Bank, calling its financial situation unsafe and unsound.

Back story on domestic partner legislation (Podcast)

dal@ksfr.org — Fri, 22 Jan 2010 22:55:14 GMT

On KSFR's At Noon midday report: We'll ask for the back story on how the ACLU and the Catholic Conference of Bishops got together on domestic partner legislation, then how the cooperation disintegrated... Using cell phones and driving at the DWI threshold could carry the same risk. We'll find out what a researcher who's studied the issue has found out.... And can the Rail Runner train escape having its weekend service cut out all together?