TODAY'S TOP STORIES: Wind and solar power get no respect

 Fans of wind and solar energy are not happy campers today. Republicans in the U.S. Senate blocked a vote to extend tax breaks for the technologies, Michael Coleman of the Albuquerque Journal reports.

Steve Terrell of the Santa Fe New Mexican reports on the assets New Mexico's three congressmen disclosed. 

Thunderstorms sparked dozens of fires across New Mexico, the Las Cruces Sun-News reports.

Albuquerque may be on the hook for a year's worth of back pay for a bus driver the city fired after discovering he had pleaded no contest to trying to molest a 2-year-old family member, the Journal reports. The city also may have to rehire the man, according to the Journal.

The owner of the Galisteo Basin mineral rights has spoken up about why she wants to drill in the area accordign to the Santa Fe New Mexican.

Join Independent writer Matthew Reichbach on the railrunner Thursday -- for free. All public transportation is free in Albuquerque thanks to National Dump the Pump day.

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