🌱 UNM To Appeal Unionization Effort + Pedestrian Deaths

Morning, people of Albuquerque! It's me again, Rachel Kilimnik, your host of the Albuquerque Daily.

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Here are the top stories today in Albuquerque:

1. The University of New Mexico has filed notice in the 2nd Judicial District Court that it intends to appeal a ruling that allows UNM graduate student workers to unionize. The chair of the graduate student workers coordinating committee and bargaining committee representativeand UNM graduate student Ramona Malczynski said the students are more disappointed than surprised by UNM's notice and consider it an effort to obstruct the negotiation process. (Albuquerque Journal)
2. New Mexico was ranked No. 1 in pedestrian deaths in 2019. Sgt. Christopher Rody with the Albuquerque Police Department Motors Unit said things have actually gotten worse since then – due to an increase in drug use, alcohol use, and homelessness. The metro has seen close to 80 deadly crashes so far in 2021. Albuquerque police said more than 30 of those crashes involved a pedestrian. (KOB)
3. Neighbors of an abandoned home near Old Town that went up in flames earlier this week believe squatters could be to blame for the fire. (KRQE News 13)
4. Over the weekend, Albuquerque Fire Rescue investigated a fire near Sunport. Around 1 a.m. on Saturday, crews were called by police to a two-story commercial building, with a basement, in the 2000 block of Boulevard Southeast near Gibson Boulevard. (KOAT Albuquerque)
5. The driver in a fatal crash near Carnuel is facing vehicular homicide and DWI charges. (KRQE News 13)

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— Rachel Kilimnik

About me: Rachel is a born-and-raised New Yorker who recently relocated to the mountains in the west. She is a freelance copywriter for the content creation agency Lightning Media Partners and is assisting Patch.com with community newsletter curation. During her free time, you can find Rachel roller skating, making pottery, drinking tea, and tending to her growing collection of houseplants.