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The National Hispanic Cultural Center held the Festival de Bellas Artes on Tuesday. METRO NM A9 OIL BONANZA Exxon plans to use tax cuts to triple production in New Mexico and the Texas Permian Basin BUSINESS A12 ABQJOURNAL.COM FINAL WEDNESDAY JANUARY 31, 2018 $1.50 ESTABLISHED 1880 NEW LEADING NEWS SOURCE JOURNAL ALBUQUERQUE Weatherline 821-1111 ABQJournal.com Copyright 201 8 Journal Publishing Company INSIDE CLASSIFIEDS B8 COMICS B20 EDITORIALS A14 FOOD B6 OBITUARIES A8 PUZZLES B8, B19 TV A11 WEATHER A11 STOCK MARKET TAKES A HIT Hefty losses in health care, tech stocks drive markets sharply lower. BUSINESS A12 BRIGHT SPOT Slain boy was kept in kennel, SF County sheriff says budget sent to House floor on 17-1 vote includes $249M in money Committee OKs raises for teachers, state employees Copyright 2018 Albuquerque Journal BY DAN BOYD JOURNAL CAPITOL BUREAU SANTA FE A $6.3 billion budget plan that would ramp up New Mexico state spending after several cash-lean years and provide pay raises for state workers and teachers is headed to the House floor. The House Appropriations and Finance Committee voted 17-1 Tuesday in favor of the spending plan, which would increase overall state spending by about $249 million over current levels or roughly 4.1 percent. However, Gov.

Susana office described the bill as on and suggested it could face tough scrutiny in its current form. See HOUSE A4 See SLAIN A3 Copyright 2018 Albuquerque Journal BY EDMUNDO CARRILLO AND MEGAN BENNETT JOURNAL NORTH SANTA FE Jeremiah Valencia endured harsh punishment that left him walking with a cane and died a gruesome death, to the point that Santa Fe County Sheriff Robert Garcia had to take a few seconds to compose himself before describing the case during a news conference Tuesday. mother, 35-year-old Tracy Ann Pena, Thomas Ferguson, 42, and son, Jordan Nunez, 19, have been charged in the death. Court documents accuse Ferguson of beating the boy to death at their home near in late November and burying the body not far from the house. Investigators recovered the body Sunday after Pena pointed them to a general location.

my years in law enforcement, I would think that this is one of the most terrifying types of investigations that Garica said, fighting back tears. seen a lot, this is very 13-year-old beaten so severely he walked with cane, sister says WIN PRESS President Donald Trump delivers his first State of the Union address to a joint session of Congress Tuesday. EDDIE Santa Fe County Sheriff Robert Garcia consoles relatives of 13-year-old Jeremiah Valencia after a Tuesday news conference in Santa Fe about the death. LEGISLATURE 2018 TOUGH LOVE Lobos benefit from new conditioning demanding regimen SPORTS B1 Trump calls for unity; extends open have faced president says in State of the Union speech BY MICHAEL COLEMAN JOURNAL WASHINGTON BUREAU WASHINGTON President Donald Trump offered a vision of a united and industrious America during his first State of the Union speech Tuesday night, trumpeting achievements such as sweeping tax cuts in his first year in office and promising more results on U.S. infrastructure development, immigration policy and more.

Speaking in the ornate U.S. House chamber, Trump spent the first half of his 85-minute speech recounting the accomplishments of his first year in office. the last year, we have made incredible progress and achieved extraordinary Trump said. have faced challenges we expected, and others we could never have imagined. We have shared in the heights of victory and the pains of hardship.

We endured floods and fires and storms. But through it all, we have seen the beauty of soul, and the steel in Early in his address, Trump said the U.S. has added 2.4 million new jobs including 200,000 new jobs in manufacturing during his first year in office, while long-stagnant wages have started See TRUMP A2 David Bowdich Former APD officer may be named deputy FBI director See FORMER A3 MARIACHI MAGIC David Bowdich now supervises counterterrorism unit Spaceport bill Senate panel OKs measure to protect Spaceport privacy Page A4 Copyright 2018 Albuquerque Journal BY RYAN BOETEL JOURNAL STAFF WRITER A New Mexico native, former Albuquerque police officer and 23-year veteran of the FBI is going to be named the second-highest ranking agent in that law enforcement agency, according to multiple news reports. David Bowdich, a senior official leading the Los Angeles field office, is expected to replace FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe, who abruptly retired this week after clashing with the White House. Bowdich, the son of former Bernalillo County Sheriff Joe Bowdich, began his law enforcement PABLO MARTINEZ PRESS Albuquerque Police Officer Ryan Holets and his wife Rebecca acknowledge their introduction by President Donald Trump as they stand with first lady Melania Trump during the State of the Union address Tuesday..