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Council said no to more safe outdoor spaces but Mayor Keller started one anyway. Now the funding and future may be in jeopardy.
By Jesse Jones, The Paper. — Almost a year ago, Mayor Tim Keller told reporters the city needs 100 more Safe Outdoor Spaces for its homeless population but the city council has never gotten on board with authorizing zoning and ordinance changes to get anywhere close. Even now, the city has only one privately run…
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Why Burqueños might feel safer on buses
New transit data shows security calls are dropping sharply across the transit system, even as ridership continues to grow
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After mayor warns of budget woes, Council OK’s city’s biggest budget ever
The Council greenlights a historic $1.5 billion plan after a battle with the mayor over funding shifts
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Councilors will push $15 min. wage, increased tipped wage to meet affordability crisis
A proposed ordinance would push minimum pay past the state’s for the first time in six years
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Council says it found $11 million budget error by mayor. He says they don’t understand the budget.
Albuquerque’s executive and legislative branches are clashing over a multi-million dollar discrepancy in the FY27 budget
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