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The City accidentally approved a new 95,000 sq. ft. homeless shelter. Now neighbors want it closed.
By Jesse Jones, The Paper. — Southeast Albuquerque residents and business owners near the airport are demanding answers about how an overnight drug treatment shelter has been allowed to operate without a required permit since November after city staff gave “incorrect advice,” setting up a fight before City Councilors who get to decide if the…
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Albuquerque weighs $3.1M in incentives for cybersecurity, quantum and space jobs
Three tech firms seek public funding. Here’s how the city plans to protect taxpayer money
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A quartet of ABQ City Councilors raises alarm White House plans to let political staff cancel local grants
City leaders warn proposed Trump administration rule could force ABQ to choose between local policies and federal grant funding
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Watchdog clears Albuquerque’s top lawyer in probe, but dispute with Council persists
Investigators clear city attorney of wrongdoing as city leaders clash over who the city attorney represents
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Council tees up ballot question to reduce mayor’s control over two big city jobs
Council to send charter change to Nov. ballot but the mayor’s office warns of bigger government, higher costs
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