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Council sets up public hearing over accidentally-approved homeless shelter near the Sunport
By Jesse Jones, The Paper. — Neighbors and nearby business owners along Yale Boulevard near the airport will get their say on an overnight drug treatment shelter after city officials accidentally allowed it to open without a required permit. The Albuquerque City Council rejected a recommendation that would have allowed the shelter to move forward…
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Albuquerque Council fails to override Mayor’s veto, killing proposal to make city clerk, attorney independent
Councilor Champine’s plan to put city attorney independence on the ballot failed after councilor admitted ‘sloppy’ late-night work led to mistakes
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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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Can New Mexico, not Blackstone, just buy PNM? It turns out, we can’t. Here’s why.
Opponents of the Blackstone purchase encourage state purchase of PNM
Heinrich, breaking with most Dems., will vote yes on Mullin to lead DHS
Luján will vote against Sen. Mullen
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