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City’s recycling test could mean fewer pickups for some residents
By Jesse Jones, The Paper. — For some Burqueños, trash day will soon mean one less bin to take to the curb each week. The city is starting a pilot program that will switch blue recycling bin pickup from weekly to every other week. Starting today, the city’s Solid Waste Management Department will test the…
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Albuquerque adds $1.6M to legal fight over homeless encampment sweeps
Class-action lawsuit over city’s treatment of unhoused residents pushes outside legal contract to $2.66M
Uptown Connect Secures millions as Albuquerque affordable housing project gets scaled back
The project at Albuquerque’s Uptown transit hub now includes fewer apartments and a lower projected cost
Councilor Dan Lewis wants more say for neighborhood associations, less for coalitions in ABQ development
Lewis proposes four measures to streamline project appeals and limit coalition standing, while community leaders argue the changes weaken neighborhood oversight
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Five electric buses, zero passengers: ABQ electric buses not used since last December
The city’s first electric buses were meant to expand cleaner transit. Instead, all five have been out of service for months
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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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