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Bernalillo County plans expanded fentanyl response as commissioners weigh emergency declaration
By Jesse Jones, The Paper. — About six people a week died from opioid-related causes in Bernalillo County last year. Now, county commissioners are considering an emergency declaration to help fund a more robust response, including expanded street medicine and addiction treatment, real-time overdose tracking and a new sheriff’s operation targeting drug traffickers. Bernalillo County…
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Why Albuquerque’s $5.2 million opioid settlement vote came to a sudden halt
Councilors raised questions about how the money would be spent and whether the city can sustain the programs before the meeting ended without a final vote
Bernalillo County makes it easier for residents to find behavioral health care
Three new county tools give residents ways to find services and request help while spotting gaps in care
City Council set to hear changes to development appeals
The proposals would change development appeal fees and neighborhood standing as local groups push back against the measures
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
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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
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