By Mariana Alfaro, Marianna Sotomayor · The Washington Post (c) 2024 Rep. Nancy Mace (R-South Carolina) has introduced a resolution to ban transgender women from female bathrooms in the Capitol, weeks after the historic election of Rep.-elect Sarah McBride (D-Delaware), the first openly trans person to serve in Congress. While McBride has not joined Congress yet – she […]
Author Archives: Andy Lyman
Andy Lyman is an editor at nm.news.
He oversees teams reporting on state and local government. Andy served in newsrooms at KUNM, NM Political Report, SF Reporter and The Paper. before joining nm.news in 2023.
Posted inPolitics & Elections, Syndicated
12 big changes Trump could make to climate and environment policy
By Dino Grandoni, Evan Halper, Maxine Joselow · The Washington Post (c) 2024 Clean energy tax breaks, pollution rules, America’s participation in the Paris climate agreement – all these policies and more could be on the chopping block after the election of Donald Trump. The president-elect’s return to the White House in January could erase many U.S. efforts […]
Posted inPolitics & Elections, Syndicated
Trump picks Brendan Carr as FCC chairman
By Eva Dou, Cristiano Lima-Strong, The Washington Post (c) 2024 President-elect Donald Trump said Sunday he was naming Brendan Carr as the next Federal Communications Commission chairman, positioning the regulatory agency to do battle against social media companies and TV broadcasters that Republicans portray as too liberal. Carr, 45, the senior Republican among the FCC’s five […]
Posted inPolitics & Elections, Syndicated
Trump picks Brendan Carr as FCC chairman
By Eva Dou, Cristiano Lima-Strong, The Washington Post (c) 2024 President-elect Donald Trump said Sunday he was naming Brendan Carr as the next Federal Communications Commission chairman, positioning the regulatory agency to do battle against social media companies and TV broadcasters that Republicans portray as too liberal. Carr, 45, the senior Republican among the FCC’s five […]
Posted inPolitics & Elections, Syndicated
Trump allies eye overhauling Medicaid, food stamps in tax legislation
By Jacob Bogage, Jeff Stein, Dan Diamond, The Washington Post (c) 2024 , The Washington Post President-elect Donald Trump’s economic advisers and congressional Republicans have begun preliminary discussions about making significant changes to Medicaid, food stamps and other federal safety net programs to offset the enormous cost of extending Trump’s 2017 tax cuts next year. Among the […]
Posted inPolitics & Elections, Syndicated
Trump allies eye overhauling Medicaid, food stamps in tax legislation
By Jacob Bogage, Jeff Stein, Dan Diamond, The Washington Post (c) 2024 , The Washington Post President-elect Donald Trump’s economic advisers and congressional Republicans have begun preliminary discussions about making significant changes to Medicaid, food stamps and other federal safety net programs to offset the enormous cost of extending Trump’s 2017 tax cuts next year. Among the […]
Posted inPolitics & Elections, Syndicated
Kari Lake settles election defamation case brought by Arizona official
By Yvonne Wingett Sanchez, The Washington Post (c) 2024 PHOENIX – A year-long defamation case against Kari Lake, who falsely blamed a local Arizona election official for her 2022 defeat for governor and has sowed distrust in American election systems, has been settled. The details of the settlement are confidential, according to two people familiar […]
Posted inPolitics & Elections, Syndicated
Kari Lake settles election defamation case brought by Arizona official
By Yvonne Wingett Sanchez, The Washington Post (c) 2024 PHOENIX – A year-long defamation case against Kari Lake, who falsely blamed a local Arizona election official for her 2022 defeat for governor and has sowed distrust in American election systems, has been settled. The details of the settlement are confidential, according to two people familiar […]
Posted inCommentary
One million reads and beyond
As editor of City Desk ABQ, I’m proud to announce a major milestone: We’ve received one million reads since the organization launched in January. What that means is even before we hit our one-year anniversary, we’ve delivered to readers a long list of stories they couldn’t find anywhere else. When City Desk launched, the goal […]
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One million reads and beyond
As editor of City Desk ABQ, I’m proud to announce a major milestone: We’ve received one million reads since the organization launched in January. What that means is even before we hit our one-year anniversary, we’ve delivered to readers a long list of stories they couldn’t find anywhere else. When City Desk launched, the goal […]