By Tim Craig, Casey Parks, The Washington Post (c) 2024 PLAINS, Ga. – Signs that read “Happy 100th Birthday Mr. President!” dot lawns. The local general store is stocking up on its famous peanut butter ice cream. And the population of this tiny southwestern Georgia town is expected to double for a day. Jimmy Carter turns […]
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.
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Walz’s digs at Trump and Vance show the cutting side of ‘Minnesota nice’
By Holly Bailey, The Washington Post (c) 2024 MINNEAPOLIS – Even before Vice President Kamala Harris picked Tim Walz to be her running mate, the Minnesota governor made headlines and launched countless memes when in July he delivered a simple, yet memorable critique of former president Donald Trump and Republicans, proclaiming them to be “just […]
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Walz’s digs at Trump and Vance show the cutting side of ‘Minnesota nice’
By Holly Bailey, The Washington Post (c) 2024 MINNEAPOLIS – Even before Vice President Kamala Harris picked Tim Walz to be her running mate, the Minnesota governor made headlines and launched countless memes when in July he delivered a simple, yet memorable critique of former president Donald Trump and Republicans, proclaiming them to be “just […]
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Ruling expected this month in school calendar case
A district court judge Monday indicated he’ll make a ruling by the end of the month in a lawsuit over a proposed change in school calendars. State District Court Judge Dustin K. Hunter in Roswell heard motions for summary judgment from the New Mexico Public Education Department (PED) and the schools suing it over a […]
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Ruling expected this month in school calendar case
A district court judge Monday indicated he’ll make a ruling by the end of the month in a lawsuit over a proposed change in school calendars. State District Court Judge Dustin K. Hunter in Roswell heard motions for summary judgment from the New Mexico Public Education Department (PED) and the schools suing it over a […]
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Councilors want city to get serious about AI
The proliferation of artificial intelligence has encouraged two Albuquerque city councilors to propose creating a group of experts from city departments to develop an AI policy. The resolution, sponsored by Councilors Tammy Fiebelkorn and Dan Champine, is expected to be discussed at the City Council’s Oct. 7 meeting. Champine said the goal is to ensure […]
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Councilors want city to get serious about AI
The proliferation of artificial intelligence has encouraged two Albuquerque city councilors to propose creating a group of experts from city departments to develop an AI policy. The resolution, sponsored by Councilors Tammy Fiebelkorn and Dan Champine, is expected to be discussed at the City Council’s Oct. 7 meeting. Champine said the goal is to ensure […]
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New attorney assigned to Solomon Peña case
A new attorney was assigned to represent Solomon Peña in his high-profile case. Peña was accused of having a connection to a series of politically motivated shootings nearly two years ago. The trial was postponed Sept. 23 due to a conflict between attorney Elizabeth Honce and Peña, which resulted in Honce leaving the case. The […]
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Democrats, with ‘Coach Walz’ as VP pick, embrace political power of football
By Rick Maese, Dylan Wells, Chuck Culpepper, Josh Dawsey, The Washington Post (c) 2024 ANN ARBOR, Mich. – Wearing a navy blue Harris-Walz jacket and a camo baseball cap, Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz sat in a private suite in Michigan Stadium on Saturday, cheering on a football game with 110,339 other fans and giving the campaign a high […]
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Trial nears in APS sex-harrasment case
As the trial date approaches in a lawsuit against Albuquerque Public Schools, the district’s Board of Education will hold a closed session at Wednesday’s regular meeting to discuss the matter. The lawsuit, filed in 2020, alleges an English teacher at Valley High School engaged in inappropriate behavior with a 17-year-old student during the 2019-2020 school […]