When a big summer holiday comes during the middle of the week, lots of local government services we take for granted change their hours or close. So will trash be picked up? Can I go to the library to beat the heat? Are city pools open? The answer, according to the City of Albuquerque, is […]
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Posted inAlbuquerque, Housing & Homelessness
Albuquerque Health Care for the Homeless ups roving outreach
The city’s unhoused population — particularly near Downtown — often get health care and other services at the main campus of Albuquerque Health Care for the Homeless (AHCH). But in recent years, the nonprofit’s street outreach has expanded and reached scores more. Of 1,212 people experiencing homelessness who were contacted through outreach between July 2021 […]
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Sandoval County Receives Millions From Interior Department
Sandoval County will receive $2.9 million from the U.S. Department of the Interior to upgrade essential services. On June 26, the department announced New Mexico will receive Payments in Lieu of Taxes (PILT) for 2024. Thirty-one other local governments, in addition to Sandoval County, will receive a portion of the total $49.8 Million funding in […]
Posted inLocal Gov.
What projects will county residents vote on this November?
Bernalillo County voters will get to decide in November whether to support $40.5 million in capital projects ranging from a wrought iron fence to several new athletic fields. On June 25, the Board of Commissioners approved the list of projects for the general obligation bond issue and the questions that will be placed on the […]
Posted inCourts, Justice & Safety, National News, Syndicated
Prosecutor won’t oppose Trump sentencing delay in hush money case after high court immunity ruling
By JAKE OFFENHARTZ Manhattan prosecutors said Tuesday they would not oppose Donald Trump’s request to delay the sentencing in his hush money trial as he seeks to have the conviction overturned following a Supreme Court ruling that granted broad immunity protections to presidents. In a letter filed with the New York court, prosecutors with Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg’s […]
Posted inJobs, Workers & Economy, National News, Syndicated
The US will pay Moderna $176 million to develop an mRNA pandemic flu vaccine
The U.S. government will pay the vaccine maker Moderna $176 million to accelerate development of a pandemic influenza vaccine that could be used to treat bird flu in people, as concern grows about cases in dairy cows across the country, federal officials announced Tuesday. Moderna already has a bird flu vaccine in very early-stage testing that uses the same […]
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A veto is coming on the council’s voting proposal. Here’s what you need to know.
Albuquerque Mayor Tim Keller plans to veto the City Council’s proposal to change the city’s voting system this week, but if councilors vote the same way they did initially, they will have enough votes to override it. The council can override a veto with a majority — five — plus one vote. At their last […]
Posted inAlbuquerque, Education
It’s official: A new superintendent takes the reins at APS
The transition of leadership at Albuquerque Public Schools is now official. Gabriella Durán Blakey, who had been the district’s acting superintendent since March, took over Monday as the head of an organization with 141 regular public schools, more than 70,000 students and a staff of more than 10,000. “I’m honored to step into this position […]
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Funding for Tijeras Biozone Education Center Will be on the November Ballot
Bernalillo County voters in November will get to decide whether to support $40.5 million in capital projects ranging from a wrought iron fence to several new athletic fields. The Board of Commissioners June 25 approved the list of projects for the general obligation bond issue and the questions that will be placed on the Nov. […]
Posted inJobs, Workers & Economy, National News, Syndicated
Should gun store sales get special credit card tracking?
By David A. Lieb, Associated Press Beginning Monday, a California law will require credit card networks like Visa and Mastercard to provide banks with special retail codes that can be assigned to gun stores in order to track their sales. But new laws will do the exact opposite in Georgia, Iowa, Tennessee and Wyoming by banning the […]