Get your popcorn ready to watch some municipal excitement. The Committee of the Whole will meet on May 16 for members to pull out their red pens to mark up the mayor’s $1.4 billion proposed budget for fiscal year 2025. This is the last meeting scheduled before the final budget will be presented at the […]
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200 seniors, 90 veterans housed at Westside shelter — some for years
The city’s Westside Emergency Housing Center (WEHC) is home to about 200 seniors and 90 veterans seeking shelter among hundreds more who are experiencing homelessness. While the number who sleep there fluctuates throughout the year, during the winter months officials say it’s not uncommon to reach its capacity of 600. City officials and advocates for […]
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Gaza Solidarity Encampment defies UNM’s ultimatum for 12 hours before State Police arrive
BY AUSTIN FISHER / Source NM Twelve hours after the deadline to either pack up and leave or face more police raids, the Gaza Solidarity Encampment at the University of New Mexico stayed in place. By 7 a.m. on Wednesday morning New Mexico State Police and UNM Police moved the group from the encampment, taking several […]
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Judge halts 180-day mandate
A district court judge late Friday issued a temporary restraining order preventing the New Mexico Public Education Department from enforcing a rule that mandates at least 180 days of instruction for all schools in the state. For now, four-day-a-week schools are allowed to convene for 155 days next year, the current standard. The New Mexico […]
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What to Expect: APS board to consider applying for arts money
Albuquerque Public Schools is seeking nearly $12 million in state money to bring the fine arts to more of its students. At its Wednesday meeting, the district’s Board of Education will consider applying to the New Mexico Public Education Department for the money, authorized in the Public School Finance Act. The allocation would provide instruction […]
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CNM invests in EV future
Central New Mexico Community College showed off its investment in the electric vehicle future. The “Leading the Charge” event on the main campus highlighted CNM’s new electric vehicle technology certificate program, new on-campus charging stations and EV additions to the college’s fleet. The event held Tuesday drew more than 200, college spokesperson Brad Moore said. […]
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Opponents of a proposed amendment to reverse Albuquerque immigrant friendly policy hold rally
Opponents of an amendment that would reverse the City of Albuquerque’s immigrant friendly policy gathered at Civic Plaza Monday afternoon to speak out against the proposed change. “Our immigrant friendly policy in the City of Albuquerque is really important. It has been in place for about 24 years, so for 24 years we have been […]
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Race is on to improve International District’s ‘pharmacy desert’
Editor’s note: This is the second in a series examining a lack of pharmacies plaguing Albuquerque’s International District. The first story, “International District has become an urban ‘pharmacy desert,’” can be accessed here. Grabbing a prescription is likely taken a bit for granted by the average Albuquerque resident. There are pharmacy choices, it seems, at […]
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AP Investigation: In hundreds of deadly police encounters, officers broke multiple safety guidelines
By JOHN SEEWER, REESE DUNKLIN and TAYLOR STEVENS / Associated Press In hundreds of deaths where police used force meant to stop someone without killing them, officers violated well-known guidelines for safely restraining and subduing people — not simply once or twice, but multiple times. Most violations involved pinning people facedown in ways that could […]
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Proposed settlement is first step in securing Colorado River water for 3 Native American tribes
By FELICIA FONSECA / Associated Press A proposed water rights settlement for three Native American tribes that carries a price tag larger than any such agreement enacted by Congress took a significant step forward late Monday with introduction in the Navajo Nation Council. The Navajo Nation has one of the largest single outstanding claims in […]