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Independent audit questions integrity of Albuquerque’s anti-fraud office

An independent audit found Albuquerque’s fraud watchdog failed to meet professional standards in reports that uncovered $74,000 in waste. Now, two lawsuits are pushing the city to release six investigation reports that have been kept from the public for seven months. The audit, conducted by accounting firm REDW and released Oct. 1, reported that investigators […]

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Albuquerque’s 2026 agenda: Council and mayor push for safer, stronger neighborhoods

Albuquerque’s City Council approved its 2026 legislative agenda Monday, Oct. 6, and received the Mayor’s legislative requests, setting priorities for housing, homelessness, public safety and infrastructure.  The combined proposals for the Second Session of the 57th New Mexico State Legislature outline district-specific projects and policy initiatives, including affordable housing expansions, Metro Crime Initiative funding, community […]

Posted inJobs, Workers & Economy

Holtec abandons plans for New Mexico nuclear waste storage facility opposed by gov, legislators

Holtec Industries has pulled out of an eight-year-old land use agreement with local stakeholders in Southeast New Mexico for the construction and operation of an underground temporary nuclear waste storage facility.  Patrick O’Brien, a spokesperson for Holtec, confirmed in an email to New Mexico Political Report on Thursday that the decision for Holtec and the Eddy […]

Posted inCourts, Justice & Safety

The tragic death of Jayvon Givan and a family’s year without answers

Albuquerque City Councilor Nichole Rogers is demanding answers after learning that Jayvon Givan’s family wasn’t told of his death for more than a year, even though police ruled it a suicide. Givan, a 28-year-old homeless Black man from Kansas City, Missouri, was found dead Sept. 17, 2024 outside a Westside business closed for renovations. His […]

Posted inHealthcare

NMDOH moves to make COVID-19 vaccines more available to children after CDC changes fed rules, again

The New Mexico Department of Health is responding after the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced Monday that it would begin to allow individual-based decision-making to COVID-19 vaccination, allowing for anybody to get the vaccination, covered by insurance, without a prescription. Individual-based decision-making means the clinical decision to vaccinate is based on patient characteristics […]

Community questions prompt APD to revisit investigation into Black teen found hanging last year

Albuquerque Police Chief Harold Medina announced Tuesday that his department will seek an outside review of APD’s investigation into the death of Jayvon Givan, a young Black man found hanging from a chain outside a closed business a year ago on Albuquerque’s Westside. Social media posts — many incorrectly claiming Givan was found hanging from […]