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 ‘We Want to Keep it Small But Help It Grow’

by Jesse Jones

The new Bernalillo development coordinator wants to help people’s construction projects become reality, as the town continues to grow.  Martin Martinez aids residents in project construction by simplifying the permitting process and ensuring regulatory compliance for a smoother process. “I always wanted to make a difference and help people, that’s my ultimate goal, to make […]

Posted inJobs, Workers & Economy, National News, Politics & Elections, Syndicated

DEA will move to reclassify marijuana in a historic shift, AP sources say

by Jordan Bourne

WASHINGTON / ASSOCIATED PRESS The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration will move to reclassify marijuana as a less dangerous drug, The Associated Press has learned, a historic shift to generations of American drug policy that could have wide ripple effects across the country. The DEA’s proposal, which still must be reviewed by the White House Office of Management and […]

Posted inAlbuquerque, Courts, Justice & Safety, Jobs, Workers & Economy, Syndicated

CDC: ‘Vampire facials’ at an unlicensed spa in New Mexico led to HIV infections in three women

by Jordan Bourne

By ALEXA ST. JOHN / ASSOCIATED PRESS Three women were diagnosed with HIV after getting “vampire facial” procedures at an unlicensed New Mexico medical spa, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said in a report last week, marking the first documented cases of people contracting the virus through cosmetic services using needles. Federal health officials said […]

Posted inJobs, Workers & Economy, Syndicated, Uncategorized

NM to meet with Pueblos in May on Rio Grande governance

by Jordan Bourne

BY DANIELLE PROKOP / Source NM The Rio Grande Compact Commission meeting on Friday had a small portion dedicated to describing future meetings with six Middle Rio Grande Pueblos to get tribal perspective on governing the state’s largest river. The three-member commission met for its annual meeting Friday, hearing from legal advisors and New Mexico State […]

Posted inJobs, Workers & Economy, National News, Syndicated

Biden officials indefinitely postpone ban on menthol cigarettes amid election-year pushback

by Jordan Bourne

By MATTHEW PERRONE and ZEKE MILLER / Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden’s administration is indefinitely delaying a long-awaited menthol cigarette ban, a decision that infuriated anti-smoking advocates but could avoid a political backlash from Black voters in November. In a statement Friday, Biden’s top health official gave no timeline for issuing the rule, […]

Posted inAlbuquerque, Jobs, Workers & Economy

Sandia researchers look at ways to store hydrogen underground

by Jordan Bourne

This story is republished from NM Political Report, a nonprofit news outlet, as a part of our commitment to bringing you the best in independent news coverage that matters to Albuquerque. By Hannah Grover / New Mexico Political Report As the world looks to decarbonize, governments are promoting hydrogen, a somewhat controversial energy source, as […]

Posted inJobs, Workers & Economy, National News

Haaland in NM touting new Biden rule for public land conservation

by Jordan Bourne

By MATTHEW BROWN Associated Press / BILLINGS, Mont. The Biden administration on Thursday finalized a new rule for public land management that’s meant to put conservation on more equal footing with oil drilling, grazing and other extractive industries on vast government-owned properties. Officials pushed past strong opposition from private industry and Republican governors to adopt the proposal. The rule […]