Councilor, city want quicker resolution to urgent renter complaints

The longer it takes to resolve complaints involving unsafe or deteriorating conditions, the greater likelihood Albuquerque’s renters will experience health issues or displacement. Officials say it’s a circumstance that often drains time and money from both tenants and the city. Such complaints include plumbing issues (no running water, no hot water), pest infestations and inadequate […]

Councilor, city want quicker resolution to urgent renter complaints

The longer it takes to resolve complaints involving unsafe or deteriorating conditions, the greater likelihood Albuquerque’s renters will experience health issues or displacement. Officials say it’s a circumstance that often drains time and money from both tenants and the city. Such complaints include plumbing issues (no running water, no hot water), pest infestations and inadequate […]

New Mexico Senate Confirms East Mountains’ Kenderdine as Energy Secretary

On March 10, the New Mexico Senate confirmed Melanie Kenderdine as cabinet secretary for the Energy, Minerals and Natural Resources Department. Kenderdine, who grew up in the East Mountains, graduated from Manzano High School and the University of New Mexico. In May, Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham appointed Kenderdine as Cabinet Secretary of the New Mexico […]

New Mexico Senate Confirms East Mountains’ Kenderdine as Energy Secretary

On March 10, the New Mexico Senate confirmed Melanie Kenderdine as cabinet secretary for the Energy, Minerals and Natural Resources Department. Kenderdine, who grew up in the East Mountains, graduated from Manzano High School and the University of New Mexico. In May, Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham appointed Kenderdine as Cabinet Secretary of the New Mexico […]

Supreme Court to hear challenge to ‘conversion therapy’ ban for minors

by Ann E. Marimow (c) 2025 , The Washington Post The Supreme Court on Monday agreed to take up a Christian therapist’s challenge to a state law barring “conversion therapy” that attempts to change a young person’s sexual orientation or gender identity. Kaley Chiles, who practices in Colorado, says the state law banning such treatment […]

Supreme Court to hear challenge to ‘conversion therapy’ ban for minors

by Ann E. Marimow (c) 2025 , The Washington Post The Supreme Court on Monday agreed to take up a Christian therapist’s challenge to a state law barring “conversion therapy” that attempts to change a young person’s sexual orientation or gender identity. Kaley Chiles, who practices in Colorado, says the state law banning such treatment […]

Trump declines to rule out recession amid tariffs’ effects on markets

by Michael Birnbaum, Mariana Alfaro, Yeganeh Torbati (c) 2025 , The Washington Post WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. – President Donald Trump declined to rule out a recession this year as the economy stutters from his efforts to impose tariffs and rebuild the U.S. manufacturing sector, acknowledging in an interview broadcast Sunday that “it takes a […]

Trump declines to rule out recession amid tariffs’ effects on markets

by Michael Birnbaum, Mariana Alfaro, Yeganeh Torbati (c) 2025 , The Washington Post WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. – President Donald Trump declined to rule out a recession this year as the economy stutters from his efforts to impose tariffs and rebuild the U.S. manufacturing sector, acknowledging in an interview broadcast Sunday that “it takes a […]

Former Social Security official describes hostile takeover by Musk team

by Lisa Rein (c) 2025 , The Washington Post They came in aggressively, a former official who witnessed Elon Musk’s team take over the Social Security Administration said, demanding access to sensitive taxpayer data and refusing briefings on how the agency ensures the accuracy of its benefit systems. They recklessly exposed data in unsecured areas […]

Former Social Security official describes hostile takeover by Musk team

by Lisa Rein (c) 2025 , The Washington Post They came in aggressively, a former official who witnessed Elon Musk’s team take over the Social Security Administration said, demanding access to sensitive taxpayer data and refusing briefings on how the agency ensures the accuracy of its benefit systems. They recklessly exposed data in unsecured areas […]