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By Leo Sands, Meryl Kornfield · The Washington Post (c) 2024 President Joe Biden is commuting the sentences of nearly 1,500 people and pardoning 39 more convicted of nonviolent crimes, the White House announced on Thursday, describing it as “the largest single-day grant of clemency in modern history.” The people whose sentences will be commuted were placed […]

By Lauren Kaori Gurley, Ian Duncan · The Washington Post (c) 2024 President-elect Donald Trump offered his support to dock workers Thursday as a mid-January strike deadline looms that threatens to bring commercial shipping on the East and Gulf Coasts to a halt days before he takes office. In a post on his social media platform Truth […]

By Lauren Kaori Gurley, Ian Duncan · The Washington Post (c) 2024 President-elect Donald Trump offered his support to dock workers Thursday as a mid-January strike deadline looms that threatens to bring commercial shipping on the East and Gulf Coasts to a halt days before he takes office. In a post on his social media platform Truth […]

Bernalillo County Commissioners gave their support this week to an emerging initiative that would provide housing and care for thousands of New Mexicans with behavioral health issues, substance use disorders and/or brain injuries who often face institutionalization or incarceration. Supporters of a behavioral health Medicaid waiver say such individuals end up straining public resources, because […]

Bernalillo County Commissioners gave their support this week to an emerging initiative that would provide housing and care for thousands of New Mexicans with behavioral health issues, substance use disorders and/or brain injuries who often face institutionalization or incarceration. Supporters of a behavioral health Medicaid waiver say such individuals end up straining public resources, because […]

Bernalillo County employees are now free to use cannabis when off duty. County commissioners voted Tuesday to approve changes in the drug-free workplace policy that essentially treat employees’ cannabis use the same way as alcohol use is regulated. Commission Vice Chair Eric Olivas sponsored the change. He said it’s a matter of personal liberty for […]

Bernalillo County employees are now free to use cannabis when off duty. County commissioners voted Tuesday to approve changes in the drug-free workplace policy that essentially treat employees’ cannabis use the same way as alcohol use is regulated. Commission Vice Chair Eric Olivas sponsored the change. He said it’s a matter of personal liberty for […]

By Tobi Raji, The Washington Post (c) 2024 Senate Democrats have reached a deal with their Republican counterparts to confirm a dozen judges nominated by President Joe Biden while pulling four of his nominees from consideration, the latest step in a battle over who controls the nation’s federal courthouses on the eve of a second […]

By Tobi Raji, The Washington Post (c) 2024 Senate Democrats have reached a deal with their Republican counterparts to confirm a dozen judges nominated by President Joe Biden while pulling four of his nominees from consideration, the latest step in a battle over who controls the nation’s federal courthouses on the eve of a second […]

By Andrew Jeong · The Washington Post (c) 2024 President-elect Donald Trump announced late Wednesday that Kari Lake, a fierce loyalist and election denier, is his choice for the next director of Voice of America, a federally funded broadcaster with a global audience. Announcing his decision on his social media platform, Truth Social, Trump cited Lake’s […]