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Bernalillo County residents will have another opportunity to influence local economic development policies at the next Community Dialogue meeting focused on small business and infrastructure needs, scheduled for 5:30 p.m. Tuesday, July 29, at Taylor Ranch Branch Library. The meeting represents the third in a series of five community engagement sessions designed to gather public […]

Bernalillo County Emergency Communications has resolved technical difficulties that temporarily disrupted non-emergency phone lines, affecting approximately 668,850 residents across New Mexico’s most populous county. Full service has been restored, and residents may now use the regular non-emergency number 505-798-7000 to contact Bernalillo County Emergency Communications, according to a county update. During the outage, residents were […]

Nearly 112,000 New Mexicans could lose health insurance under President Donald Trump’s “One Big Beautiful Bill Act,” according to a new Democratic Party analysis that warns the federal law will disproportionately impact the state’s rural communities and low-income families. The Democratic National Committee launched a website (https://democrats.org/trump-tax/) on Tuesday highlighting state-by-state impacts of Trump’s budget […]

When a desperate father couldn’t calm his adult son during a severe mental health crisis, Albuquerque’s alternative emergency response team stepped in where traditional police might have struggled, successfully connecting the man to voluntary treatment within an hour. Behavioral Health Responders from the Albuquerque Community Safety (ACS) Department responded to the 911 call and found […]

U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich announced that nine New Mexico law enforcement agencies will receive federal funding totaling $6,521,000 for forensic equipment, crime scene processing tools and safety improvements through the bipartisan Senate Appropriations Committee’s passage of the Fiscal Year 2026 Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Appropriations Bill. The funding comes as New Mexico grapples […]

Albuquerque residents who find animals being sold or given away on sidewalks, in parking lots or other public spaces could soon see stricter enforcement under a proposed ordinance update scheduled for a City Council vote in August. The proposed ordinance, O-25-84, would strengthen enforcement of the city’s 2006 Humane and Ethical Animal Rules and Treatment […]

U.S. Senator Ben Ray Luján secured nearly $190 million in federal funding for New Mexico communities through two major appropriations bills passed by Senate committees, with the bulk targeting major construction projects at military bases alongside public safety improvements across the state. The funding comes as New Mexico grapples with persistent crime challenges, with Albuquerque […]

A disagreement over security cuts at the Bernalillo County courthouse has led to operational limitations for thousands of monthly court users as the dispute between the Sheriff’s Office and courts escalates over staffing and costs. The Administrative Office of the Courts announced on Sunday that it would limit access to the Bernalillo County Courthouse due […]

Commentary & AnalysisDede Feldman served as a state senator from Albuquerque’s North Valley under three governors. During her 16 years in the Senate she served as Chair of the Medicaid Reform Committee and the Health and Human Services Committee.  By Dede Feldman — The joint federal-state health program known as Medicaid has gotten more coverage […]