The Post Office, banks and insurance companies — and of course family — should be notified when a New Mexican moves to a new address. The Albuquerque Animal Welfare Department is reminding the public that updating a pet’s microchip information is also a must. The department is offering through the end of March free microchipping […]
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Animal Welfare Department stresses importance of updating microchip information
The Post Office, banks and insurance companies — and of course family — should be notified when a New Mexican moves to a new address. The Albuquerque Animal Welfare Department is reminding the public that updating a pet’s microchip information is also a must. The department is offering through the end of March free microchipping […]
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Council to consider adding parks to the Westside
The Albuquerque City Council is expected to consider a bill Wednesday night to improve roads, run-down properties and add more infrastructure to certain areas on the city’s Westside. City councilors may also vote on a proposal to remove a section in the city’s charter that prohibits the city from building a performing arts center without […]
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Council to consider adding parks to the Westside
The Albuquerque City Council is expected to consider a bill Wednesday night to improve roads, run-down properties and add more infrastructure to certain areas on the city’s Westside. City councilors may also vote on a proposal to remove a section in the city’s charter that prohibits the city from building a performing arts center without […]
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Trump administration fires thousands for ‘performance’ without evidence, in messy rush
By Hannah Natanson, Lisa Rein, Emily Davies · The Washington Post (c) 2025 The first message from her manager on Saturday afternoon misspelled Amanda Mae Downey’s name. The second mentioned “the news” about probationary federal workers, and how the Trump administration planned to fire them. When Downey called her boss at a Michigan branch of the U.S. Forest Service for […]
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Trump administration fires thousands for ‘performance’ without evidence, in messy rush
By Hannah Natanson, Lisa Rein, Emily Davies · The Washington Post (c) 2025 The first message from her manager on Saturday afternoon misspelled Amanda Mae Downey’s name. The second mentioned “the news” about probationary federal workers, and how the Trump administration planned to fire them. When Downey called her boss at a Michigan branch of the U.S. Forest Service for […]
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Trump wants Greenland and Gaza. That might embolden China on Taiwan.
By Katrina Northrop, Vic Chiang · The Washington Post (c) 2025 TAIPEI, Taiwan – President Donald Trump has spent his first few weeks in the White House talking about land deals like the real estate developer he once was. He has threatened to annex Greenland -refusing torule out military force to do so – and has suggested using “economic […]
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Trump wants Greenland and Gaza. That might embolden China on Taiwan.
By Katrina Northrop, Vic Chiang · The Washington Post (c) 2025 TAIPEI, Taiwan – President Donald Trump has spent his first few weeks in the White House talking about land deals like the real estate developer he once was. He has threatened to annex Greenland -refusing torule out military force to do so – and has suggested using “economic […]
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Trump administration gives schools a deadline to end DEI programs or risk losing federal money
By COLLIN BINKLEY, AP Education Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration is giving America’s schools and universities two weeks to eliminate diversity initiatives or risk losing federal money, raising the stakes in the president’s fight against “wokeness” and sowing confusion as schools scramble to comply. In a memo Friday, the Education Department gave an […]
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Trump administration gives schools a deadline to end DEI programs or risk losing federal money
By COLLIN BINKLEY, AP Education Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration is giving America’s schools and universities two weeks to eliminate diversity initiatives or risk losing federal money, raising the stakes in the president’s fight against “wokeness” and sowing confusion as schools scramble to comply. In a memo Friday, the Education Department gave an […]