By Todd C. Frankel, The Washington Post (c) 2024 President-elect Donald Trump and his supporters say they want to move 100,000 federal jobs out of Washington to places that they describe as less expensive, closer to stakeholders and, as Trump put it in a campaign video, “filled with patriots who love America.” Trump tried to […]
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Legacy Church, Steelbridge Ministries named in lawsuit alleging sexual abuse
A lawsuit filed this week with the Second Judicial District Court alleges that former Steelbridge Ministries executive director Travis Clark coerced a female client into “regular sexual contact” between December 2020 and April 2024. Steelbridge operates a residential treatment facility near Downtown Albuquerque for those with substance use disorders who have also often experienced homelessness. […]
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Legacy Church, Steelbridge Ministries named in lawsuit alleging sexual abuse
A lawsuit filed this week with the Second Judicial District Court alleges that former Steelbridge Ministries executive director Travis Clark coerced a female client into “regular sexual contact” between December 2020 and April 2024. Steelbridge operates a residential treatment facility near Downtown Albuquerque for those with substance use disorders who have also often experienced homelessness. […]
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City Council’s failure to act on housing a big setback, group says
The inaugural year for Strong Towns ABQ — an anti-sprawl, advocacy group — was marked by highs and lows, its leaders said while taking stock this week. One of the biggest disappointments? The Albuquerque City Council’s failure to adequately address the city’s affordable housing crisis. “There is a perception that a majority of the councilors […]
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City Council’s failure to act on housing a big setback, group says
The inaugural year for Strong Towns ABQ — an anti-sprawl, advocacy group — was marked by highs and lows, its leaders said while taking stock this week. One of the biggest disappointments? The Albuquerque City Council’s failure to adequately address the city’s affordable housing crisis. “There is a perception that a majority of the councilors […]
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Return of the snowman
The holiday season has come to Albuquerque, made evident to westbound I-40 drivers by the appearance of the annual Tumbleweed Snowman. The creature has shown up on the Tuesday after Thanksgiving for decades, courtesy of the Albuquerque Metropolitan Arroyo Flood Control Authority. As the name implies, the snowman is constructed from three stacked tumbleweeds. His […]
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Return of the snowman
The holiday season has come to Albuquerque, made evident to westbound I-40 drivers by the appearance of the annual Tumbleweed Snowman. The creature has shown up on the Tuesday after Thanksgiving for decades, courtesy of the Albuquerque Metropolitan Arroyo Flood Control Authority. As the name implies, the snowman is constructed from three stacked tumbleweeds. His […]
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What Trump’s second administration could mean for environmental justice
Amudalat Ajasa, Anna Phillips · The Washington Post (c) 2024 Over the past four years, the Biden administration said it has funneled hundreds of billions of dollars to help towns and neighborhoods most harmed by pollution. The money, largely through the Inflation Reduction Act and Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, paid for electric school buses to replace diesel-burning vehicles, brought […]
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What Trump’s second administration could mean for environmental justice
Amudalat Ajasa, Anna Phillips · The Washington Post (c) 2024 Over the past four years, the Biden administration said it has funneled hundreds of billions of dollars to help towns and neighborhoods most harmed by pollution. The money, largely through the Inflation Reduction Act and Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, paid for electric school buses to replace diesel-burning vehicles, brought […]
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Romney denounces politicians who ‘tear at our unity’ in farewell Senate speech
By Maegan Vazquez, Meryl Kornfield · The Washington Post (c) 2024 Sen. Mitt Romney (Utah), a former GOP presidential nominee who later criticized fellow Republican Donald Trump, delivered his farewell address on the Senate floor Wednesday, stressing the importance of bipartisanship and promising to be “a voice of unity and virtue” after he leaves Washington. “There are […]