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Local for ABQ. Rio Rancho. | | | | Today's newsletter is brought to you with ♥ by Sara Atencio-Gonzales, Rodd Cayton, Pat Davis, Jesse Jones, Kevin Hendricks, Devin O'Leary, Julian Paras & Roberto Rosales. Our newsroom is powered by coffee, chile and the nm.news behind the scenes. 🐶 Office dogs: Jack, Henry & Akira. |   | It's a busy day around the old news ranch today, so let's get to it. | - Julian Paras and Sara Atencio-Gonzales talked with a local dispensary owner to sort through the impact of today's DOJ decision to reclassify some - but not all - cannabis as medically useful.
| - With the last Gathering of Nations scheduled this weekend, Editor Devin O'Leary and Mike Hodock look at some of the local alternative-powwow events looking to fill the void.
| - From City Desk, Jesse Jones read through 800 pages of budget documents and noticed that APD was spending more money on its drone program. He discovered that drones have responded to more than 2,000 emergency calls including gunshots - and APD is looking to do even more. His report is a fascinating look into the city's leap into AI and drone-led law enforcement.
| - In politics, new polls show that Pres. Trump has hit a new low approval rating in New Mexico, GOP voters aren't excited about their options and Sam Bregman has a new plan likely to attract a lot of attention from a key voting block: totally eliminate income taxes for seniors.
| | We told you it was a lot! All that and more are included below in today's afternoon edition of The Paper. | | PS - We finally know the name of at least one person who used insider info to make a $400K profit by placing an online bet over when Venezuelas' president would be removed. | | | |  | | abq.news | | | By Jesse Jones, The Paper. — Seconds after a gunshot is heard across Albuquerque, police launch a drone from a rooftop hive and speed toward the sound. The goal is to arrive before officers, with its camera already rolling, as part of the city’s “drone as a first responder” program. The Albuquerque Police Department’s (APD) […] | | Read more | | | | | | | | | | | | |  | | abq.news | | | By Sara Atencio-Gonzales, The Paper. – For more than four decades, the Gathering of Nations Powwow has served as a cultural anchor in Albuquerque, drawing thousands of dancers, artists and visitors each spring. In 2026, that tradition is coming to an end. Often called the largest powwow in North America, the Gathering of Nations has […] | | Read more | | | | | | | | | abq.news | | | By Michael Hodock, The Paper. – As North America’s biggest powwow stages its “last dance,” one of Burque’s highest flying events might also be reaching its pinnacle. This Saturday at Los Altos Skatepark (10140 ½ Lomas Blvd. NE), The All Nations Skate Jam is rounding up the city’s sickest skaters and most provocative punkers to […] | | Read more | | | | | | | |  | | abq.news | | | President Donald Trump and his Department of Justice took an important step towards recognizing medical benefits for cannabis by reclassifying medical marijuana to a Schedule III drug. That order immediately legitimized businesses operating in the medical cannabis space, but it explicitly did not apply to recreational cannabis businesses. So what does that mean for businesses […] | | Read more | | | | | | | | | | | | |  | | abq.news | | | Just two weeks before early voting begins in the biggest political contest of 2026, new polling finds that most Republicans still aren’t excited about any candidate while Democrats have picked a clear favorite. An Emerson College Poll conducted last weekend for KRQE News surveyed 1,000 likely New Mexico primary voters about the candidates on the […] | | Read more | |  | | abq.news | | | Sam Bregman has a bold idea that he says will make aging easier for New Mexicans. In a new policy pitch announced today, Bregman says he will ask the legislature to totally eliminate state income taxes for New Mexicans aged 65 and older and he plans to pay for it from the state’s record oil […] | | Read more | |  | | abq.news | | | During the final days of the 2024 presidential campaign, President Donald Trump added a New Mexico stop to his agenda and declared “We can win New Mexico.” He lost 51%-46%, coming up short by more than 55,000 votes. Now, 18 months into his second term and just 6 months away from mid-term elections, a pair […] | | Read more | | | | | | | | | | | | AND... big news...
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