This week in the “East of Albuquerque“ edition of nm.news, local low-income seniors are getting some help from Bernalillo County and summer farmers’ market season is official here in Cedar Crest.

Oh! Watch out for new orange barrels in Edgewood. We tell you where below.

In Santa Fe: Governor MLG is pushing to save New Mexico’s EV car standards after Republicans in the U.S. Senate gutted California’s rules requiring the sale of more clean cars.

In Washington: President Trump’s border czar is under fire for taking consulting fees from an immigrant detention firm.

Read those headlines and state and national news below.



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Free groceries are available to senior Bernalillo County residents from 10 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. the third Tuesday of every month at the Tijeras Senior Center located at 10 Tijeras…

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The Cedar Crest Farmers’ Market has kicked off the 2025 season. The Farmers Market is located off of New Mexico Highway 14 near Triangle Grocery. People can purchase locally-produced food…

The Town of Edgewood says it has “fingers crossed” for warm dry weather to avoid delays in construction along Venus Road.

They are getting their wish this week. Just a reminder to be patient as you drive this area so you can avoid double fines in the work zone.

Statewide Politics & Policy

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Governors of states that have implemented clean vehicle programs, such as New Mexico’s Advanced Clean Cars rule, are banding together following a U.S. Senate vote this week.The Senate voted 51-44…

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By Patrick Lohmann, Source New Mexico — As high schoolers across the state don caps and gowns for graduation, state education officials are noting the state’s highest graduation rate in…

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Santa Fe County Clerk Katharine Clark is gearing up to run for New Mexico Secretary of State in 2026. Clark, a Democrat, filed her candidate committee registration on May 12 and…

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While all three of New Mexico’s representatives, all Democrats, voted against President Donald Trump’s domestic policy megabill, dubbed the “Big, Beautiful Bill,” local Republicans were showing support for the reform…

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Court documents show former Albuquerque police Sgt. Lucas Perez admitted he took bribes to missing court dates so DWI cases would be dismissed.

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No one has been charged in the death of the child, whose parents had left him in the care of an unnamed relative.

What else we’re reading…

We didn’t write it but New Mexicans should be reading it.

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By Douglas MacMillan, Aaron Schaffer — Trump’s border czar earned consulting fees from immigrant detention firmA leader of the Trump administration’s effort to detain and deport millions of immigrants recently…

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By Ann E. Marimow — Supreme Court declines to stop transfer of Native American site for miningThe Supreme Court on Tuesday cleared the way for the federal government to transfer…

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