By Dan Diamond and Lauren Weber (c) 2024 , The Washington Post Before he was Minnesota governor – and long before he was tapped as Vice President Kamala Harris’s running mate – Tim Walz was a congressman willing to defy political wisdom: He got into a public spat with the largest employer in his district. The […]
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Posted inNational News, Politics & Elections, Syndicated
JD Vance says he’s ‘pro-family.’ Many women say the economy isn’t.
By Rachel Siegel (c) 2024 , The Washington Post Rebecca Frame had it all planned out: Buy a house with her husband and start a family soon after. But the pandemic, layoffs forher and him and drawn-down savings got in the way – leaving her determined to feel financially secure again. For now, that means […]
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Trump’s latest financial disclosure shows liabilities, millions from licensing
By Maegan Vazquez and Clara Ence Morse (c) 2024 , The Washington Post Former president Donald Trump is continuing to make millions off his properties, book royalties and licensing deals while maintaining large liabilities stemming from costly court judgments, according to his latest financial disclosure. The disclosure released Thursday provides the latest picture of the […]
Posted inNew Mexico Statewide News, Syndicated
Watchdogs want US to address extreme plutonium contamination in Los Alamos’ Acid Canyon
By SUSAN MONTOYA BRYAN ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — Watchdogs are raising new concerns about legacy contamination in Los Alamos, the birthplace of the atomic bomb and home to a renewed effort to manufacture key components for nuclear weapons. A Northern Arizona University professor emeritus who analyzed soil, water and vegetation samples taken along a popular […]
Posted inHousing & Homelessness, New Mexico Statewide News, Syndicated
Task force recommends universal basic income for at-risk families in NM
By Austin Fisher A task force created by the New Mexico Legislature to address children’s well-being has a simple suggestion for reducing child poverty: give families money. The Children’s Code Reform Task Force looked over New Mexico’s child and family welfare law, and came up with 25 different recommendations which represent “an evolving understanding of the […]
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He found a Project 2025 duffel bag. Then police showed up at his house.
By Will Sommer (c) 2024 , The Washington Post Author Malcolm Harris opened the door of his Capitol Hill home on Tuesday morning to find a D.C. police officer on his stoop. The officer had come to find out what Harris knew about a missing “Project 2025” duffel bag from the conservative Heritage Foundation think […]
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Homelessness, crime push rents higher says International District landlord
Property owners in the International District say homeless encampments and crime have caused insurance rates to skyrocket — in some cases tripling — and are contributing to higher rents for tenants in order to offset the costs. One well-known landlord with 1,800 apartments located mostly in the Southeast area — Chuck Sheldon — said the […]
Posted inAlbuquerque, Jobs, Workers & Economy
New sponsorship has ExxonMobil lending its name to Balloon Fiesta
ExxonMobil will get top billing at next year’s Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta, thanks to a five-year sponsorship deal with the oil and gas giant. The new deal — which includes changing the name of the event to the ExxonMobil Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta — will start in 2025 and last through 2029. This new partnership […]
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City places $744K bet on eyesore at troubled intersection
One of the city’s highest profile eyesores is poised to be energized with $744,332 in tax incentives designed to motivate private developers to invest in areas that are underdeveloped. Park Central — a boarded-up 10-story office building on the northeast corner of Central Avenue and San Mateo Boulevard — is one of four housing projects […]
Posted inCongress & Federal Gov., New Mexico Statewide News, Syndicated
Herrell affirms support for RECA expansion, as NM Dems criticize GOP House leaders for inaction
By Patrick Lohmann Amid increasing Democratic criticism, Republican Congressional candidate Yvette Herrell said Wednesday that she is broadly supportive of extending and expanding the Radiation Exposure Compensation Act, including the $50 billion bill that sits unheard on GOP House Speaker Mike Johnson’s desk. Herrell is seeking to reclaim her House seat from incumbent Democrat Gabe […]