New Mexico legislators began hearings today on legislation to prohibit local governments from contracting with prison companies and the federal government to create immigration detention facilities. Members of the House Judiciary Committee kicked off a hearing on the bill Wed. afternoon as local elected officials from Cibola and Torrance County, where two of the state’s […]
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Pat Davis is the founder and publisher of nm.news. In a prior life he served as an Albuquerque City Councilor.
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Bregman turns national media attention into new $60K anti-ICE ad blitz in race for Gov
Opinion & Commentary in NM Political Report Pat Davis is the founder and publisher of NM Political Report, City Desk ABQ and NM.news. He is a recovering politician having served eight years as an Albuquerque City Councilor and, in another life, served as a police officer and nonprofit organizer. Sam Bregman’s warning that he will […]
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City will pay to air Keller speech on TV, again
The City of Albuquerque will once again pay to rebroadcast Mayor Tim Keller’s 2025 State of the City address Sunday, Oct. 5, on KRQE — the fifth taxpayer-funded airing since September as he seeks a third term and just two days before absentee ballots are mailed to voters in the hotly-contested mayor’s election. According to […]
Opinion
What happens to residents of motels closed down by the city?
Dede Feldman is the author of Another Way Forward: Grassroots Solutions from New Mexico and a former state senator from the North Valley. During the past few years, in an effort to reduce crime, tackle drug abuse, and protect public health and safety, Albuquerque has shut down a number of troublesome motels throughout the city. […]
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Plastic may be warming the planet more than we thought
By Nicolás Rivers — Scientists have long known that making plastic warms the planet. But plastic may be heating the Earth even more than we realized, according to a report released Wednesday. The Plastics & Climate Project, a nonprofit research group that studies how plastic contributes to climate change, analyzed hundreds of published research papers […]
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Proposed GOP cuts could jeopardize SNAP users, farmers and state budgets
By Mariana Alfaro, Daniel Wu — The federal government has fully paid for benefits under the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program since it was created in 1939 as a way to fight food insecurity amid the Great Depression. But now, Republicans in Congress are looking into forcing states to pay for 5 to 25 percent of […]
Opinion
A good start or too little, too late?
Pat Davis is the founder and publisher of nm.news. He is a recovering politician having served eight years as an Albuquerque City Councilor and, in another life, served as a police officer and nonprofit organizer. Pat Davis – Crime is down in major categories in Albuquerque for the first part of the year, and the […]
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The Comment is expanding to deliver free to every household starting next month
From the publisher By Pat Davis, publisher The Corrales Comment is truly something special. More than 2,000 communities across America have lost their local newspaper in the past decade or so, but the Comment is bucking the trend because it is rooted in a community that knows how special it is and is fiercely protective […]