By Petula Dvorak · The Washington Post (c) 2025 When the tide in the Mississippi fell, animal guts, blood, entrails and intestines tossed into the river from slaughterhouses upstream lodged around the pipes going into the New Orleans city reservoir. In 1867, more than 3,000 people died of cholera in the Crescent City, as putrefied offal infected […]
Politics & Elections
Reports on Elections and Voting in New Mexico.
Posted inNew Mexico Statewide News, Politics & Elections, Sandoval County
Is This the Year for a Paid Legislature and Open Primaries?
By Nicole Maxwell The 2025 New Mexico Legislative Session began Tuesday with the usual pomp and circumstance, followed by legislation being filed and printed. One of those pieces of legislation was Senate Bill 16 which seeks to create open primaries. The bill is sponsored by Sen. Natalie Figueroa, D-Albuquerque, and Senate Majority Floor Leader Peter Wirth, D-Santa […]
Posted inAlbuquerque, Bernalillo County, Local Gov., Politics & Elections
Haaland, Stansbury rally political supporters ahead of Trump inauguration
This story is republished from NM Political Report, a nonprofit news outlet, as a part of our commitment to bringing you the best in independent news coverage that matters to Albuquerque. By Nicole Maxwell Albuquerque’s U.S. representative along with the outgoing U.S. secretary of the interior — who’s rumored to be eyeing a run for […]
Posted inAlbuquerque, Bernalillo County, Local Gov., Politics & Elections
Haaland, Stansbury rally political supporters ahead of Trump inauguration
This story is republished from NM Political Report, a nonprofit news outlet, as a part of our commitment to bringing you the best in independent news coverage that matters to Albuquerque. By Nicole Maxwell Albuquerque’s U.S. representative along with the outgoing U.S. secretary of the interior — who’s rumored to be eyeing a run for […]
Posted inNational News, Politics & Elections, Syndicated
Biden says the Equal Rights Amendment should be considered ratified
By CHRIS MEGERIAN, DARLENE SUPERVILLE and CLAIRE SAVAGE, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden announced Friday that the Equal Rights Amendment should be considered a ratified addition to the U.S. Constitution, making a symbolic statement that’s unlikely to alter a decades-long push for gender equality. “The Equal Rights Amendment is the law of […]
Posted inNational News, Politics & Elections, Syndicated
Biden says the Equal Rights Amendment should be considered ratified
By CHRIS MEGERIAN, DARLENE SUPERVILLE and CLAIRE SAVAGE, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden announced Friday that the Equal Rights Amendment should be considered a ratified addition to the U.S. Constitution, making a symbolic statement that’s unlikely to alter a decades-long push for gender equality. “The Equal Rights Amendment is the law of […]
Posted inCourts, Justice & Safety, Politics & Elections
ABQ man arrested for threatening posts toward Trump, Musk, others
This story is republished from NM Political Report, a nonprofit news outlet, as a part of our commitment to bringing you the best in independent news coverage that matters to Albuquerque. By Nicole Maxwell An Albuquerque man was arrested Tuesday for allegedly threatening President-elect Donald Trump, Elon Musk and others on social media. As first […]
Posted inCourts, Justice & Safety, Politics & Elections
ABQ man arrested for threatening posts toward Trump, Musk, others
This story is republished from NM Political Report, a nonprofit news outlet, as a part of our commitment to bringing you the best in independent news coverage that matters to Albuquerque. By Nicole Maxwell An Albuquerque man was arrested Tuesday for allegedly threatening President-elect Donald Trump, Elon Musk and others on social media. As first […]
Posted inNational News, Politics & Elections, Syndicated
Kristi Noem, a homeland security chief hopeful, banned in parts of her state
By Annie Gowen · The Washington Post (c) 2025 The sentencing hearing of a methamphetamine dealer in South Dakota would have been routine except for one detail: Gov. Kristi L. Noem had used his photo to falsely suggest the man was a drug trafficker for Mexican cartels who had hidden out on a reservation. Her action […]
Posted inNational News, Politics & Elections, Syndicated
Kristi Noem, a homeland security chief hopeful, banned in parts of her state
By Annie Gowen · The Washington Post (c) 2025 The sentencing hearing of a methamphetamine dealer in South Dakota would have been routine except for one detail: Gov. Kristi L. Noem had used his photo to falsely suggest the man was a drug trafficker for Mexican cartels who had hidden out on a reservation. Her action […]