By Matthew Reichbach Former State Senator Bill O’Neill, a long-time legislator and poet, passed away recently. The Santa Fe New Mexican reported O’Neill died after a battle with cancer. He was 68. His […]
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Posted inAlbuquerque, Politics & Elections
Louie Sanchez launches exploratory run for mayor
By Matthew Reichbach Albuquerque City Councilor Louie Sanchez is collecting seed money for public financing for a mayoral run. Sanchez sent a text to supporters and set up a donation […]
Posted inAlbuquerque, Politics & Elections
Louie Sanchez launches exploratory run for mayor
By Matthew Reichbach Albuquerque City Councilor Louie Sanchez is collecting seed money for public financing for a mayoral run. Sanchez sent a text to supporters and set up a donation […]
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Attempt to burn down Republican Party HQ draws condemnation, investigations
<img width="1024" height="740" src="https://eastmountains.nm.news/wp-content/uploads/sites/6/2025/03/unnamed-5-1024×740-1.jpg" class="attachment-rss-image-size size-rss-image-size wp-post-image" alt="A fire broke out at the entrance of a Republican Party of New Mexico office Sunday morning. Party officials say the fire is […]
Posted inAlbuquerque, Politics & Elections
Who’s running for mayor of Albuquerque?
By Matthew Reichbach An increasingly crowded mayoral race is likely to grow in the coming weeks. And as it’s an odd-numbered year, the Albuquerque mayoral race will be the political […]
Posted inAlbuquerque, Politics & Elections
Who’s running for mayor of Albuquerque?
By Matthew Reichbach An increasingly crowded mayoral race is likely to grow in the coming weeks. And as it’s an odd-numbered year, the Albuquerque mayoral race will be the political […]
Posted inAlbuquerque, NM State Gov.
Rent control advocates vow to try again next year
By Damon Scott New Mexico’s prohibition on rent control will stay in place for at least another year after a bill to repeal it didn’t make it to lawmakers for […]
Posted inAlbuquerque, NM State Gov.
Rent control advocates vow to try again next year
By Damon Scott New Mexico’s prohibition on rent control will stay in place for at least another year after a bill to repeal it didn’t make it to lawmakers for […]
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Trump order seeks to upend elections
<img width="1024" height="768" src="https://eastmountains.nm.news/wp-content/uploads/sites/6/2025/03/IMG_0834-scaled-1-1024×768-1.jpg" class="attachment-rss-image-size size-rss-image-size wp-post-image" alt="A "Vote Here" sign at the Otero County Fairgrounds in Alamogordo." decoding="async" srcset="https://eastmountains.nm.news/wp-content/uploads/sites/6/2025/03/IMG_0834-scaled-1-1024×768-1.jpg 1024w, https://nmpoliticalreport.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/IMG_0834-scaled-1-300×225.jpg 300w, https://nmpoliticalreport.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/IMG_0834-scaled-1-768×576.jpg 768w, https://nmpoliticalreport.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/IMG_0834-scaled-1-1536×1152.jpg 1536w, https://nmpoliticalreport.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/IMG_0834-scaled-1-2048×1536.jpg 2048w, https://nmpoliticalreport.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/IMG_0834-scaled-1-1200×900.jpg?crop=1 […]
Posted inBernalillo County, Local Gov., NM State Gov.
Bernalillo County projects received almost $300M in state funding
By Hannah Grover Bernalillo County entities, including the City of Albuquerque, could receive a combined total of $293.6 million of funding for capital outlay projects. Capital outlay is awarded each […]