By Joe Davidson · The Washington Post (c) 2024 Donald Trump will enter his second presidential term in January eager and ready to slashthefederal workforce. The potential consequences are massive. He will occupy the White House with the benefit of experience and, importantly, executive orders from his first stay at the ready for implementation. This time, […]
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Biden’s team pushes to get money out the door in final weeks
By Yasmeen Abutaleb · The Washington Post (c) 2024 Late on the afternoon of Nov. 13, about a week after Democrats were devastated by Vice President Kamala Harris’s election loss, President Joe Biden got on a phone callwith about 2,000 appointees across the federal government, hoping to ensure that the final weeks of his presidency did not […]
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Biden’s team pushes to get money out the door in final weeks
By Yasmeen Abutaleb · The Washington Post (c) 2024 Late on the afternoon of Nov. 13, about a week after Democrats were devastated by Vice President Kamala Harris’s election loss, President Joe Biden got on a phone callwith about 2,000 appointees across the federal government, hoping to ensure that the final weeks of his presidency did not […]
Posted inNew Mexico Statewide News, Westside Albuquerque
Western University officials facing possible ethics probe over ‘wasteful’ spending of $360,000
By Danielle Prokop, Source NM A review that found “wasteful spending and improper use of” more than $360,000 in public funds by the head of Western New Mexico University has now caught the attention of state ethics officials. New Mexico State Auditor Joseph Maestas sent the findings of his office’s investigation this week to the […]
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Western University officials facing possible ethics probe over ‘wasteful’ spending of $360,000
By Danielle Prokop, Source NM A review that found “wasteful spending and improper use of” more than $360,000 in public funds by the head of Western New Mexico University has now caught the attention of state ethics officials. New Mexico State Auditor Joseph Maestas sent the findings of his office’s investigation this week to the […]
Posted inNew Mexico Statewide News, Westside Albuquerque
Sandoval County Sheriff’s Office gets more than $100,000 to address warrant backlog
The Sandoval County Sheriff’s Office is getting more than $100,000 to help clear a backlog of nearly 400 felony warrants. Sandoval County Undersheriff Joe Gonzales said the county is receiving $132,941 from the state to pay deputies overtime, allowing them to knock on doors and clear some of the roughly 370 outstanding felony warrants in […]
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New study shows voting for Native Americans is harder than ever
By Graham Lee Brewer, Associated Press OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla. (AP) — A new study has found that systemic barriers to voting on tribal lands contribute to substantial disparities in Native American turnout, particularly for presidential elections. The study, released Tuesday by the Brennan Center for Justice, looked at 21 states with federally recognized tribal lands that have […]
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New study shows voting for Native Americans is harder than ever
By Graham Lee Brewer, Associated Press OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla. (AP) — A new study has found that systemic barriers to voting on tribal lands contribute to substantial disparities in Native American turnout, particularly for presidential elections. The study, released Tuesday by the Brennan Center for Justice, looked at 21 states with federally recognized tribal lands that have […]
Posted inNew Mexico Statewide News, Westside Albuquerque
Tent Rocks reopens under Pueblo management
By Alice Fordham, KUNM The striking rock formations known as Tent Rocks closed like most sites during the pandemic. But this national monument, close to Cochiti Pueblo, did not reopen. Now, after years of negotiations between the Bureau of Land Management and the tribe, a new way of visiting begins Thursday. The Kasha-Katuwe (white rocks, […]
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Tent Rocks reopens under Pueblo management
By Alice Fordham, KUNM The striking rock formations known as Tent Rocks closed like most sites during the pandemic. But this national monument, close to Cochiti Pueblo, did not reopen. Now, after years of negotiations between the Bureau of Land Management and the tribe, a new way of visiting begins Thursday. The Kasha-Katuwe (white rocks, […]