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Sundance Film Festival narrows down host cities — from Louisville to Santa Fe — for future years

By KAITLYN HUAMANI LOS ANGELES (AP) — The Sundance Institute on Friday announced six finalists in its search for a new host location for the influential film festival. After 40 years in Park City, Utah, the festival is eyeing locations across the country for festivals starting in 2027 when its existing contract will be up […]

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Global tech outage caused by software update disrupts air travel, health care and shipping

By CHARLOTTE GRAHAM-McLAY, ELAINE KURTENBACH, DAVID McHUGH and HALELUYA HADERO NEW YORK (AP) — A global technology outage caused by a faulty software update grounded flights, knocked media outlets offline, and disrupted hospitals, small businesses and government offices on Friday, highlighting the fragility of a digitized world dependent on just a handful of providers. The […]

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Biden pushes party unity as he resists calls to step aside, says he’ll return to campaign next week

By ZEKE MILLER, LISA MASCARO, MICHAEL BALSAMO and AAMER MADHANI WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden on Friday appealed for party unity to take on former President Donald Trump’s “dark vision,” working to hold off pressure from Democrats at the highest levels for him to bow out of the 2024 election to make way for […]

Posted inJobs, Workers & Economy, Westside Albuquerque

Over $15 Million Could Be Coming to NM for Rural Development

On July 11, U.S. Sen. Martin Heinrich welcomed the Senate Appropriations Committee’s bipartisan, unanimous passage of the Fiscal Year 25 Agriculture, Rural Development, and Food and Drug Administration Appropriations Bill. This legislation includes over $15 million in investments for 18 projects across New Mexico. “We maintained our full support for vital nutrition programs like WIC […]

Posted inHousing & Homelessness, Uncategorized, Westside Albuquerque

Over $15 Million in Rural Development Projects Could Be Coming to NM

On July 11, U.S. Sen. Martin Heinrich welcomed the Senate Appropriations Committee’s bipartisan, unanimous passage of the Fiscal Year 25 Agriculture, Rural Development, and Food and Drug Administration Appropriations Bill. This legislation includes over $15 million in investments for 18 projects across New Mexico. “We maintained our full support for vital nutrition programs like WIC […]

Posted inHousing & Homelessness, Uncategorized, Westside Albuquerque

Over $15 Million in Rural Development Projects Could Be Coming to NM

On July 11, U.S. Sen. Martin Heinrich welcomed the Senate Appropriations Committee’s bipartisan, unanimous passage of the Fiscal Year 25 Agriculture, Rural Development, and Food and Drug Administration Appropriations Bill. This legislation includes over $15 million in investments for 18 projects across New Mexico. “We maintained our full support for vital nutrition programs like WIC […]

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NM House lawmakers introduce one bill at special session, bypassing most of NM Gov’s crime agenda

BY: PATRICK LOHMANN On the first day of the special legislative session, New Mexico House lawmakers introduced a single piece of legislation that would fund a few months of assisted outpatient pilot programs and provide grants and loans for wildfire response – but otherwise ignores much of Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham’s special session agenda.  The bill, HB […]

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Trump, in highly personal speech, will accept GOP nomination again days after assassination attempt

By JONATHAN J. COOPER and JILL COLVIN MILWAUKEE (AP) — Donald Trump takes the stage Thursday at the Republican National Convention to accept his party’s nomination again and give his first speech since he was cut off mid-sentence by a flurry of gunfire in an assassination attempt at a rally in Pennsylvania. Trump’s wife, Melania, […]