Editor’s note: This is a series profiling our local state legislators, their priorities and issues impacting our Sandoval County throughout the 60-day Legislative Session. Read more online. By Jesse Jones State Rep. Kathleen Cates, a Rio Rancho Democrat, is fresh off her reelection for District 44 and just began her second term. She said she […]
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Trump wants to tackle inflation. Will these top actions bring prices down?
By Abha Bhattarai · The Washington Post (c) 2025 Many Americans say they voted for Donald Trump because he promised to defeat inflation. So it’s no surprise that Trump’s first actions included directives aimed at “emergency price relief” for housing, food, gas and other basics, which remain up by double-digit percentages from 2019. He ordered government officials […]
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Trump wants to tackle inflation. Will these top actions bring prices down?
By Abha Bhattarai · The Washington Post (c) 2025 Many Americans say they voted for Donald Trump because he promised to defeat inflation. So it’s no surprise that Trump’s first actions included directives aimed at “emergency price relief” for housing, food, gas and other basics, which remain up by double-digit percentages from 2019. He ordered government officials […]
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Trump immigration raids alarm cities, but ICE arrests fewer than in 2017
By Maria Sacchetti, Nick Miroff, Dan Lamothe · The Washington Post (c) 2025 The Trump administration circulated photos Friday showing U.S. troops loading shackled detainees onto a military cargo plane, as the White House declared a start to the mass deportation campaign the president promised along the campaign trail. The White House said immigration agents have arrested 538 undocumented […]
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Trump immigration raids alarm cities, but ICE arrests fewer than in 2017
By Maria Sacchetti, Nick Miroff, Dan Lamothe · The Washington Post (c) 2025 The Trump administration circulated photos Friday showing U.S. troops loading shackled detainees onto a military cargo plane, as the White House declared a start to the mass deportation campaign the president promised along the campaign trail. The White House said immigration agents have arrested 538 undocumented […]
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Trump signs executive order on declassifying files on JFK, RFK and King assassinations
By Praveena Somasundaram · The Washington Post (c) 2025 President Donald Trump on Thursday ordered the declassification of records related to the assassinations of President John F. Kennedy, former U.S. senator Robert F. Kennedy and civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. “That’s a big one, huh?” he said while signing the order in the Oval Office. For […]
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Trump signs executive order on declassifying files on JFK, RFK and King assassinations
By Praveena Somasundaram · The Washington Post (c) 2025 President Donald Trump on Thursday ordered the declassification of records related to the assassinations of President John F. Kennedy, former U.S. senator Robert F. Kennedy and civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. “That’s a big one, huh?” he said while signing the order in the Oval Office. For […]
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There’s No Mystery About Malpractice
This commentary was submitted by Merilee Dannemann We can’t take action on the medical malpractice issue, said Rep. Liz Thomson, because we don’t have data. You’ve got to be kidding, I muttered. Thomson made this comment to a standing-room-only audience at a pre-legislature town hall where she was one of eight legislators on stage. It […]
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Rural Electric Cooperatives say They Need Their Own Rules for Connecting to the Grid
By Hannah Grover Rural electric cooperatives say they should not be subject to the same interconnection rules as the investor-owned utilities. Interconnection is an important topic in part because it deals with how renewable energy projects such as solar arrays connect to the grid. The New Mexico Public Regulation Commission on Thursday unanimously approved opening […]
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Fear of Immigration Raids Prompts Navajo President to Warn Tribal Members in Urban Areas
This story was originally published by Source NM. By Patrick Lohmann, Source NM The widespread fear of unannounced immigration raids by federal law enforcement in the several days since President Donald Trump took office has prompted a local tribal leader to issue warnings and advice to tribal citizens. Navajo Nation President Buu Nygren issued a statement on […]