Solar and battery warranty provider Solar Insure conducted a nationwide survey asking what ‘green’ suburbs and neighborhoods people would most like to move to for an eco-friendly lifestyle, and Placitas was one of three New Mexico suburbs/neighborhoods that emerged among the most coveted in the country. According to a press release, as eco-conscious living becomes […]
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Posted inPueblos, Westside Albuquerque
Trump has a new family separation problem
By Aaron Blake, The Washington Post (c) 2024 If there’s a problem that epitomizes the arduousness – and likely the impracticality – of President-elect Donald Trump’s second-term agenda, it might be the fate of the U.S. citizen children of undocumented immigrants Trump wants to mass deport. Trump reiterated Sunday that his goal is to deport […]
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Trump has a new family separation problem
By Aaron Blake, The Washington Post (c) 2024 If there’s a problem that epitomizes the arduousness – and likely the impracticality – of President-elect Donald Trump’s second-term agenda, it might be the fate of the U.S. citizen children of undocumented immigrants Trump wants to mass deport. Trump reiterated Sunday that his goal is to deport […]
Posted inCongress & Federal Gov., Pueblos, Westside Albuquerque
Colleges scramble to shield programs amid growing hostility from GOP
By Susan Svrluga, Laura Meckler, Hannah Natanson · The Washington Post (c) 2024 University leaders are bracing for an onslaught of aggressive legislation and regulations amid growing hostility from an ascendant Republican Party that depends less and less on college-educated voters. For years, conservatives have seen colleges and universities as unwelcoming and disdainful of their values. Tensions between […]
Posted inCongress & Federal Gov., Pueblos, Westside Albuquerque
Colleges scramble to shield programs amid growing hostility from GOP
By Susan Svrluga, Laura Meckler, Hannah Natanson · The Washington Post (c) 2024 University leaders are bracing for an onslaught of aggressive legislation and regulations amid growing hostility from an ascendant Republican Party that depends less and less on college-educated voters. For years, conservatives have seen colleges and universities as unwelcoming and disdainful of their values. Tensions between […]
Posted inNew Mexico Statewide News, Westside Albuquerque
Biden adds to the nation’s list of national monuments during his term. There’s an appetite for more
By Susan Montoya Bryan, Associated PressALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt did in 1906 what Congress was unwilling to do through legislation: He used his new authority under the Antiquities Act to designate Devils Tower in Wyoming as the first national monument.Then came Antiquities Act protections for the Petrified Forest in Arizona, Chaco […]
Posted inNew Mexico Statewide News, Westside Albuquerque
Biden adds to the nation’s list of national monuments during his term. There’s an appetite for more
By Susan Montoya Bryan, Associated PressALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt did in 1906 what Congress was unwilling to do through legislation: He used his new authority under the Antiquities Act to designate Devils Tower in Wyoming as the first national monument.Then came Antiquities Act protections for the Petrified Forest in Arizona, Chaco […]
Posted inPueblos, Westside Albuquerque
Trump sees the investigators, not the rioters, as the Jan. 6 criminals
By Philip Bump · The Washington Post (c) 2024 History will tell the story of the riot at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, in direct terms. President Donald Trump, increasingly desperate to block Joe Biden’s inauguration to replace him, summoned his supporters to Washington for a “wild” protest. Hundreds of thousands came, including members […]
Posted inPueblos, Westside Albuquerque
Trump sees the investigators, not the rioters, as the Jan. 6 criminals
By Philip Bump · The Washington Post (c) 2024 History will tell the story of the riot at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, in direct terms. President Donald Trump, increasingly desperate to block Joe Biden’s inauguration to replace him, summoned his supporters to Washington for a “wild” protest. Hundreds of thousands came, including members […]
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Letter to the Editor: Climate Change and Economic Challenges Need Leadership Not Rants
Submitted by Susan Smith, Tijeras Wow! What a rant by Rep. Lord in the December 5 Independent. It’s so tempting to respond in kind, but the deadly seriousness of climate change is too important for that. Fortunately, she doesn’t deny climate change, just our ability to fix it. It’s true that we don’t know how […]