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The Supreme Court allows emergency abortions in Idaho for now in a limited ruling

By LINDSAY WHITEHURST The Supreme Court cleared the way Thursday for Idaho hospitals to provide emergency abortions, for now, in a procedural order that left key questions unanswered and could mean the issue ends up before the conservative-majority court again soon. The order was briefly posted on the court’s website accidentally on Wedneday and abruptly removed. By a […]

Posted inNew Mexico Statewide News, Pueblos, Uncategorized

Here come the ads! GOP reserves $2M in ABQ TV ads for election

New Mexico’s second congressional district is one of the most hotly contested races in the country, and Republicans are already spending big to reserve coveted local TV ad space. A memo from the National Republican Campaign Committee shared with Republican donors and posted online Thursday touts a $2,043,200 ad buy in the Albuquerque media market […]

Posted inPueblos, Westside Albuquerque

FACT FOCUS: Here’s a look at the false claims you might hear during tonight’s presidential debate

To hear former President Donald Trump tell it, the U.S. has fallen apart under President Joe Biden: the economy is failing, countries are emptying their prisons and mental institutions across the southern border and crime has skyrocketed. Biden, on the other hand, has claimed he confronted an inflation rate of 9% and $5 gas prices when he took […]

Posted inPueblos, Westside Albuquerque

How the Biden-Trump debate could change the trajectory of the 2024 campaign

By ZEKE MILLER, MICHELLE L. PRICE, WILL WEISSERT, BILL BARROW and DARLENE SUPERVILLE President Joe Biden and his Republican rival, Donald Trump, will meet for a debate on Thursday that offers an unparalleled opportunity for both candidates to try to reshape the political narrative. Biden, the Democratic incumbent, gets the chance to reassure voters that, at 81, he’s capable of […]

Posted inCongress & Federal Gov., Jobs, Workers & Economy, Westside Albuquerque

The Supreme Court rejects a nationwide opioid settlement with OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma

By Mark Sherman WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Thursday rejected a nationwide settlement with OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma that would have shielded members of the Sackler family who own the company from civil lawsuits over the toll of opioids but also would have provided billions of dollars to combat the opioid epidemic. The decision also could affect other […]

Secretary of state blasts City Council proposal to lower threshold to win an election

New Mexico’s top election official this week criticized the Albuquerque City Council’s proposition to change the city’s majority rules for voting by lowering the threshold to win an election.  At their June 17 meeting, city councilors voted 6-3 to remove the city’s majority voting rules and allow City Council and mayoral candidates with the highest […]

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Justices seem set to allow emergency abortions in Idaho for now, a prematurely posted opinion says

By LINDSAY WHITEHURST WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court appears poised to allow emergency abortions in Idaho when a pregnant patient’s health is at serious risk, according to a copy of the opinion briefly posted on the court’s website Wednesday and obtained by Bloomberg News. The document suggests the court will find that it should not have gotten involved in the […]

Posted inNew Mexico Statewide News, Westside Albuquerque

Rainstorms over NM pose flood threats again in wildfire burn scars

By DANIELLE PROKOP New Mexicans in the northern and southern parts of the state scorched by recent wildfires remain at risk for potentially intense flash flooding from storms Wednesday and Thursday. Numerous showers and thunderstorms are expected across much of the state beginning at noon Wednesday that could cause harm for people living in the burn […]