Yvonne Wingett Sanchez, The Washington Post (c) 2024 PHOENIX – Fresh off losing a campaignfor sheriff, Pinal County Supervisor Kevin Cavanaugh (R) voted “under duress” in August to certify the county’s primary election results. This week, he threatened to sue the Arizona county that employs him, claiming – much like President Donald Trump did after […]
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Letter to the Editor: 2024 GO Bonds
Dear Bernalillo County Residents: Six important Bernalillo County Government Obligation Bond questions will appear before voters on the 2024 General Election ballot. The questions range from public safety to community services and public works initiatives that total $40.5 million dollars. Approval of these government obligation bonds will not increase taxes. The county currently maintains an […]
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Letter to the Editor: 2024 GO Bonds
Dear Bernalillo County Residents: Six important Bernalillo County Government Obligation Bond questions will appear before voters on the 2024 General Election ballot. The questions range from public safety to community services and public works initiatives that total $40.5 million dollars. Approval of these government obligation bonds will not increase taxes. The county currently maintains an […]
Posted inPueblos, Westside Albuquerque
Trump’s pledge to deport legal immigrants is toxic in more ways than one
By Philip Bump, The Washington Post (c) 2024 Earlier this month, Pennsylvania state Sen. Camera Bartolotta (R) repeatedly found herself challenging anti-immigrant rhetoric from the leader of her party and his allies. Donald Trump, the Republican nominee for president, had isolated Charleroi, Pa., in Bartolotta’s district as an example of the sort of place under […]
Posted inPueblos, Westside Albuquerque
Biden urges Israel and Lebanon to step back from all-out war
Yasmeen Abutaleb, Michael Birnbaum, John Hudson, The Washington Post (c) 2024 NEW YORK – President Joe Biden urged Israel and Hezbollah to step away from the precipice of all-out war on Tuesday, warning in a major speech before the United Nations that such a conflict could be catastrophic and arguing that there was still time for the […]
Posted inPueblos, Westside Albuquerque
Harris voices support for eliminating filibuster to secure abortion rights
Mariana Alfaro, The Washington Post (c) 2024 Vice President Kamala Harris voiced support Tuesday for eliminating the Senate filibuster to pass a law restoring the protections of Roe v. Wadeand securing abortion rights nationwide. “I think we should eliminate the filibuster for Roe,” Harris told Wisconsin Public Radio. “To actually put back in law the protections […]
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Placitas Drinking Water Systems Work to Resolve Violations
In late July, the New Mexico Environment Department (NMED) ordered three Placitas drinking water systems, serving over 1,000 residents, to fix outstanding water quality violations, ranging from contamination risks to administrative failures like missing testing paperwork or public notices. The North Ranchos De Placitas Water and Sanitation District, the Desert Sky Mountain Water Cooperative and […]
Posted inWestside Albuquerque
Rep. Stansbury introduces bill to give land back to San Felipe Pueblo
Nearly four decades after San Felipe Pueblo land was designated as an Area of Critical Environmental Concern, U.S. Rep. Melanie Stansbury has introduced a bill that would return the land to the pueblo. Stansbury introduced the San Felipe Pueblo Land Trust bill on Sept. 24, 37 years after the public land was deemed to require […]
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Dark money group agrees to disclose donors
By Marjorie Childress and Trip Jennings A dark money group that ran political advertising in the weeks before the June primary election and has fought divulging the source of its money and the details of its spending for months will disclose both by next week. News of the settlement with The New Mexico Project came Monday […]
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Las Placitas Association Secures Grant for Buffalo Tract Environmental Assessment
The Las Placitas Association (LPA) has received the $99,950 Trails+ 2024 grant from the Outdoor Recreation Division to conduct an environmental assessment and recreation area management plan of the Buffalo Tract land managed by the Bureau of Land Management. Announced in May, the grant was part of nearly $2 million in funding distributed to 13 […]