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Trump’s debate references to ‘Black jobs’ and ‘Hispanic jobs’ stir Democratic anger

By MATT BROWN WASHINGTON (AP) — Donald Trump warned during his debate with Joe Biden and again at a Friday rally that migrants were taking “Black jobs” and “Hispanic jobs” from Americans, angering critics who called it a racist and insulting attempt to expand his appeal beyond his white conservative base. While President Joe Biden’s […]

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Roots of Edgewood

By Rick Holben, Photo Historian, East Mountain Historical Society July 2024 marks the 25th anniversary of the incorporation of the town of Edgewood, an area that covers nearly 57 square miles and boasts a population of about 6,000 people. These 57 square miles include portions of the historic homestead communities of Barton, Venus, Bachelor, Pine […]

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Edgewood Commission Approves Funding to Save Elementary Buildings

The Edgewood Commission voted unanimously during its June 24 meeting to reserve funds as part of its Infrastructure Capital Improvement Plan (ICIP) to renovate the Edgewood Elementary south campus buildings. The former Edgewood Elementary School buildings, which were closed in 2013 due to a decline in enrollment, are at the center of an ongoing controversy […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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 […]