By Sara Atencio-Gonzales, The Paper. – Shelly Gruenig did not set out to build one of New Mexico’s most impactful STEM organizations. Twenty-one years ago, she was simply a homeschool mom looking for something fun for her son to do. “I stumbled across this robotics competition, and I was like, ‘Oh, we could do that. […]
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Posted inCity Desk ABQ
ABQ moves to permanently fund new safety branches without a rate hike
By Jesse Jones, The Paper. — Albuquerque voters may soon decide whether to modernize how the city’s Public Safety Tax is spent, all without seeing any increase in their actual tax rate. We all already pay the Public Safety Tax – 1/4 of 1%, or 25-cents on each $100 transaction – as a part of […]
Posted inRio Rancho
Rio Rancho seeks residents for nine boards and commissions
Rio Rancho residents who want a direct role in shaping city policy on everything from parks to public infrastructure now have a chance to serve — the city is accepting applications for open seats on nine boards and commissions. Seats are vacant or soon to expire on the Arts Commission, Capital Improvements Plan Citizen’s Advisory […]
Posted inElections & Politics
In new ad outside Epstein’s Zorro Ranch, Turner promises accountability and takes early swipe at Deb Haaland
Doug Turner is making a bet that Republican primary election voters, and November’s general election voters want answers about what happened inside the gates of Jeffrey Epstein’s New Mexico Zorro Ranch. This story was originally published at New Mexico Political Report, a nonprofit news service covering politics and policy in the Land of Enchantment. Learn […]
Posted inEdgewood
Rariden welcomed back to commission, for now, as efforts to restore fire service move forward
By Pat Davis, Route 66 Independent, Edgewood — Mike Rariden started and ended the Edgewood Town Commission meeting as a commissioner and mayor. That is not normally a newsworthy event but Tuesday’s meeting was not an ordinary meeting. After announcing in April that he would resign “during the week of May 4-8,” he rescinded his […]
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Edgewood adopts fireworks ban, punts on criminalizing some activities during fire restrictions
By Pat Davis, Route 66 Indepdent, Edgewood — Heading into a long, hot and dry summer with regular Edgewood windy days and uncertain fire department coverage, town commissioners passed a new 30-day fireworks ban but postponed a decision on giving the town’s police officers powers to criminally charge residents for violating a long list of […]
Posted inRio Rancho
‘Nothing burger’ vs. legal pattern: Stoddard’s gun dispute and dismissed domestic battery case
A former Rio Rancho councilor now running for Sandoval County Commission pulled a revolver and threatened to shoot a hotel manager during a dispute over hot tub water temperature, according to a Truth or Consequences police report. Daniel Stoddard called the incident a “nothing burger.” Court and police records show it was not his first […]
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Edgewood mayor withdraws resignation, but commission schedules replacement vote anyway
Edgewood — Mike Raridan says he is still Edgewood’s mayor after announcing, then withdrawing, his resignation from his commission seat and the appointed office of mayor last month. The town’s commissioners, however, have scheduled a vote on Tuesday night’s agenda to appoint a new commissioner and elect a new mayor anyway. On April 29, Raridan […]
Posted inSandoval County
Sandoval County ethics ordinance change to streamline process, remove anonymity
Sandoval County Commissioners have ethics on their minds. At Wednesday’s meeting, the commission will consider updating the county’s ethics ordinance. Ethics board Chair Nancy Jinks will present the board’s first-quarter report later in the meeting. New language in the ordinance would change the route taken by ethics complaints and do away with one layer of […]
Posted inElections & Politics
Republican governor candidate calls for eliminating New Mexico’s gross receipts tax on retail sales
Duke Rodriguez, a Republican candidate for New Mexico governor wants to eliminate the state’s gross receipts tax on retail sales entirely — and says the state can afford it right now. Rodriguez, a former state cabinet secretary and hospital executive, reiterated the idea during Friday’s Albuquerque Journal Republican gubernatorial debate, arguing the state’s surplus reserves […]
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