<img width="1014" height="1024" src="https://eastmountains.nm.news/wp-content/uploads/sites/6/2025/03/Lujan_Headshot-1014×1024-1.jpg" class="attachment-rss-image-size size-rss-image-size wp-post-image" alt="U.S. Sen. Ben Ray Lujan" decoding="async" srcset="https://eastmountains.nm.news/wp-content/uploads/sites/6/2025/03/Lujan_Headshot-1014×1024-1.jpg 1014w, https://nmpoliticalreport.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/Lujan_Headshot-297×300.jpg 297w, https://nmpoliticalreport.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/Lujan_Headshot-150×150.jpg?crop=1 150w, https://nmpoliticalreport.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/Lujan_Headshot-768×776.jpg 768w, https://nmpoliticalreport.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/Lujan_Headshot-400×404.jpg 400w, https://nmpoliticalreport.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/Lujan_Headshot.jpg 1024w" sizes="(max-width: 34.9rem) calc(100vw – 2rem), (max-width: 53rem) calc(8 * (100vw / 12)), (min-width: 53rem) calc(6 * (100vw / 12)), 100vw" data-attachment-id="1657477" data-permalink="https://nmpoliticalreport.com/lujan_headshot/" data-orig-file="https://nmpoliticalreport.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/Lujan_Headshot.jpg" data-orig-size="1024,1034" data-comments-opened="0" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"0"}" data-image-title="Lujan_Headshot" data-image-description="" data-image-caption=" Ben […]
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Posted inNew Mexico Legislature #nmleg, New Mexico Statewide News
New Mexico set to create ‘Turquoise Alert’ system for missing Indigenous people
<img width="1024" height="680" src="https://eastmountains.nm.news/wp-content/uploads/sites/6/2025/03/Screenshot-2024-01-24-at-1-1024×680-1.png" class="attachment-rss-image-size size-rss-image-size wp-post-image" alt="Indigenous families with loved ones who have gone missing or been murdered protest outside Albuquerque City Hall on July 21, 2023. Credit: Bella Davis/New Mexico In Depth" decoding="async" srcset="https://eastmountains.nm.news/wp-content/uploads/sites/6/2025/03/Screenshot-2024-01-24-at-1-1024×680-1.png 1024w, https://nmpoliticalreport.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Screenshot-2024-01-24-at-1-300×199.webp 300w, https://nmpoliticalreport.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Screenshot-2024-01-24-at-1-768×510.webp 768w, https://nmpoliticalreport.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Screenshot-2024-01-24-at-1-400×266.webp 400w, https://nmpoliticalreport.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Screenshot-2024-01-24-at-1.webp 1170w" sizes="(max-width: 34.9rem) calc(100vw – 2rem), (max-width: 53rem) calc(8 * (100vw […]
Posted inCongress & Federal Gov., Edgewood
Harp Twins and Volfgang Twins multiply the experience at Edgewood’s Renaissance festival
By Michael Hodock For two weekends (March 29-30 and April 5-6), embark on an epic journey as the Fourth Annual New Mexico Renaissance Celtic Festival (NMRCF) transforms the Wildlife West Nature Park (87 North Frontage Rd.) in Edgewood into a land where knights in shining armor fight for honor and elegant enchantresses hypnotize rejoicing crowds […]
Posted inCongress & Federal Gov., Edgewood
Harp Twins and Volfgang Twins multiply the experience at Edgewood’s Renaissance festival
By Michael Hodock For two weekends (March 29-30 and April 5-6), embark on an epic journey as the Fourth Annual New Mexico Renaissance Celtic Festival (NMRCF) transforms the Wildlife West Nature Park (87 North Frontage Rd.) in Edgewood into a land where knights in shining armor fight for honor and elegant enchantresses hypnotize rejoicing crowds […]
Posted inHousing & Homelessness, Westside Albuquerque
Homelessness in Sandoval County: A hidden crisis
By Jesse Jones On a freezing January night in Bernalillo, two people experiencing homelessness were found dead in a tent in the arroyo behind the Denny’s on U.S. 550 — a grim reminder that Sandoval County isn’t immune from experiencing one of the state’s biggest challenges. Despite rapid population growth, Sandoval County lacks shelters and […]
Posted inLocal Government
Bernalillo County won’t collect on Trump campaign debt
By Matthew Reichbach After four years, Bernalillo County can no longer collect unpaid debts. This week, the Bernalillo County Commission voted to remove certain uncollectible debts from the books, including nearly $140,000 owed to the county by the campaign of Donald Trump. The debt dated back to a 2019 campaign stop in Albuquerque for costs […]
Posted inLocal Government
Bernalillo County won’t collect on Trump campaign debt
By Matthew Reichbach After four years, Bernalillo County can no longer collect unpaid debts. This week, the Bernalillo County Commission voted to remove certain uncollectible debts from the books, including nearly $140,000 owed to the county by the campaign of Donald Trump. The debt dated back to a 2019 campaign stop in Albuquerque for costs […]
Posted inCity Desk ABQ, Local Government
Bernalillo County won’t collect on Trump campaign debt
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Posted inNew Mexico Statewide News, Pueblos
Trump order seeks to upend elections
<img width="1024" height="768" src="https://eastmountains.nm.news/wp-content/uploads/sites/6/2025/03/IMG_0834-scaled-1-1024×768-1.jpg" class="attachment-rss-image-size size-rss-image-size wp-post-image" alt="A "Vote Here" sign at the Otero County Fairgrounds in Alamogordo." decoding="async" srcset="https://eastmountains.nm.news/wp-content/uploads/sites/6/2025/03/IMG_0834-scaled-1-1024×768-1.jpg 1024w, https://nmpoliticalreport.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/IMG_0834-scaled-1-300×225.jpg 300w, https://nmpoliticalreport.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/IMG_0834-scaled-1-768×576.jpg 768w, https://nmpoliticalreport.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/IMG_0834-scaled-1-1536×1152.jpg 1536w, https://nmpoliticalreport.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/IMG_0834-scaled-1-2048×1536.jpg 2048w, https://nmpoliticalreport.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/IMG_0834-scaled-1-1200×900.jpg?crop=1 1200w, https://nmpoliticalreport.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/IMG_0834-scaled-1-800×600.jpg?crop=1 800w, https://nmpoliticalreport.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/IMG_0834-scaled-1-600×450.jpg?crop=1 600w, https://nmpoliticalreport.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/IMG_0834-scaled-1-400×300.jpg?crop=1 400w, https://nmpoliticalreport.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/IMG_0834-scaled-1-200×150.jpg?crop=1 200w, https://nmpoliticalreport.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/IMG_0834-scaled-1-1568×1176.jpg 1568w, https://nmpoliticalreport.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/IMG_0834-scaled-1-2000×1500.jpg 2000w" sizes="(max-width: 34.9rem) calc(100vw – 2rem), (max-width: 53rem) calc(8 * (100vw / 12)), […]
Posted inCongress & Federal Gov., New Mexico Statewide News
NM food banks face cuts in federal spending
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