Albuquerque is once again stepping up to make sure local youths get fed even though school is out. The city’s summer lunch program will begin distributing meals June 3. The effort will be expanded to parks on June 5 and to Albuquerque community centers on June 17. Meals will be served for one hour on […]
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Farm Bill Advocates to Congress: Get a Move On
The U.S. House Committee on Agriculture recently delivered a draft farm bill. It was eight months after the old farm bill, about to expire, had to be extended. This $1.5 trillion, 942-page tome has a lot to like, but it’s missing some key provisions important to New Mexico. And it’s hung up in partisan scrapping. […]
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Do Your Research Before You Vote
“We need bold solutions, drastic overhauls and serious reforms,” writes a candidate for the Legislature in an op-ed article. Bold, huh? Boy, that’s new and exciting. Oh, wait. It isn’t. It’s a standard cliché for everybody who runs for office. This particular candidate wrote an entire op-ed filled with platitudes and generalizations. Not a single […]
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Primary Season Isn’t Over, But General Election Issues Are Taking Shape
A natural outcome of certain states moving their presidential primaries earlier in the year is that for those states with later primaries, primary election turnout is often dismal. That will likely be the case in New Mexico in 2024 where both presidential frontrunners have locked in their delegate count and there are few contested primary […]
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Bernalillo County approves mobile health clinics for schools
Bernalillo County will soon have two mobile School-Based Health Centers serving students and community members. This initiative — approved by the Bernalillo County Commission — will launch in September and provide primary, preventative and behavioral health care to pre-kindergarten through 12th-grade students, student families, school faculty and local community members. Two mobile clinics will rotate […]
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BCSO asks for public assistance in juvenile homicide investigation
The Bernalillo County Sheriff’s Office announced an ongoing investigation following the discovery of a body in Pajarito Mesa on May 19, 2024, at approximately 4 p.m. Upon discovery, the body was identified as a teenage male with signs of at least one gunshot wound. BCSO detectives say they faced significant challenges in identifying the decedent […]
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Biden is said to be finalizing plans for migrant limits as part of a US-Mexico border clampdown
By COLLEEN LONG and SEUNG MIN KIM The White House is finalizing plans for a U.S.-Mexico border clampdown that would shut off asylum requests and automatically deny entrance to migrants once the number of people encountered by American border officials exceeded a new daily threshold, with President Joe Biden expected to sign an executive order […]
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No central point of contact stymie motel voucher program
The clock is ticking on a required city report to address the metro’s inventory of blighted motels and its hotel voucher program — one that’s meant to assist citizens in urgent need of a free room for a night or a short stay, including those experiencing homelessness. Frustrations with unsafe and unhealthy motels and the […]
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Expanding the arts, programs for struggling schools approved in $2.15 billion APS budget
The Albuquerque Public Schools Board of Education has approved a $2.15 billion budget for the next fiscal year — which will go toward educating, feeding, busing and otherwise serving almost 65,000 students at 143 schools. The budget also includes raises for more than 11,000 employees and more arts instruction. The spending plan covers APS schools […]
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Letter to the Editor: Setting the Record Straight About Cindy Nava
Submitted by Dr. Patricia Jiménez-Latham Let’s set the record straight. I was incredibly disheartened to read a campaign flyer making disparaging comments about NM Senate District 9 candidate Cindy Nava. I have known Cindy for 20 years as she began her work in the political arena and worked with her professionally at Transform Education New […]