The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced Friday an investigation into the City of Albuquerque and the City Council in response to a complaint that alleges possible civil rights violations. The Mountain View Coalition and the New Mexico Environmental Law Center filed the complaint May 2024, alleging that the council violated the federal Civil Rights Act […]
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Food trucks on every corner
Bernalillo County Commissioners approved a zoning change this week that will potentially swell the ranks of food trucks in the county. The trucks, also known as mobile food establishments, will be allowed to operate in areas zoned for commercial and light industrial uses, setting up the possibility of new mobile food courts. Previous regulations permitted […]
Food trucks on every corner
Bernalillo County Commissioners approved a zoning change this week that will potentially swell the ranks of food trucks in the county. The trucks, also known as mobile food establishments, will be allowed to operate in areas zoned for commercial and light industrial uses, setting up the possibility of new mobile food courts. Previous regulations permitted […]
Advocates will back legislation to expand NM sex ed curriculum
by Austin Fisher, Source New Mexico When Jade Waskow attended Albuquerque Public Schools, she took a sexual education course in junior high, but it wasn’t until she was in high school she learned on her own that she is “ace,” or asexual, so sex didn’t really interest her. Her schooling hadn’t even presented her identity […]
Advocates will back legislation to expand NM sex ed curriculum
by Austin Fisher, Source New Mexico When Jade Waskow attended Albuquerque Public Schools, she took a sexual education course in junior high, but it wasn’t until she was in high school she learned on her own that she is “ace,” or asexual, so sex didn’t really interest her. Her schooling hadn’t even presented her identity […]
Musk’s DOGE weighs recommendations to cut federal diversity programs
By Jacob Bogage, Faiz Siddiqui · The Washington Post (c) 2025 President-elect Donald Trump’s “Department of Government Efficiency” is reviewing a conservative legal playbook to swiftly eliminate federal diversity programs, which argues that the initiatives are unconstitutional and distort spending. “DOGE,” a nongovernmental group led by Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy and charged with slashing the size of […]
Musk’s DOGE weighs recommendations to cut federal diversity programs
By Jacob Bogage, Faiz Siddiqui · The Washington Post (c) 2025 President-elect Donald Trump’s “Department of Government Efficiency” is reviewing a conservative legal playbook to swiftly eliminate federal diversity programs, which argues that the initiatives are unconstitutional and distort spending. “DOGE,” a nongovernmental group led by Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy and charged with slashing the size of […]
BernCo’s newest chair looks to balance focus on ‘both sides of the mountain’
By Rodd Cayton Newly elected Bernalillo County Commission Chair Eric Olivas says his priorities will largely lie in what the entire county is looking at. Olivas, elected in 2022, served as vice chair last year. He represents District 5, which includes Uptown Albuquerque and the East Mountains. “The commission has been very clear with our […]
BernCo’s newest chair looks to balance focus on ‘both sides of the mountain’
Newly elected Bernalillo County Commission Chair Eric Olivas says his priorities will largely lie in what the entire county is looking at. Olivas, elected in 2022, served as vice chair last year. He represents District 5, which includes Uptown Albuquerque and the East Mountains. “The commission has been very clear with our legislative priorities,” he […]
BernCo’s newest chair looks to balance focus on ‘both sides of the mountain’
Newly elected Bernalillo County Commission Chair Eric Olivas says his priorities will largely lie in what the entire county is looking at. Olivas, elected in 2022, served as vice chair last year. He represents District 5, which includes Uptown Albuquerque and the East Mountains. “The commission has been very clear with our legislative priorities,” he […]