By Kevin Hendricks Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham delivered her seventh State of the State address last week in Santa Fe. In it, she laid out 2025 legislative priorities that include public safety, affordable housing, child welfare, health care, economic development and more. “Working with the legislature over the past six years, we’ve achieved so much […]
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Posted inNew Mexico Legislature #nmleg, Westside Albuquerque
State Rep. Cullen Focused on Education, Tax Reform and Healthcare in Sandoval County
Editor’s note: This is a series profiling our local state legislators, their priorities and issues impacting our Sandoval County throughout the 60-day Legislative Session. Read more online. By Jesse Jones State Rep. Catherine Cullen, a freshman Republican legislator from Rio Rancho, narrowly won the vacant District 57 seat, defeating Democrat Michelle Sandoval by 133 votes. […]
Posted inNew Mexico Legislature #nmleg, New Mexico Statewide News, Westside Albuquerque
Heinrich Says He’s Staying Put in the Senate, Decided Against Run for Governor
By Nicole Maxwell U.S. Sen. Martin Heinrich announced Friday morning that he decided against running for governor of New Mexico, opting to remain in the U.S. Senate. Heinrich was considering a run for governor after the Nov. 5 general election last year, when he won his third term in the Senate. “After careful consideration and […]
Posted inFederal Government & Congress, Opinion
Turning brine into water
This letter is provided as opinion/commentary from Juan Montes. You can submit your own: editor@citydesk.org In a shameless display of grifting, former bureaucrats, and oil lobbyists revealed their strategy for the upcoming legislative session to use the governor’s 50 year Water Plan to provide taxpayers the “opportunity” to pay (half a billion dollars) for the […]
Posted inFederal Government & Congress, Opinion
Turning brine into water
This letter is provided as opinion/commentary from Juan Montes. You can submit your own: editor@citydesk.org In a shameless display of grifting, former bureaucrats, and oil lobbyists revealed their strategy for the upcoming legislative session to use the governor’s 50 year Water Plan to provide taxpayers the “opportunity” to pay (half a billion dollars) for the […]
Posted inFederal Government & Congress, Opinion
Whatcha Gonna Do When They Come for You (or your family, friends or neighbors)?
This letter is provided as opinion/commentary from Randi McGinn. You can submit your own: editor@citydesk.org Have you ever been called upon to be someone’s hero? If you’ve chosen a “hero” career like nursing, firefighting, law enforcement or the military, you have that chance almost every day, usually in dramatic fashion. The rest of us don’t […]
Posted inFederal Government & Congress, Opinion
Whatcha Gonna Do When They Come for You (or your family, friends or neighbors)?
This letter is provided as opinion/commentary from Randi McGinn. You can submit your own: editor@citydesk.org Have you ever been called upon to be someone’s hero? If you’ve chosen a “hero” career like nursing, firefighting, law enforcement or the military, you have that chance almost every day, usually in dramatic fashion. The rest of us don’t […]
Posted inFederal Government & Congress, Local Government, Pueblos
Keller: We won’t turn our local police into immigration agents
Mayor Tim Keller’s administration says Albuquerque will continue to be an “immigrant friendly city” in response to new federal policies put in place by President Donald Trump aimed at cracking down on immigration offenses. “We won’t turn our local police into immigration agents or target people because of their status or skin color,” Keller said […]
Posted inFederal Government & Congress, Local Government, Pueblos
Keller: We won’t turn our local police into immigration agents
Mayor Tim Keller’s administration says Albuquerque will continue to be an “immigrant friendly city” in response to new federal policies put in place by President Donald Trump aimed at cracking down on immigration offenses. “We won’t turn our local police into immigration agents or target people because of their status or skin color,” Keller said […]
Posted inFederal Government & Congress, Housing & Homelessness
Councilors upset with city on feces removal efforts
It’s a topic that won’t go away and has public health implications (in addition to the profoundly undesirable optics): The timely and proper removal of human feces located on public and private property. The issue has become increasingly worse as thousands are experiencing homelessness and living on the streets. Albuquerque City Councilors directed a series […]