By Hannah Natanson, Lisa Rein, Emily Davies · The Washington Post (c) 2025 The first message from her manager on Saturday afternoon misspelled Amanda Mae Downey’s name. The second mentioned “the news” about probationary federal workers, and how the Trump administration planned to fire them. When Downey called her boss at a Michigan branch of the U.S. Forest Service for […]
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Posted inNew Mexico Statewide News, State Government #nmgov
Bill to make voting easier for unaffiliated voters goes forward
This story is republished from NM Political Report, a nonprofit news outlet, as a part of our commitment to bringing you the best in independent news coverage that matters to Albuquerque. By Nicole Maxwell New Mexico already has, in a roundabout way, open primary elections. Voters can update their voter registration information up to the […]
Posted inNew Mexico Statewide News, State Government #nmgov
Bill to make voting easier for unaffiliated voters goes forward
This story is republished from NM Political Report, a nonprofit news outlet, as a part of our commitment to bringing you the best in independent news coverage that matters to Albuquerque. By Nicole Maxwell New Mexico already has, in a roundabout way, open primary elections. Voters can update their voter registration information up to the […]
Posted inNational News, Syndicated
Trump wants Greenland and Gaza. That might embolden China on Taiwan.
By Katrina Northrop, Vic Chiang · The Washington Post (c) 2025 TAIPEI, Taiwan – President Donald Trump has spent his first few weeks in the White House talking about land deals like the real estate developer he once was. He has threatened to annex Greenland -refusing torule out military force to do so – and has suggested using “economic […]
Posted inNational News, Syndicated
Trump wants Greenland and Gaza. That might embolden China on Taiwan.
By Katrina Northrop, Vic Chiang · The Washington Post (c) 2025 TAIPEI, Taiwan – President Donald Trump has spent his first few weeks in the White House talking about land deals like the real estate developer he once was. He has threatened to annex Greenland -refusing torule out military force to do so – and has suggested using “economic […]
Posted inNew Mexico Statewide News, State Government #nmgov
House passes bill requiring prevailing wages on projects that receive IRBs
This story is republished from NM Political Report, a nonprofit news outlet, as a part of our commitment to bringing you the best in independent news coverage that matters to Albuquerque. By Hannah Grover The New Mexico House of Representatives passed legislation Monday that would increase pay for workers on projects that have been issued […]
Posted inNew Mexico Statewide News, State Government #nmgov
House passes bill requiring prevailing wages on projects that receive IRBs
This story is republished from NM Political Report, a nonprofit news outlet, as a part of our commitment to bringing you the best in independent news coverage that matters to Albuquerque. By Hannah Grover The New Mexico House of Representatives passed legislation Monday that would increase pay for workers on projects that have been issued […]
Posted inCongress & Federal Gov., Education, National News, Syndicated
Trump administration gives schools a deadline to end DEI programs or risk losing federal money
By COLLIN BINKLEY, AP Education Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration is giving America’s schools and universities two weeks to eliminate diversity initiatives or risk losing federal money, raising the stakes in the president’s fight against “wokeness” and sowing confusion as schools scramble to comply. In a memo Friday, the Education Department gave an […]
Posted inCongress & Federal Gov., Education, National News, Syndicated
Trump administration gives schools a deadline to end DEI programs or risk losing federal money
By COLLIN BINKLEY, AP Education Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration is giving America’s schools and universities two weeks to eliminate diversity initiatives or risk losing federal money, raising the stakes in the president’s fight against “wokeness” and sowing confusion as schools scramble to comply. In a memo Friday, the Education Department gave an […]
Posted inNational News, Syndicated
Top Social Security official exits after clash with Musk’s DOGE over data
By Lisa Rein, Holly Bailey, Jeff Stein, Jacob Bogage · The Washington Post (c) 2025 The acting commissioner of the Social Security Administration left her job this weekend after a clash with billionaire Elon Musk’s U.S. DOGE Service over its attempts to access sensitive government records, three people familiar with her departure said Monday. Michelle King, who spent several decades at […]