Attorney General Raúl Torrez filed lawsuits Wednesday against Torrance and Curry counties asking a court to force both counties to immediately end ongoing agreements with ICE deputizing local sheriff’s deputies to enforce federal immigration actions. Those actions, Torrez says, now violate HB9, the state’s new Immigrant Safety Act, which took effect last week. This story […]
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Councilor eyes higher fees for nonresidents dumping trash in ABQ city convenience centers
Staff report, City Desk in The Paper. — Just days after the City Council stripped similar fee hikes from the citywide budget, one city councilor is proposing a targeted $12 trash surcharge for nonresidents aimed at funding taxpayer-funded convenience centers while keeping local disposal costs at $5. Sponsored by Klarissa J. Peña by request, O-26-35 […]
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Get Out! Our editor’s picks of the best things to do in ABQ this weekend
Out There: A National Parks Story (Thursday 21, Film) National Parks, one of our country’s greatest assets, are under siege by corporations and government officials who can’t see the forest for the dollar signs. So, filmmaker Brendan Hall set off on a 10,000-mile journey to document just what National Parks mean to America. The result […]
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Council said no to more safe outdoor spaces but Mayor Keller started one anyway. Now the funding and future may be in jeopardy.
By Jesse Jones, The Paper. — Almost a year ago, Mayor Tim Keller told reporters the city needs 100 more Safe Outdoor Spaces for its homeless population but the city council has never gotten on board with authorizing zoning and ordinance changes to get anywhere close. Even now, the city has only one privately run […]
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Greater Chaco landscape named one of America’s most endangered historic places
The National Trust for Historic Preservation unveiled its 2026 list of America’s 11 Most Endangered Historic Places on May 20, 2026, honoring the upcoming 250th anniversary of the nation’s founding and New Mexico’s Greater Chaco Cultural Landscape is on the list. The areas around Chaco Canyon are an ancestral homeland and ceremonial space that Pueblo […]
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Why Burqueños might feel safer on buses
By Jesse Jones, The Paper. — Burqueños riding public transit may be feeling safer lately as new ABQ Ride data shows security calls across the transit system are dropping even while ridership continues to grow. Data reviewed by City Desk from ABQ Ride’s third-quarter report shows safety calls dropped 21% from last year, averaging 1,871 […]
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Women Who Run ABQ: Roberta Ricci at Hispano Chamber of Chamber of Commerce
By Sara Atencio-Gonzales, The Paper. – Roberta Ricci knows what it means to build a life through hard work, community and opportunity. As the Chief Experience Officer of the Albuquerque Hispano Chamber of Commerce, Ricci oversees membership, marketing, convention and tourism efforts while helping connect small businesses across New Mexico with the resources they need […]
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After mayor warns of budget woes, Council OK’s city’s biggest budget ever
By Jesse Jones, City Desk in The Paper. — The City Council passed the city’s largest-ever budget, $1.5 billion, Monday night overcoming earlier warnings from the mayor that future spending would have to be cut to meet slower economic projections. The spending plan, passing 7-2, with councilors Brook Bassan and Dan Lewis voting against it, […]
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Andrew Yang’s Forward Party earns party status for New Mexico November ballot
New Mexico officially has a new political party just in time for election season. Secretary of State Maggie Toulouse Oliver’s office confirmed on May 15 that the New Mexico Forward Party, a state affiliate of the national party started by businessman and former presidential candidate Andrew Yang, achieved minor party status, qualifying the party to […]
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“Women Get Sh*t Done”: Rep. Leger Fernández leads in new bi-partisan push to end sexual misconduct in Congress
As the head of the Democratic Women’s Caucus in Congress, New Mexico Representative Teresa Leger Fernández has already taken the lead to reform the historically predatory work environment many women feel working on Capitol Hill. Now, she is getting some bi-partisan help from her counterpart in the Republican caucus, Congresswoman Kat Cammack, a Republican of […]
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