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Pre-Balloon Fiesta visitors to Petroyglyph National Monument on Albuquerque’s Westside were greeted by a locked gate this morning as the federal government shutdown took hold.
Today is Wednesday, October 1. The federal government is officially shut down and both sides in Washington spent most of the day trading memes and pointing fingers.
It was the same story in Santa Fe this morning as state Democrats blamed the need for a session on the Republican Big, Beautiful Bill and state Republicans fired back with gripes of their own.
We start with all of that and Alex Ross takes a look back at the lasting impacts of the last shutdown when federal employees skipped a month’s worth of paychecks and many stopped paying bills.
Also, that New Mexico pro hockey team that was announced in the summer is no longer nameless. Fans flocked to the Rio Rancho Events Center for the big branding unveiling Monday night to find out what we’ll be calling the latest team to call the venue home.
The Rio Rancho City Council approved a solar farm at its most recent meeting despite some concerns from residents and a councilor.
So what’s the name? Hint: If you’ve ever played sports outdoors in New Mexico, your ball has been covered in them. And now you can celebrate them as the name of the new local sports franchise.
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Alex Ross is a senior politics and legislative reporter for the New Mexico Political Report. He began his career in daily journalism in Montana and previously worked as a breaking news and politics reporter. At midnight on Wednesday, the federal government went into shutdown mode, and if the last shutdown was any indication, New Mexico […]
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