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ABQ Cops Skipped Court, Let Hundreds Go Free

As the legislature considers whether or not to make it easier to jail people prior to conviction, records received from the 2nd Judicial District Attorney’s office indicate that it’s not just those accused of crimes that fail to appear for court proceedings. In fact, law enforcement officers from Albuquerque Police Department, Bernalillo County Sheriff’s Office, and New Mexico State Police failed to participate or appear nearly 1,000 times, but they didn’t face any consequences from the court system.

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Data: ABQ Rents Jumped Almost 10% Since Last Year

Unless you recently got a big raise at work, the amount of your income you pay for rental housing in Albuquerque is about to go up when your lease runs out. Rental prices in the Albuquerque …

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Opera Southwest Stages 'Turandot'

Puccini’s last opera is set in a fairytale vision of ancient China, where the beautiful yet unapproachable princess Turandot rules with an iron fist. To those who wish to marry her, she has issued …

City Hall

City Council Sides with Landlords

Albuquerque City Councilors tumbled their way through a short agenda and made a seemingly …

New Mexico

Heinrich: US on "wrong side of history" opposing Navajo water at Supreme Court

New Mexico's senior US Senator is taking umbrage with the Biden administration's opposition to a plea by the Navajo nation requiring the federal government to include basic water access in treaty …

Legislative Roundup: Bestiality May Soon Become a Crime in NM

Santa Fe New Mexican Staff Bestiality bill: The Senate unanimously passed a bipartisan bill Monday that would outlaw sexual contact between a person and an animal. Senate Bill 215, which would …

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Bill to Expand Voting Access Heads to Senate

Inbox By Daniel J. Chacón/Santa Fe New Mexican New Mexicans would be automatically registered to vote when they do business at the Motor Vehicle Division, and the voting rights of convicted …

Committee OKs Bill to Give Gov, Other Elected Officials $60,000 Pay Raise This Tear

By Daniel J. Chacón/Santa Fe New Mexican Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham, Attorney General Raúl Torrez and other statewide elected officials each would get a raise of nearly $60,000 this year under …

Senate Passes 1st Major Gun Control Law of Session

By Daniel J. Chacón/Santa Fe New Mexican A bill that would hold adults responsible for keeping guns out of the hands of children passed the Senate largely along party lines Friday. Sen. Benny …

House Committee Endorses New Special Education Agency

Robert Nott/Santa Fe New Mexican A bill that would create a New Mexico Office of Special Education moved a step forward Friday as members of the House Education Committee voted to endorse …

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Senate Advances Gun Bills on Waiting Period, Advertising

By Nathan Brown/Santa Fe New Mexican Another bill to impose a 14-day waiting period on gun purchases made it out of the Senate Health and Public Affairs Committee on Sunday. Senate Bill 427 …

Buffalo Tract Would Be Protected from Open-pit Gravel Mining

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Back to the drawing board with paid family medical leave

Congresswoman Patricia Schroeder, a trailblazer for women, passed away recently at the age of 82. She retired in 1996 at age 56, having served 24 years. Schroeder championed the passage of the …

Reinventing the state school board

Something we New Mexicans are not good at: electing officials for certain powerful statewide commissions. Our track record is abysmal. We have elected people who have disappointed us over and …

Paid Family & Medical Leave: Facts, Not Fiction

Facts are crucial when explaining legislation. So it’s necessary to debunk a recent misleading and misinformed Albuquerque Journal editorial that uses inaccurate information …

Business

Heidi's to Offer Feel-Good Food

"I've always been really passionate about cannabis," says Chef Dimitri Eleftheriou from his gleaming kitchen in Albuquerque's industrial district. "So I want to transfer that passion into medicine …

Restaurateur Eyes WeDo Expansion

Erin Wade, the owner of the successful Old Town area eatery Vinaigrette, has teamed with local real estate developer Jay Rembe to deliver a major shot of adrenaline to Albuquerque's restaurant trade …

Kickstand Cafe "Reopens"

Kickstand Cafe and Cycles only opened its doors a year ago in September, so it was unusual to see a "Grand Reopening" party earlier this month at the restaurant and bike shop out in Alameda. But the …

TV

Fiery Foods Founder Cools His Heels

All the way back in 1988, TV host, food historian and author Dave DeWitt created the Fiery Foods Show right here in Albuquerque. It was the first trade show in the nation to concentrate on hot sauces …

Cannabis

Court Pressed in Psilocybin Case

Advocates for rescheduling psilocybin on the federal list of controlled substances are calling on the federal Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) to review the drug’s status as a Schedule I substance in …

Film

PRC Inundated with RFPs for Solar Facilities

More than half of new electric-generating capacity in the U.S for 2023 is projected to be solar, according to the Energy Information Administration, which ranks New Mexico’s abundant sunshine as …

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