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Our Newsroom Wins Statewide Honors For Reporting on Police, Public Lands, Native History

The New Mexico Press Women honored reporters and editors from the Ctrl+P Publishing group with 7 awards for excellence in reporting in the organization's 2023 communications …

UNM Press Explores "Reel West"

The University of New Mexico's UNM Press just launched a new series of non-fiction books examining Hollywood Westerns of historical significance. The first two books in the  "Reel West" series, …

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APS Considers Changes to Calendar and Bell Schedules

Albuquerque Public School students could be starting school a week earlier, among other changes, under a newly-proposed calendar by the district. APS announced that the district is considering …

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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City Council Sides with Landlords

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

City Council Watch: Burque City Leaders Chatter Through A Marathon Meeting

With a pile of municipal business on the table, Albuquerque City Councilors worked through a five-plus hour Jan. 18 regular meeting. And some probably left with a city-sized headache as well. Cop …
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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 …
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 …

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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 …

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 …
SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — New Mexico is extending health orders related to COVID-19 one final time through the end of the month. Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham made the announcement Friday that she is …
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 …
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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 …

Senate Advances Gun Bills on Waiting Period, Advertising

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Opportunity Enterprise Review Board Should Focus on Environment, Community, Economic Diversity

In New Mexico, our fiscal house has been fueled by oil and gas. This resource was pumped out from underneath our feet and is part of the structure. It put a lot of people to work and helped put a …

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 …
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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 …
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Buffalo Tract Would Be Protected from Open-pit Gravel Mining

U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) and U.S. Representative Melanie Stansbury (D-N.M.) have introduced the Buffalo Tract Protection Act that withdraws four parcels of Bureau of Land Management …

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 …
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AVANGRID Makes Big Deal To Expand NM Solar Company Biz

The company looking to acquire PNM isn't waiting on the courts or regulators to approve the deal before making big investments in New Mexico's renewable energy community. To make the most of …

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 …
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Governor Suggests Political Fight Over Gun Control Could Force Special Session

By Robert Nott The Santa Fe New Mexican One of Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham's key public safety initiatives may be in trouble, and she hinted the battle over such legislation may force a …

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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