More than half of the city’s most likely voters agree on one thing: Keller has not yet convinced them he deserves a second term.
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NM Awards $2 Million ‘Academic Coach’ Contract To Utah Company
SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — New Mexico education officials are on track to renew a $2 million contract for a Utah-based education company to call and text struggling students, usually when they’ve been chronically absent from school. State and school district officials welcome the help but haven’t evaluated the program to see if it actually […]
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MLG Raises More Than Double Seven GOP Candidates Combined
Although the gubernatorial election is still a year away, early financial reports show that all six GOP candidates have raised far less than incumbent Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham. Of the seven GOP gubernatorial candidates, only three appear to show any financial strength: Rebecca Dow, Louie Sanchez and Greg Zanetti. State House Representative Rebecca Dow has […]
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#MeToo Four Years Later: “I’d Like To Think We Are Believed”
By JOCELYN NOVECK and MARYCLAIRE DALE Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — To Charlotte Bennett, the new book that arrived at her Manhattan apartment this week — Anita Hill’s “Believing” — was more than just a look at gender violence. It was a dispatch from a fellow member of a very specific sisterhood — women […]
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Cities, Police Unions Clash As Vaccine Mandates Take Effect
By BOBBY CAINA CALVAN and JOHN SEEWER Associated Press – Police departments around the U.S. that are requiring officers to get vaccinated against COVID-19 are running up against pockets of resistance that some fear could leave law enforcement shorthanded and undermine public safety. Police unions and officers are pushing back by filing lawsuits to block […]
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Judge Denies Lab Workers’ Claim In Vaccine Fight
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — A New Mexico judge on Friday denied a request by dozens of scientists and others at Los Alamos National Laboratory to block a vaccine mandate, meaning workers risk being fired if they don’t comply with the lab’s afternoon deadline. The case comes as New Mexico extends a mask mandate for indoor […]
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Courthouse Dog Comforts Victims And Employees
The Bernalillo County District Attorney’s office’s busiest employee might just be a 6-year-old oversized English lab who more closely resembles a teddy bear than a dog. Woodstock is the DA’s courthouse service dog. Canine companions offer a form of therapeutic jurisprudence for use in the courtroom. Despite his calm and pleasant demeanor, Woodstock also boasts […]
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CNM Program Connects New Mexicans to Cannabis Industry Jobs
CNM Ingenuity, the enterprise arm of Central New Mexico Community College, is launching a new online program specifically designed to meet New Mexico’s mandated training requirements for cannabis industry employees and employers. CNMI has partnered with SeedCrest, a New Mexico-based cannabis curriculum provider, to offer the Cannabis Establishment Technician (CET) Certificate program. The 40-hour CET […]
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Suspect Confesses To Three Albuquerque Cold Cases
APD detectives released information Friday about the third cold case murder from the 1980s linked to suspect Paul Raymond Apodaca. Detectives say they are preparing to charge Apodaca for the 1988 shooting death of 13-year-old Stella Gonzales. Gabaldon was walking with a friend along Central Ave., east of Tingley Dr. about 1:15 am on Sept. […]
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CYFD and NM Foster Care Agency Covered Up Child Abuse, Lawsuit Claims
Nearly three years ago, a private foster care company named La Familia-Namaste closed its doors following revelations of horrific child abuse. The company, which cared for some of the most vulnerable children in state custody, had sent a brother and sister to the Farmington home of foster parent Hope Graciano, who beat the children so […]
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APD Civilian Oversight Director To Resign
Ed Harness says that his six-year term as director of the city’s troubled Civilian Police Oversight Agency has been so exceptional he should be automatically reappointed for another term, but his civilian oversight board and the DOJ monitor overseeing the city reform efforts disagree. On Tuesday night, that division played out in public. Harness announced […]