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Stay informed with the latest news, insights, and in-depth analysis from the Albuquerque Journal. The Leading News delivers the stories that matter most to New Mexico, covering local events, politics, business, and culture. Join our trusted team of journalists as they bring you up-to-date reporting and expert commentary on the issues shaping our community.
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Candidates Clash Over Political Ties And Track Records In Feisty CD1 Debate, Project Jupiter: Commissioners Push Back On El Paso Electric Connection, & BCSO TV Return Raises Privacy Concerns
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Former Dallas Cowboy Appears At ABQ Indigenous Peoples Day Celebration, Heinrich Touts Bipartisan Bill To Speed Energy Permitting, & APS Seeks Community Feedback For Upcoming Budget
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Journal Poll: Haaland Maintains Lead Over Hull As NM's Race For Gov. Nears Homestretch & Trump Admin 'National Defense Area' Challenged In NM, & Lobos End Cowboys’ 57-Game Preseason Win Streak
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Hull Debates Alone As Haaland Cites Scheduling Conflict, Grant County Data Center Plans Raise Questions, & NM Pipeline Incidents Surge As EPA Plans Regulatory Rollbacks For Oil And Gas
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Trump’s EPA Chief Announces Plans To Roll Back Biden-Era Oil And Gas Regulations, UNM Protesters Demand Action On Sexual Assault Concerns, & Coaches Praise Lobos' Eric Olen At MW Media Days
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City Council Removes Formal Recognition And Standing From Neighborhood Coalitions, Doña Ana County Declares Flood Disaster & NM Dems Accuse Senate Republicans Of Violating AI Campaign Law
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Early Voting Set To Begin In NM Amid Wariness Over Possible Disruptions, Watchdog Files Public Records Suit Against NM Livestock Board, & NM Restaurant Association Names New Chief Executive
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CREDA Poll: State Fairgrounds Redevelopment Would Spur International District Investment, Senate Dems Pick New Floor Leader, & Free Journal Access Expands To New Mexico Students Through JRNL+U
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NM Lawmakers And AG Plan AI Regulation Push During 60-Day Session, State Seeks A Judgment Up To $40 Billion From Meta, & Texas Lawmakers Discuss Annexing Oil-Rich Southeastern New Mexico
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House GOP Leader Accuses Epstein Truth Commission Chairwoman Of Using PR Firm For Politics, Clovis And Southern NM Recover From Flooding, & Landfill Flooding Delays Trash Pickups For BernCo Residents
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Some Hatch Valley Evacuations Lifted After Flooding, See How New Mexico Districts and Schools Performed in Reading, & Affordable Apartment Complex for Seniors Opens in International District
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New Mexico School Districts Face A Costly Fuel Crunch, Parts Of New Mexico Could Break Rainfall Records This Week, & Vasquez, Cunningham In Nationally Watched House Contest
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NM Improves From 50th To 48th In National Child Poverty Rankings, Think Tank Calls For Beefed-Up Ethics, Lobbying Laws At The Roundhouse, & New Mexicans Scramble For Green Chile Amid Crop Losses
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Oracle Invokes ‘Force Majeure’ On Project Jupiter, Jury Deliberations To Continue In NM's Suit Against Facebook, Former Lobos Coach Steve Alford Will Retire After This Season At Nevada
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NM Weighs A Classroom Screen Crackdown, Jurors Begin Deliberations In NM's Third Trial Against Meta, County Appoints Project Jupiter Citizen Monitor Committee, & Gas Prices ‘Likely To Remain Elevated’
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Haaland And Hull Respond After Partners For Impact Publish Open Letter Calling For Debate & Flood Preparations Intensify Across New Mexico As Monsoon Brings Heavy Rain
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Discord Over Debates Grows In NM Governor Race Amid Finger-Pointing, Scheduling Issues, Lieutenant Governor Candidates Step Up For Debate, & Rainy Week To Close New Mexico Monsoon Season
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NM Lawmakers Tell Feds They Are ‘Gravely Concerned’ About Nuclear Safety Risks, Fairgoers Weigh Cost Of State Fair, Lobos Defense Shines In Loss To OU, & UNM Sees Second-Largest Freshman Class Ever
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NM Supreme Court Lifts Stays On Project Jupiter, Bernalillo Starbucks Workers Vote In Favor Of Union, Joining Two Other New Mexico Stores, & State Seeks $5.45 Million In Litigation Costs From Meta
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APS Moves To Consider School Closures, Heinrich Bill Ties Federal Energy Dollars To Union-Friendly Labor Rules, 3 Drown In Navajo Nation Flooding, & NM United Add New Player For Late-Season Impact
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Haaland’s Big Cash Advantage Over Hull Grows In New Mexico’s Gubernatorial Race, Mora County Courthouse Set To Finally Be Completed, & Google Announces It Is ‘Exploring’ A Data Center In SE NM
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NM Department Of Justice Breaks With Secretary Of State And Opposes New Mexico’s Ballot Access Laws, & Former Exec Testifies That Facebook Faced Roadblocks Investigating Cambridge Analytica
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AG’s Office Presses PNM On ‘Unusually High’ Customer Bills, Buttigieg Stumps For Haaland And Vasquez In Las Cruces, & Lands Reopen As 80% Of Soil Across Frijoles Fire Burned At Low Severity
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Former NY Times Photojournalist Reflects On Covering 9/11, City Council Overrides Keller Veto Of City Attorney Ordinance, & Influential State Senator Facing Ethics Complaint Over Sons’ Business
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Toddler Dead After ‘Serious Medical Emergency’ At East Mountains Daycare, Acequia Users Suffer As First Assessment Finds Frijoles Fire Burned At Low Severity, & Heat And Drought Hit State Fair Harvest
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NM Republican Candidates Divided On Whether To Attend GOP Midterm Convention, BCSO Turns To New Surveillance Provider After Parting Ways With Flock, & State Files Lawsuit Against FEMA
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‘Oh Hell No’: New Mexico Leaders React To Trump’s ‘New America’ Post, UNM Researchers Test Animals For Hantavirus In Taos, & New Mexico’s Free School Lunch Program To Remain Intact Despite SNAP Cuts
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In Secretly Recorded Meeting, Tech CEO And Investor Push Officials On Spaceport Data Center & Attorney General Torrez Opposes Trump’s Proposed Changes To Radiation Protection Rules
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Journal Poll: Data Center Opposition Runs High In NM, State Supreme Court Leaves Project Jupiter Permit On Hold, Superintendent: APS Is ‘Strong’ But Has Work To Do, & George Strait Returns To NM
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House Oversight Committee Investigates DEA Fentanyl Tactics Used In NM, Truth Or Consequences Shuts Off Water Citywide, & State Health Officials To Launch Campaign About Looming Medicaid Changes
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Journal Poll: Haaland Leads Hull By Closer-Than-Expected Margin In New Mexico’s Race For Governor & Judge Orders APS To Release Report Stemming From Former Superintendent Winston Brooks’ Resignation
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BCSO To End Flock Contracts Amid Privacy Concerns, Former Albuquerque Mayor Lands Top Role At New Mexico Medical Society, & Trump Admin Sues NM Over In-State Tuition For Undocumented Students
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High Oil Prices Due To Iran War Mean $924 Million In ‘New’ Money For NM, House Speaker Mike Johnson’s Visit Spotlights High-Stakes NM Midterm Race, & About 30 Train Cars Derail Outside Santa Rosa
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Gubernatorial Candidates Stake Out Competing Policy Positions During Congenial Forum, DOE And Pacific Fusion Announce Partnership As Company Breaks Ground In Albuquerque, & Dolly Parton Dies At 80
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NM Supreme Court Pauses Project Jupiter Air Permit, U.S. House Speaker Mike Johnson To Stump For Greg Cunningham In Visit To New Mexico, Crew Member On Frijoles Fire Dies After ‘Medical Incident’
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Navajo Code Talker Descendants Criticize NM’s New Plan for Museum, NM Supreme Court Pauses Project Jupiter Air Permit, & NM U.S. Rep. Calls for Investigation Into Toxic Metals in Fire Retardants
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Wildlife Officials Have Euthanized More Than 100 Bears This Year, Cannabis Industry Fears Rocky Transition As NM Prepares To Switch Tracking System, & More APS Grads Are Earning College Credit
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DNC Chairman Says NM Poised To Play Leading Role In 2028 Presidential Primary, NM Gun Intelligence Center Links Firearms To 527 Crimes Across State, & Trump Taps Doctor With NM Ties To Lead FDA
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Corrales Drought Has Caused Some Farmers to Lose Crops, ICE Turns to Checking Jail Records Amid Immigrant-Friendly Policies, & When Will UNM Name a Starting Quarterback? Sooner Rather Than Later
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Watchdog To Review DEA Tactic That Allowed Fentanyl To Hit Albuquerque Streets, State Democratic Party Secretary Files Lawsuit Saying She Was Illegally Removed From Post, & Frijole Fire Grows
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Keller Pushes ‘Abundance Agenda’ In State Of The City Address, New Mexico Among States Chosen By Dems For Early Primaries, & NM Approves $40M To Rebuild Rural Behavioral Health Services
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Stapleton Trial In The Hands Of Jury, Frijoles Fire Holds Steady For First Time In 5 Days, & Albuquerque Launches Program To Put Vacant City Land To Use
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National Guard Deployments Cost State $22M With No ‘Clear’ Crime Impact, NM Keeps Regular Vaccine Schedule Despite Trump Order & Albertsons Pulls 59 Items Made With Recalled Jalapeños From NM Stores
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Frijoles Fire Exceeds 6,000 Acres In Pecos Wilderness, Outside Law Firm Could Receive Nearly $68 Million From Verdicts In Meta Lawsuit, & Stapleton Co-Defendant Testifies In Federal Case
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Frijoles Fire Expands To More Than 4,000 Acres In Northern NM And Leads To Evacuations. Prosecutors Seek Exhumation In 2002 Rape Case, NM Eases Rules For AI Reading Test
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Third DEA Whistleblower Alleges Retaliation Over Fentanyl Seizures, Vacant House Seat In Southern NM Prompts Dispute Between Legislative Leaders, & Can NM Capitalize On A New Federal Housing Push?
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Judge Orders Meta To Pay $567 Million Over Harm To New Mexico Youth, State Official Says Stapleton Pressured Her To Buy Co-Defendant’s Software, & NM Delegation Demands Answers In Fatal Medevac Crash
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ABQ Schools Are Shutting Down As Student Enrollment Declines, Truth Commission Report Says Epstein Likely Got 'Favorable Treatment' From NM Law Enforcement, & 2026 Balloon Fiesta Poster Unveiled
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New Mexico's Push For 2028 Early Primary Status Could Encounter Logistical Challenges, Stapleton’s Lawyer Says She’s 'Not 100% Innocent', & Second Whistleblower Lawsuit Filed Against ECECD
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Jury Selection Begins For Former NM House Majority Leader, AG Torrez Pushes For DEA Fentanyl Records From Feds, & Southern NM Village Declares Drinking Water Emergency
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Young Park Shooter Sentenced To Life In Prison, Bernalillo County Agrees To Pay $2 Million To Families Of First Responders Killed In Helicopter Crash, & Could New Mexico Buy Its Own Power Company?
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State Regulators Approve New Mexico Gas Co. Sale To Private Equity Firm, Tax-Free Weekend Becomes A Lifeline For NM Families, & Santa Fe’s Century Bank CEO Out Amid Takeover Bid
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Democrats Select Garcia Richard As Lieutenant Governor Candidate, Governor And AG Spar Over CYFD Lawsuit, & ‘Unacceptable’ Use of Force At County Meeting Draws Criticism
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NM Attorney General Sues CYFD Over Expatriated Teen, Federal Agents Turn Up Dozens Of Venomous Snakes In South Valley Drug Raid, & Democratic Lt. Governor Candidates Tout Experience In Final Plea
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Gallup Officials Say An AI News Outlet Is Getting In The Way As They Respond To Recent Flooding, Ex-Navy SEAL Sentenced In Plot To Throw Explosives At Police, & Literacy Test Behind The Voting Curtain
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CYFD Details ‘Virtual Home’ Visits Before Teen Was Left At Border To Reunite With Mother & Gov. Issues Executive Order In Response To Recent Floods In Western NM, & 20 Years of Rail Runner Service
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NMSC Denies Petition Challenging State's Universal Childcare Program, Vasquez Calls Out Unauthorized Wells In Luna County, & NM Dems To Use Ranked-Choice Voting To Pick New Lt. Gov Nominee
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CYFD Drops NM Teen At Texas/Mexico Border Crossing, Pueblo Leaders And Congressional Delegates Rally To Protect Chaco Canyon, & Crime Drops In Most Categories – But Drug Offenses Surge 76%
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Federal Court Readies Trial For Former State House Majority Leader, Sierra County Enacts 18-Month Data Center Moratorium, CYFD Provides Progress Report, & Fired NMHU Administrator Sues University
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Teachers Head Back To Class As Financial Literacy Expands, Miyagishima Endorses Hull After Dropping Bid For Governor, & ICE Detainees Say Tap Water Causing Skin Problems Amid Local Water Emergency
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