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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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NM Spent $2.6B On School Time With Little Result, Lawmakers Push For Paid Parental Leave For Teachers, & New Mexico Unveils Cancer Control Plan For 2026–2031,
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APS Surpasses 3-Year Reading Goal, But Falls Short In Math, Federal Agency's Proposal To Rescind Chaco Drilling Protections Riles State Leaders, & New UNM President Officially Begins His Term
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Heinrich Pushes DNI Nominee To Hand Over Unredacted Epstein Files To State Investigators, UNMH Not Renewing Contract To Provide Healthcare At MDC, & NM United Stadium Clears Another Legal Hurdle
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Federal Judge Tosses DOJ Suit Seeking State Voter List, Downwinders Push To Expand Nuclear Compensation Law, & State Environment Department Launches Algal Bloom Advisory Map For NM's Lakes
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New Mexico’s Behavioral Health Overhaul Faces A Bumpy Road To Implementation, Lindy’s Diner Owners Sue City Over Bliss Building Demolition, & Roswell Daily Record To Cease Operations
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Nearly 8,000 Claims Pending For Calf Canyon/Hermits Peak Fire Funds, Ranchers Call To Halt To Water Drilling For Border Wall, & City Fines Motel $14,000 For Unsanitary Conditions And Safety Concerns
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NM Childcare Providers Push Back On Proposed Universal Childcare Wage Mandate, AG Says DOJ Is Refusing To Turn Over Unredacted Epstein Files, & Public Safety A Key Issue In Race For CD 2
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Officials Weigh In On Project Jupiter Permit — Along With Impersonators, Undercover Agent Feared For His Life After Tip To Drug Dealer, & Baldwin Fights 'Absolute Immunity' For 'Rust' Prosecutors
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UNM Renews Embattled Law School Dean’s Contract, Heinrich Rescinds Maine Senate Candidate Endorsement Amid Sexual Assault Allegations, & Albuquerque Senior Centers Raise Meal Prices
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Haaland Holds Big Cash Advantage Over Hull In New Mexico's Open Race For Governor & NM AG Investigation Finds Gallup Schools More Severely Discipline Native And Hispanic Students
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Governor's Rebate Proposal Gets Tepid Response From Candidates Vying To Take Her Place In 2027, & NM Supreme Court Affirms Conviction In 2019 Pokémon Go! Killing
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NM Regulators Order Blackstone And TXNM To Unwind $400 Million Stock Sale & Former ENMU-Roswell Security Guard Forced To Resign Over Charlie Kirk Post
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North Valley Mosque Moves Forward After Officials Deny Appeal, Tech Firms Tell Lawmakers That NM Is The ‘Best Place’ For Quantum And Fusion Investment, & Family Remembers Cyclist Killed In Crash
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Gov. Calls For Federal Repayment As Outrage Simmers Over Fentanyl Surge, Kimberly Skaggs Stays In Jail Ahead Of Trial, & APS To Consider Adding Ninth Grade To Roosevelt Middle School
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Governor Calls On Lawmakers To Approve $250 Tax Rebates To Soften Blow Of High Gas Prices, Former UNM Law Dean Defends Carey Amid Calls For Ouster, & Uncertainty Clouds NM’s Electric Vehicle Ambitions
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State GOP Officer Kim Skaggs Charged After Fatal Crash, Jemez Springs Fire Grows To More Than 700 Acres, & Slate Of Forward Party Candidates File To Run In General Election
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County Says Project Jupiter Missed Job Report Deadlines, Governor, Mayor, Sheriff Slam Feds Over Fentanyl Tactics, & New Mexico Wildfires Force Evacuations And Threaten Structures
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Dems Ready To Fill Lt. Gov. Ballot Vacancy, State Judge Denies Independent Candidate Ken Miyagishima's Ballot Access Petition, & New Lawsuit Claims County Withheld Public Documents On Project Jupiter
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Alumni And Students Call On UNM To Oust Law School Dean Over Diversity Concerns, Defense Attorney Faces New Prison Smuggling Charges, & El Niño Returns: What It Means For New Mexico
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Feds Allow Deadly Drugs To 'Walk' Onto ABQ Streets, Feds Stop Paying To Sample LANL Runoff, PRC Examiners Cast Doubt On New Mexico Gas Co. Sale, & Blind New Mexico Man Identifies Cars By Touch
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Maggie Toulouse Oliver To Suspend Campaign For Lieutenant Governor, Military Jamming Disrupted A Medical Plane's GPS System Before It Crashed Last Month In The Capitan Mountains, & More
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Transportation Secretary Visits Albuquerque, Dozens Of Companies Asked To Preserve Records In Epstein Probe, & Lawsuit: APS Substitute Left Class Unattended Before Student's Hand Crushed In Door
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NM's High SNAP Error Rate Could Cost State Up To $173 Million Per Year, NM Senate Dem Floor Leader Peter Wirth Says He Won't Seek Reelection In 2028, & Feds Seek To Thwart NM Suit Against Kalshi
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City Council Votes Down Gross Receipts Tax Increase (Again), FEMA Leader Formerly In Charge Of NM Wildfire Fund Defends Six-Figure Payout, & Largest Wind Project In The US Comes Online In New Mexico
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Keller Refuses To Sign City Budget Over Council Spending In Substitute Bill, Records Detail FBI Moves To Expose DWI Scheme, & Cyclist Deaths In NM Double To Highest Number In 20 Years
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State Lawmaker Overpaid By School District And Wife Collected Unqualified Stipends, Project Jupiter Open House To Present Benefits, & Judge Dismisses Challenge To NM's Universal Childcare Program
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MDC Employees Pack BernCo Commission Meeting Demanding Warden's Removal, NM Supreme Court Rejects Republican Party's Appeal In Dispute Over GOP Rules, & Loyola’s Property Lists For Sale
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Community Erupts In Frustration After Data Center Town Hall Turns Into Job Fair, NM Ranks 49th In The Nation For Child Well-Being, & AG Files Motions To Dismiss Federal Lawsuit On Immigrant Detention
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PRC Hearing Examiners Recommend Reversing $400 Million TXNM Stock Sale To Blackstone, NM Supreme Court Upholds Policy Protecting Drug-Exposed Newborns, & 1st Screwworm Case Confirmed In NM
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Independent Gubernatorial Candidate Files Lawsuit Challenging State's Voter Signature Requirements, NM To Distribute $76M For Rural Healthcare Access, & UNM Making A Bid To Host March Madness Games
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Embattled State GOP Chairwoman Loses Party Job And Then Bid For Reelection, New Mexico's AG Files Suit Against Sports Betting Firm Kalshi, & Proposed North Valley Mosque Spurs Resistance And Vitriol
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More Than 38,000 Independents Voted In NM's First Semi-Open Primary, Haaland And Hull Quickly Shift Focus To November After Primary Election Victories, & County Races Settled
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Results From Primary Elections & Presbyterian Healthcare Services To Drop Most Medicare Advantage Plans And Cut 150 Jobs
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Epstein Truth-Finding Panel Hears Victim Testimony, 180,000+ Voters Have Cast Ballots In Primary Election, Newly Ordained Priest Faces Immigration Uncertainty, & Leadership Change In Journal Newsroom
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Epstein Truth-Finding Commission To Convene, State House Primary Contests Could Determine Chamber’s Political Tilt For Next Two Years, & ABQ Councilors Propose Raising Minimum Wage To $15 An Hour
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SCOTUS Upholds Birthright Citizenship, Fentanyl Drives Spike In NM Overdose Deaths, New Law Streamlining In-Home Childcare Among 20 New Measures Take Effect, & Wheels Museum Looking For Donations
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NM Pushing For Earlier Primary Election Slot In 2028 Election, State Supreme Court Orders APS To Release Details Of Former Superintendent's Departure, & UNM Names Interim Provost To Full-Time Role
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Judge Orders State GOP Chairwoman To Step Down, SCOTUS Settles Long-Running Water Dispute Over Dwindling Rio Grande, NM leads nation in college aid application growth, & State AG Sues Counties
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State Auditor Expresses 'Grave Concern' Over Doña Ana County Probe, Lovelace And Blue Cross Blue Shield Of NM Reach 4-Year Deal, NM Expands Loan Repayment Program In Push To Close Doctor Shortage
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Judge Calls On Both Sides To Take 'Problem-Solving Approach'As 2nd Phase Of Meta Trial Wraps, APD Shots And Injures Man During Domestic Violence Call, & Firefighters Fight Fires In Capitan Mountains
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ABQ City Council Passes $1.47 Billion Budget , PRC Examiners Recommend Sale Of New Mexico Gas Company, & 3 Dead And 18 First Responders Hospitalized After Substance Exposure In Mountainair
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ABQ Homeless Residents Describe Violence And Threats, Trump Lawyer Asks Governor Candidate To Pull Ads, Al Hurricane Jr. Passes Away At 66, & UNM Faculty Union Fights 13% Health Insurance Hike
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Steve Pearce Confirmed As BLM Director, Well-Funded PACs Target NM's Elections Ahead Of Primaries, NM Awards $13 Million For Brackish Water Projects, & Forward Party Qualifies As Minor Political Party
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Four Killed In Medevac Plane Crash Identified, New Mexico Cancer Center Urology Department Faces Possible Closure, & Police Say UNM Students Among Group That Killed Man In Frontier Ambush
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Small Medical Plane Crashes In The Capitan Mountains, BernCO Approves $4M Budget Reconciliation For MDC Medical Costs, & NM Secretary of State Candidate Tweaks TV Ad After Democratic Party Complaints
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City Details Plan For Safe Outdoor Space Near West Side Shelter, NM Tribes Sue Kalshi, NM Health Officials Say Four Corners Hantavirus 'Cannot Spread From Person To Person'
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Business Leaders Ask UNM To Reconsider Meg Whitman As Presidential Candidate, Judge Orders Release Of Inmate At Center Of Dispute Over NM's 'Second Chance' Law, & ABQ Food Park Relocates
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Gregg Hull Not Embracing Frontrunner Label, UNM And Eric Olen Agree To New Contract, UNM President Candidate Pledges To Bring University Into Modern Age, & ABQ Sees String Of Wendy’s Closures
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GOP Candidates For Governor Debate At Journal, Pentagon Releases Files On UFOs, Over 30,000 Young New Mexicans Not Working Or In School, & UNM Business School Receives Large Donation
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MRGDC Halts Water Delivery To Corrales, APS Approves Their Largest Budget Ever, & AG Accuses San Miguel County Landowner Of 'Ongoing Violations' Of Pecos River Public Access Order
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Governor Not Giving Endorsement In Democratic Primary, CNN Founder Ted Turner Dies At 87, Contour Airlines To Begin Service From Ruidoso To Denver, & Silver Street Market In Search Of A New Operator
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Gov. Calls Universal Child Care A Workforce Tool, ABQ City Council Passes Ban On Sitting And Sleeping On Sidewalks, Judge Lets Lawsuits Against UNM And NMSU Move Forward, & ABQ Food Park Set To Close
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Trial Begins Between NM And Meta, Early Voting For Primary Election Begins, Santa Fe Spa Denies Connection To Epstein, & Shots Fired At Las Cruces Church
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State Will Seek $3.7 Billion From Meta At Trial, Haaland And Bregman Talk Policy And Records In 'Debate Games' At CNM, & Local Wine Connoisseurs Say National Downturn Could Be NM’s Moment To Shine
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Bregman And Haaland Draw Contrasts In KOAT Forum, TXNM CEO Says It ‘Would Have Been Beneficial’ To Seek PRC Approval For Stock Sale To Blackstone, & Meta Warns It May Shutdown Services In New Mexico
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Sparks Fly After Judge Issues Order In Lawsuit Targeting Universal Child Care Program, GOP Hopefuls Split Over Future Of Expo NM, & NM Organizations Join US Alliance To Oppose Credit Card Legislation
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Audit Faults Mora County Over Wildfire Funds, BernCo Assessor Sues Treasurer, Two Inmates Die At MDC In The Last Two Days, & Longtime Albuquerque Teachers Union President Retires
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Lindy’s Diner Wall Collapses, Court Ruling Leaves Electric Vehicle Mandates On Track In NM, State Breaks Ground On Reforestation Center, & Blasting To Start On $62M Paseo And Unser Road Project
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The Last Gathering of Nations, NM Schools Using AI To Help Students Improve Reading Scores, Crews Tackle Bosque Fire That Prompted Evacuations In Española, & Diego Pavia Accepts Ravens Camp Invite
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NM Threatens Legal Action And Demands Faster Los Alamos Nuclear Waste Cleanup By 2028 & GOP Targets Swing District with $3.8M Ads As House Control Battle Intensifies
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