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(Jim Thompson/Albuquerque Journal) ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Economic development was the star of the show during Monday’s Albuquerque City Council meeting, with most of the votes centering on large projects that sailed through without dissent. “This is a great agenda,” Councilor Diane Gibson remarked at one point. “I wish we had agendas like this every single meeting.” El Encanto — better known to most of us as the tortilla-making, chile-processing Bueno Foods — had two pieces of business on the agenda. The council approved both: $10 million in tax-exempt, city industrial revenue b...

Campaign season has officially arrived in Albuquerque. Candidates looking to run a publicly financed mayoral campaign can begin testing the waters this week – the first in a series of mile markers during a 2021 election cycle that will determine who occupies the mayor’s office and five city council seats starting in January. Election Day is Nov. 2. Current Mayor Tim Keller already has said he plans to seek a second term and he confirmed Monday that he intends to seek public financing, though he has not made the formal declaration. That will likely happen later this month, he said. ..........

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — Albuquerque City Councilor Lan Sena is accusing a former...

At the first Albuquerque City Council meeting of the calendar year, the governing body unanimously passed the CROWN Act, an amendment to the Albuquerque Human Rights Ordinance that will explicitly prohibit race-based hair discrimination.   The amendment protects against the denial of employment and educational opportunities because of hair ...

   By Morgan Lee, Associated Press The New Mexico Statehouse was largely evacuated on Wednesday as hundreds of supporters of President Donald Trump gathered peacefully outside the building and violence broke out in the nation's Capitol in Washington, D.C. Democratic Speaker Brian Egolf said state police ordered the evacuation of the building that includes the governor´s office and secretary of state’s office, though some officials remained inside. He highlighted concerns about the violence in Washington. A spokesman for the governor's office said there was no indication of threats and u...