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WED: Downwinders call on public to pressure congress on RECA, Peña facing new federal charges + MoreAn effort to extend and expand compensation to people exposed to radiation from federal nuclear testing and uranium mining was not included in the $1.2 trillion funding package signed by President Joe Biden this week.
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An overwhelming majority of the New Mexico Democratic Party’s membership this month voted in favor of a ceasefire in Israel’s war in Gaza, an end to the blockade on aid, a pause on U.S. military aid to Israel and the release of hostages on both sides. Plus, New Mexico officials raises concerns about the federal government's plans for repackaging and shipping to WIPP a collection of drums filled with the same kind of materials that prompted a radiation release at the repository in 2014.
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President Joe Biden on Wednesday celebrated an agreement to provide Intel with up to $8.5 billion in direct funding and $11 billion in loans for computer chip plants around the country, including New Mexico.
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Helping asylum seekers and migrants and recognizing the impact of the atomic industry on downwinders topped the short Albuquerque City Council meeting held on March 18.
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Muhammad Syed, an Afghan refugee, was found guilty Monday of first-degree murder in one of three fatal shootings that shook Albuquerque's Muslim community during the summer of 2022.
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A fourth Albuquerque Police Department officer has resigned rather than be interviewed as part of an internal investigation into allegations of misconduct by DWI officers.
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After three false starts, Councilor Louie Sanchez is getting some traction in getting the City Council to chastise Chief Harold Medina after what he calls a pattern of mismanagement and scandals.
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The city of Albuquerque is rolling out its own ridesharing-type service Monday. It’s an approach called “microtransit” and is meant to meet the needs of those in neighborhoods without bus service.
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Prosecutors delivered opening statements in what is the first trial for Muhammad Syed, 53. He faces separate trials for each victim, the first being 41-year-old Aftab Hussein. The other trials will happen over the course of the coming months. Police have also identified him as the suspect in the killing of a fourth Muslim man, but no charges have been filed in that case.
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New Mexico’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate rose slightly in January from the same time a year ago, to 4% from 3.6%. But it remained unchanged from December.
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New Mexico's State Land Office will withhold lease sales indefinitely on its most promising tracts for oil and natural gas development in the Permian Basin as it seeks approval by the state Legislature to increase top-tier royalty rates, Land Commissioner Stephanie Garcia Richard said Thursday.
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Now that jurors in New Mexico have convicted a movie weapons supervisor of involuntary manslaughter in the fatal shooting of a cinematographer by Alec Baldwin on the set of the Western film "Rust," attention will turn to the actor's own trial.