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Breaking: ABQ Council Rejects New Xeriscape Measure
Keep watering that grass: City councilors late Monday decided that homeowners’ associations can continue requiring their members to plant at least some turf grass. The debate came... Read more »
BREAKING: Mayor to Reduce Employee Wages
Albuquerque Mayor Richard Berry announced Friday that he will reduce wages for thousands of city employees to help balance this year’s budget. In some cases, the administration... Read more »
BREAKING: Mayor Cuts Police Wages
Mayor Richard Berry continued the cost cutting at City Hall on Friday with a 2.41 percent wage reduction for police officers. The announcement came after the mayor said... Read more »
UPDATED: No Pay Agreements Yet at City Hall
No agreement by mayor, 7 employee unions by midnight, start of the fiscal year. Mayor Richard Berry came out minutes after midnight and said no agreements were reached. “Obviously,... Read more »
UPDATED: No Agreements at City Hall
The mayoral administration and its seven employee unions didn’t reach agreement by midnight, the start of the fiscal year. Mayor Richard Berry just came out and said no... Read more »
Some Parking Rates Up at Airport
It’s going to cost a little extra to park all day at the Albuquerque International Sunport. Starting Thursday, customers who park for more than six hours in the... Read more »
Mayor Celebrates New Downtown Park
Mayor Richard Berry and the Downtown Action Team celebrated the opening of a new “pocket” park near Second and Gold SW. They said it’s the first new park... Read more »
BREAKING: ABQ Mayor Approves Budget
Albuquerque Mayor Richard Berry signed a $455 million operating budget that calls for 2.22 percent reductions in employee pay. The budget may be signed, but much of the... Read more »
Berry: My Budget, Council Budget Pretty Similar
Albuquerque’s mayor won’t say whether he plans to use line-item veto power. Mayor Richard Berry says he and the City Council agree on “99.3 percent” of the city’s... Read more »
BREAKING: ABQ Council Passes Operating Budget
City councilors passed a $455 million budget that reduces spending about 1 percent. Most city employees would face a combination of unpaid holidays and a 1.5 percent... Read more »
Breaking: ABQ Mayor’s New Immigration Policy Survives
A City Council vote to overturn Mayor Richard Berry’s immigration procedure fails by one vote. Well, that was about as close as you can get. After hours of... Read more »
UPDATE: ABQ Investigates Lorikeet Deaths
Zookeepers say E. coli may be to blame for the deaths of 31 birds More than a third of the 80 lorikeets at the Rio Grande Zoo have... Read more »
