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ABQ Mayor Announces New Immigration Policy
Federal immigration agents will now check status of everyone arrested and taken to jail. Mayor Richard Berry this afternoon announced a new immigration policy that he says will... Read more »
ABQ Overcharges Commercial Trash Customers
City Hall is auditing thousands of trash customers to find billing errors, offer credits. The city of Albuquerque overcharged several commercial trash customers at least $174,000 in the... Read more »
County Meeting Wrapup
Bernalillo County commissioners adopted a budget for the coming year and approved a lease agreement to allow a school for the deaf to operate out of a county building Downtown.... Read more »
County Commission to take up budget
A flat budget for the coming year is on the agenda for Bernalillo County commissioners tomorrow (Tuesday). The meeting is scheduled for 3:30 p.m. Here’s an agenda and a story... Read more »
ABQ City Council Cancels Meeting
City councilors are taking the night off I can’t recall the council ever having canceled a meeting for lack of agenda items, but that’s just what they did today.... Read more »
Unions Suggest Tax Increase, Employee Buyouts
Union leaders proposed a tax increase, charging for 311 calls, closing the Balloon Museum for most of the year and voluntary employee buyouts to help the city of Albuquerque balance... Read more »
BREAKING: Berry Proposes Pay Cuts, No Tax Increases
Mayor Richard Berry’s first proposed budget would cut employee wages an average of 3 percent, eliminate 160 vacant positions and raise garbage rates about $2. But the $455... Read more »
Wiener Shows Up at Anti-Wiener Rally
A crowd of about 50 people confronted County Commissioner Michael Wiener on Monday, demanding his resignation for having forwarded a racist joke through e-mail. Wiener apologized to the... Read more »
BREAKING: Miscommunication Blamed in Giraffe Disposal
It was miscommunication, not insubordination, that led to the remains of a beloved zoo giraffe ending up in a city trash bin, according to an internal city investigation. ... Read more »
Anxiety, Frustration Boiling Over at City Hall
City Hall is an awfully tense place nowadays. Everyone, it seems, is worried about the budget. There’s talk of pay cuts, furloughs and layoffs — though we don’t really know... Read more »
County Candidates, City Investigation
Candidates for Bernalillo County office can expect plenty of competition this year. No one will be getting a free shot at the three County Commission seats on the ballot, the... Read more »
Rob Perry Nominated for City Attorney
Mayor Richard Berry this afternoon nominated Rob Perry to serve as Albuquerque’s city attorney. The appointment will require confirmation from the City Council. Perry has been working in private practice... Read more »
