Primary Fight 2014: Both Parties Gear Up For November’s Battle Royale Both Parties Gear Up For November’s Battle Royale Just in case you can’t tell by the television ads and political signs jutting out of the xeriscape lawns, it’s election season here [...] Barron Jones \ May 29, 2014 Read More
Mediating Heroin And Harm Reduction: Expanding Access To Treatment May Reduce Nm’s High Rate Of Overdose Expanding Access To Treatment May Reduce Nm’s High Rate Of Overdose It’s been more than a month since Oscar-winning actor Philip Seymour Hoffman died in his Greenwich Village apartment with a needle in his [...] Barron Jones \ Mar 06, 2014 Read More
Wage Increase Ballot Measure Sinks In Committee: State Legislature Opts For More Jobs, More Poverty State Legislature Opts For More Jobs, More Poverty Every few months, a new report is released detailing just how pitifully New Mexico ranks when it comes to quality of life measures [...] Barron Jones \ Feb 27, 2014 Read More
Demonstrators Denounce Anti-Abortion Shills On Civic Plaza A coalition of abortion-rights activists, local politicians and members of the Jewish community held a rally Tuesday afternoon in downtown Albuquerque to denounce [...] Barron Jones \ Aug 22, 2013 Read More
A Tale Of Two Probation Offices: Corrections Consolidation Raises Hackles Downtown Corrections Consolidation Raises Hackles Downtown A controversy is heating up between local youth groups and the New Mexico Corrections Department (NMCD) over plans to relocate its probation and [...] Barron Jones \ Aug 22, 2013 Read More Plaza Maya (Eric Williams ericwphoto.com)
Teenage Protest Pilgrimage Arrives: Young Adults Bused In To Reinforce Local Pro-Life Movement Young Adults Bused In To Reinforce Local Pro-Life Movement The battle to limit access to late-term abortions in Albuquerque took an unexpected turn last week with help from an unlikely source. Teens [...] Barron Jones \ Aug 15, 2013 Read More Anti-abortion activists protest at Southwestern Women’s Options on Lomas on Thursday, Aug. 8, 2013. (Barron Jones)
Growing Pains: Real Estate And Retail Markets Spur Change In Nob Hill Real Estate And Retail Markets Spur Change In Nob Hill If you’ve traveled along Central near Richmond lately, chances are you have seen the huge going-out-of-business sign stretched across the marquee of Nob [...] Barron Jones \ Aug 08, 2013 Read More (Eric Williams ericwphoto.com)
Chief Concerns: Interim Police Chief Named As Schultz’s Retirement Nears Interim Police Chief Named As Schultz’s Retirement Nears After eight years marked by several controversial officer-involved shootings, multi-million dollar verdicts and a U.S. Department of Justice investigation, Albuquerque is getting a [...] Barron Jones \ Jul 25, 2013 Read More
Prescription For Termination: Medical Marijuana Laws Conflict With Employers’ Drug Testing Policies Medical Marijuana Laws Conflict With Employers’ Drug Testing Policies Over the past decade, use of medical marijuana has gained increasing support from the American public. Through ballot measures and legislative actions, citizens [...] Barron Jones \ Jul 18, 2013 Read More
Back Of The Bus: Shuttle Driver Deems Same-Sex Hand-Holding “Inappropriate” Shuttle Driver Deems Same-Sex Hand-Holding “Inappropriate” Almost two weeks ago, the U.S. Supreme Court handed down its historic decisions overturning the Defense of Marriage Act and reinstating a California [...] Barron Jones \ Jul 11, 2013 Read More Wes Peck via Compfight cc