A Slow Progress Forward Unm’s New President Must Face Past And Future Last week—after some resistance from the faculty, believe it or not—the state’s flagship university chose its 22nd president from a lofty contingent of [...] August March \ Nov 09, 2017 Read More Welcome, Madame President! (Zach Baker via The Maneater)
Odds & Ends Odds & Ends Kentucky Fried Chicken released a fried chicken-scented bath bomb in Japan. KFC Japan teamed up with Japanese novelty retailers Village Vanguard to release [...] Joshua Lee \ Nov 09, 2017 Read More
Council Watch: Ido, Beggars And A Fresco Civic Improvement, Safety At Issue Taking a cue from ancient Roman leaders, Albuquerque City Councilors made it a crime to give beggars a quarter along busy roadways, commissioned [...] Carolyn Carlson \ Nov 09, 2017 Read More Patriotic City Councilors Trudy Jones and Ken Sanchez (Eric Williams Photography)
County Matters: The Commission’s Progress County Lawmakers Work On Minimum Wage, Public Health Without a lot of hoopla, the folks over at the Bernalillo County Commission set the foundation for mental health and substance abuse programs, [...] Carolyn Carlson \ Nov 02, 2017 Read More BernCo Commissioner Maggie Hart Stebbins (Carolyn Carlson)
Odds & Ends Odds & Ends A judge in Utah served an eviction notice to an unborn child last week. According to reports, Kaylee Bays, a judicial assistant at [...] Joshua Lee \ Nov 02, 2017 Read More
Newscity: Ped Accepts Science Standards Language Ped Accepts Science Standards Language Education Secretary-designate Christopher Ruszkowski announced last week that the New Mexico Public Education Department would be adopting the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS) [...] Joshua Lee \ Nov 02, 2017 Read More
Don’t Vote For Trump Again “Sitting in the stand of the sports arena/ Waiting for the show to begin/ Red lights, green lights, strawberry wine/ A good friend [...] August March \ Nov 02, 2017 Read More Tim Keller (Eric Williams Photography)
Letters: Unprovable Assumptions? Unprovable Assumptions? Steven Dapra wrote [Alibi v26, i43] that the proposed changes to this failed state’s scientific standards have no merit? Even if the age [...] Alibi \ Nov 02, 2017 Read More
Why The ¡Ask A Mexican! Column Has Come To An End Dear Readers: Many of ustedes must be scratching your heads right now. “What happened to ¡Ask a Mexican!” you’re preguntando yourselves. “Who the [...] Gustavo Arellano \ Oct 26, 2017 Read More Gustavo Arellano
Newscity: State Ag: Rio Rancho Overcharged For Public Records State Ag: Rio Rancho Overcharged For Public Records The New Mexico Attorney General’s office said the city of Rio Rancho violated state public records law by requiring a $30 payment for [...] Joshua Lee \ Oct 26, 2017 Read More