ALBUQUERQUE, New Mexico, April 11 -- Bernalillo County issued the following news release on April 10, 2024: Commissioner Walt Benson reiterates the comments he made at the commission meeting last evening regarding the County Manager Hiring Process Resolution passed last night. "I did not vote for the resolution presented by Chair Barbara Baca," say Commissioner Benson. "The County Manager is the Chief Executive of the entire county budget, administration, personnel and operations. It's the mos  more

ALBUQUERQUE, New Mexico, April 11 -- Bernalillo County issued the following statement on April 10, 2024, by Commissioner Steven Michael Quezada: * * * Bernalillo County District 2 Commissioner Steven Michael Quezada issued the following statement today following last night's vote by the commission regarding the selection process for a new county manager. "I am deeply disappointed by the actions of Commissioners Baca, Olivas, and Barboa, who persist in silencing the voices of residents in Dist  more

ALBUQUERQUE, New Mexico, April 12 -- Bernalillo County issued the following news release: Bernalillo County Commissioners Steven Michael Quezada and Walt Benson stand in full support of the New Mexico Foundation for Open Government (FOG) and its unwavering commitment to transparency and accountability in governmental affairs. In response to FOG's recent appeal to the New Mexico Department of Justice to investigate potential violations of the New Mexico Open Meetings Act by the Bernalillo County  more

ALBUQUERQUE, New Mexico, April 12 -- Bernalillo County issued the following news release: After three years, Bernalillo County's Emergency Rental Assistance funds have been expended. As part of covid relief funding from the federal American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA), Bernalillo County was awarded $17.4 million for the Bernalillo County Relief of Emergency Needs for Tenants (RENT) assistance program to support households that were unable to pay rent and utilities due to the coronavirus (COVID-19)   more

WASHINGTON, April 11 -- The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee issued the following news release: This week, the Arizona Supreme Court ruled to allow an 1864 abortion ban - with no exceptions for rape or incest and that criminalizes anyone who helps a patient get an abortion - to stand. Yvette Herrell celebrated the Supreme Court overturning Roe v. Wade, paving the way for the archaic and cruel abortion ban. Herrell has also supported multiple anti-abortion bills in both the New Mexic  more

LAS CRUCES, New Mexico, April 12 (TNSres) -- New Mexico State University issued the following news release: Thanks to the National Endowment for the Humanities Summer Stipend program, Jamie Bronstein, a New Mexico State University history professor, will be researching what was once known as New Mexico's "Territorial Insane Asylum." A transatlantic historian, usually focused on Britain and the United States, Bronstein in recent years has grown interested in less researched areas of New Mexico   more

LAS CRUCES, New Mexico, April 12 -- New Mexico State University issued the following news release: Elizabeth England-Kennedy, an assistant professor of public health at New Mexico State University, has been awarded the 2024 Karen Denard Goldman Mentor Award from the Society for Public Health Education. The Society for Public Health Education, or SOPHE, is an independent professional society of health educators, academics and education researchers that supports leaders in public health and heal  more