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09/04/2024

A recent social media back-and-forth between cannabis advocates and Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis staffer Christina Pushaw got heated as the state prepares to vote on legalization. Last month Pushaw, a senior management analyst for the governor’s office, posted on X, criticizing the proposed Florida legalization initiative. “ also doesn’t allow home growing. Why is it that other states that have passed recreational ma*****na also allow individuals to home grow, but Florida’s Amendment 3 specifically does NOT?...

A recent social media back-and-forth between cannabis advocates and Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis staffer Christina Pushaw got heated as the state prepares to

09/04/2024

Attitudes toward the use of ma*****na in sports are changing rapidly. Major sports leagues in the U.S. are easing restrictions and advocates are calling for an end to cannabis testing at the Olympics. Just before the end of the 2024 Summer Olympics last month, a survey commissioned by Boca Recovery Center revealed that a significant majority of Americans believe Olympic athletes should be allowed to use ma*****na without facing penalties....

Attitudes toward the use of ma*****na in sports are changing rapidly. Major sports leagues in the U.S. are easing restrictions and advocates are calling

09/04/2024

By Elizabeth McCall, City Desk ABQ Sometimes it may seem that public concerns brought to city officials go willfully unheard. But one University of New Mexico student’s persistence and determination on pedestrian safety got her a scheduled meeting with city development heads. Like most students with busy schedules, Jackie Davis risks jaywalking across Central Avenue near UNM. After noticing hundreds of people crossing the same “dangerous” street, Davis decided to take action....

By Elizabeth McCall, City Desk ABQ Sometimes it may seem that public concerns brought to city officials go willfully unheard. But one University of New

09/04/2024

Ginger Dunnill started the podcast Broken Boxes a decade ago as a way to stay tuned in to the arts community after she had children. She was familiar with other podcasts like This American Life and The Moth, but she says when she started the project, she didn’t see podcasts as a big platform for activism like they are now....

Ginger Dunnill started the podcast Broken Boxes a decade ago as a way to stay tuned in to the arts community after she had children. She was familiar with

08/29/2024

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08/28/2024

A federal judge has ruled that three Tennessee Department of Children’s Services (DCS) employees can be held liable for taking five children away from a mother following a misdemeanor traffic stop involving ma*****na. According to Tennessee Lookout, a woman, her partner and her five children were driving to a family funeral when police conducted a traffic stop. The officers said they smelled ma*****na and conducted a search, finding less than 5 grams in the vehicle....

A federal judge has ruled that three Tennessee Department of Children’s Services (DCS) employees can be held liable for taking five children away from a

08/28/2024

At the Democratic National Convention last week, delegates approved a party platform that highlights President Joe Biden’s actions on ma*****na reform — including his pardons and rescheduling efforts — and advocates for further expungement of prior ma*****na convictions. However, unlike the 2020 platform, this version fails to promote broader cannabis law reform. The final Democratic platform was approved by party delegates during the first day of the convention....

At the Democratic National Convention last week, delegates approved a party platform that highlights President Joe Biden’s actions on ma*****na reform —

08/28/2024

This September, The Outpost Performance Space will be giving hepcats a heavy dose of live music and everything jazz at one of the venue's most beloved events, the 18th Annual New Mexico Jazz Festival. This year’s festival will feature one of the hippest vocalists in the modern jazz scene: Dallas-born, Grammy-nominated, multiple-award-winning, six-octave-ranged songstress Jazzmeia Horn. Jazzmeia Horn — yes that is her real name — was raised in a Southern Baptist home in Texas and has been singing since she was 3....

This September, The Outpost Performance Space will be giving hepcats a heavy dose of live music and everything jazz at one of the venue's most beloved

08/28/2024

The Launchpad is cleared for a special landing Aug. 30. Some very high-energy life forms will be hitting the stage with their out-of-this-world brand of poppy, “Japanese-action-comic-entertainment-punk-rock,” but the musical performance by Peelander-Z may be eclipsed by their cosmically amusing costumes and stage show. Peelander-Z frontman Kengo Hioki — known on his home planet as Peelander Yellow — doesn't break character when he divulges the details of his travels through the universe, a bizarre tale about the band’s trek from Japan to New York City before crash landing in Austin....

The Launchpad is cleared for a special landing Aug. 30. Some very high-energy life forms will be hitting the stage with their out-of-this-world brand of

08/28/2024

By Elizabeth McCall, City Desk ABQ Ranked choice voting has been adopted in cities such as Santa Fe and Las Cruces but the idea of implementing the voting system has been voted down by Albuquerque city councilors for years. The City Council most recently voted against ranked choice voting — a system that allows voters to rank candidates by preference on a ballot — during its…...

By Elizabeth McCall, City Desk ABQ Ranked choice voting has been adopted in cities such as Santa Fe and Las Cruces but the idea of implementing the voting

08/28/2024

The Daily Show took a shot at Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham for saying New Mexico is feeling “En Fuego” during her speech at the Democratic National Convention. Hey Daily Show, only New Mexicans are allowed to make fun of our governor. The Albuquerque City Council denied a neighborhood’s appeal of a new soccer stadium at the Balloon Fiesta Park. Alameda is already a hot mess as it is, what’s one more thing?...

The Daily Show took a shot at Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham for saying New Mexico is feeling “En Fuego” during her speech at the Democratic National

08/28/2024

The 2024 Democratic and Republican conventions are now part of the history books. Having attended four Democratic conventions, I know each has its own flavor and spirit. Conventions help show voters the contrast between parties and candidates. For every convention, there is anticipation and media hype prior to the event. Candidates have completed the primary process, and it’s time to come together behind a candidate....

The 2024 Democratic and Republican conventions are now part of the history books. Having attended four Democratic conventions, I know each has its own

08/28/2024

Smedley Butler was a U.S. Marine for 33 years, 1898-1931. He became a major general — the Marines’ highest rank at that time. Four years after he returned, Smedley Butler wrote he had been a GANGSTER for U.S. CAPITALISM ROBBING Mexico, Haiti, Cuba, Nicaragua, Honduras, Dominican Republic, China. He wrote the book in our local library “WAR IS A RACKET.” He said, “For a great many years I had a suspicion that war was a racket, not until I returned to civil life did I fully realize it.” Smedley Butler closed his book with “TO HELL WITH WAR.”...

Smedley Butler was a U.S. Marine for 33 years, 1898-1931. He became a major general — the Marines’ highest rank at that time. Four years after he

08/28/2024

One day apart, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. ended his presidential campaign, and Jeff Apodaca defended The New Mexico Project in court. The scions of two political families are very different personally, but both have struggled to carve out their place in public life. Both stepped outside the inherited cocoon of the Democratic Party and attempted to cut a path through the political jungle on their own....

One day apart, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. ended his presidential campaign, and Jeff Apodaca defended The New Mexico Project in court.  The scions of two

08/22/2024

Smack-dab between the University of New Mexico and Central New Mexico Community College sits a moderately sized building that has sat vacant for years. Wedged in the corner of Lead Avenue and Yale Avenue, the building is now home to Smokin Joe’s Coffee and Cannabis, a dispensary and coffee shop. In a time when more established dispensaries are trying to stay afloat in a saturated market, co-owner Aaron “Buck” Burnett says his plan to separate from the pack is a “cannabis plus” model that offers a quick and easy shopping experience for customers....

Smack-dab between the University of New Mexico and Central New Mexico Community College sits a moderately sized building that has sat vacant for years.

08/21/2024

Do you know which Smokey came first? OR who Hotfoot Teddy is? Find out that and more in this week's cover story.

Many people, even those who have lived in New Mexico for a while, might be under the impression that “Capitan’s favorite son,” the real-life Smokey Bear,

08/21/2024

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08/21/2024

“Ex Novo means from scratch,” points out storied Albuquerque chef Mark Quiñones. Talking excitedly in between shouting orders to his kitchen crew of more than 20 at the newly opened Ex Novo Brewing Company’s Downtown location, Quiñones recalls that when he met Corrales brewpub founder and owner Joel Gregory the two got to talking “about what mattered to us most. And what we had in common was people and our love for community....

“Ex Novo means from scratch,” points out storied Albuquerque chef Mark Quiñones. Talking excitedly in between shouting orders to his kitchen crew of more

08/21/2024

Since the U.S. Supreme Court blessed local government bans on public camping, many have tried to sweep away their homeless camps. They just pop up again somewhere else, or individuals fan out to new places. Where are they supposed to go? Courts don’t answer that question. Neither do local governments. Except Las Cruces, where Camp Hope, a sanctioned homeless encampment, has been thriving for 13 years at no cost to taxpayers....

Since the U.S. Supreme Court blessed local government bans on public camping, many have tried to sweep away their homeless camps. They just pop up again

08/21/2024

As the presidential election approaches, it’s becoming clearer that cannabis policy might be a point of interest for voters. With the Kamala Harris campaign leaning into the vice president’s pro-weed agenda, contender Donald Trump is now shifting his position to the soft support of legalization. The former president is also attempting to use Harris’ poor history of cannabis prosecutions as a talking point against her....

As the presidential election approaches, it’s becoming clearer that cannabis policy might be a point of interest for voters. With the Kamala Harris

08/21/2024

This story is republished from Source NM as a part of our commitment to bringing you the best in independent news coverage that matters to Albuquerque. By Patrick Lohmann, Source New Mexico Amid increasing Democratic criticism, Republican congressional candidate Yvette Herrell said Wednesday that she is broadly supportive of extending and expanding the Radiation Exposure Compensation Act, including the $50 billion bill that sits unheard on GOP House Speaker Mike Johnson’s desk. ...

This story is republished from Source NM as a part of our commitment to bringing you the best in independent news coverage that matters to Albuquerque. By

08/21/2024

If you are a retiree from New Mexico state or local government, you probably recently received a letter from PERA telling you about your pension increase starting in July. PERA is the Public Employees Retirement Association, which administers your pension. You probably also received a packet from PERA inviting you to vote in the PERA board election, which is taking place now by mail....

If you are a retiree from New Mexico state or local government, you probably recently received a letter from PERA telling you about your pension increase

08/21/2024

ExxonMobil will be the first title sponsor for next year’s Balloon Fiesta since Kodak in 2001. Makes sense, since oil slicks have the same rainbow of colors as a sky filled with balloons. City Councilors Brook Bassan and Renée Grout said they want to hold off on lowering the city’s tipped minimum wage until they can find a “fair and equitable” solution for both restaurant owners and employees....

ExxonMobil will be the first title sponsor for next year’s Balloon Fiesta since Kodak in 2001.  Makes sense, since oil slicks have the same rainbow

08/21/2024

Florida Department of Corrections Secretary Ricky Dixon, who was appointed by Gov. Rick DeSantis, claims there are no low-level ma*****na offenders in Florida prisons and that legalizing the drug would pose a risk to public health. Dixon recently wrote an op-ed that appeared in Tampa Bay Times, calling for Florida voters to reject legalizing cannabis in November. He said pro-cannabis activists have been intentionally lying about the amount of inmates serving time for low-level ma*****na offenses in Florida prisons....

Florida Department of Corrections Secretary Ricky Dixon, who was appointed by Gov. Rick DeSantis, claims there are no low-level ma*****na offenders in

08/20/2024

Are you looking for tickets for the Home Run Derby X this Friday? The Paper and Albuquerque Isotopes are giving away a four pack of tickets to one lucky person.

The Albuquerque Isotopes are partnering with The Paper. on a four-pack ticket giveaway to Major League Baseball’s Home Run Derby X (HRDX) to be held at

08/17/2024

Big news! The Paper. and Albuquerque Isotopes are giving away a four pack of tickets to the Home Run Derby X event on Friday, Aug. 23.

The Albuquerque Isotopes are partnering with The Paper. on a four-pack ticket giveaway to Major League Baseball’s Home Run Derby X (HRDX) to be held at

07/19/2024

Senator Martin Heinrich is now the third sitting senator to call on Biden to step aside for the good of the Democratic ticket

New Mexico’s senior senator has joined the chorus of Democrats calling for Joe Biden to drop out of the presidential race in favor of “a candidate who can - Politics and Elections

07/15/2024

Just hours before the world's attention turned to an apparent assassination attempt against former President Donald Trump in Pennsylvania, Albuquerque - Crime & Courts

07/12/2024

A Catholic priest is facing backlash for removing "Apache Christ" and other Native imagery from St. Joseph Apache Mission.

Father Peter Chudy Sixtus Simeon-Aguinam stated, “You cannot be both an Apache and a Catholic. You have to choose.… You have to leave those ways and that way of life behind.”

The Catholic Church stumbled badly.  In the dark of night, Father Peter Chudy Sixtus Simeon-Aguinam and his accomplices removed beloved paintings