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• NM’s bars, restaurants need support, not higher taxes

  18-03-2023 19:00 via abqjournal.com
  
  As the owner of Nexus Brewery in Albuquerque, I can tell you newly proposed alcohol tax increases are not what New Mexico's bars and restaurants need right now. I realize our state lawmakers have good intentions, and I commend them for this effort. But there are other ways to achieve the goal; this tax increase will further burden an industry that has already been through so much. Establishments like mine are struggling to cope with the continued economic impacts of inflation, supply chain woes
  
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• Photos: Carlsbad beats Cleveland, 13-3, during the first round of the Sal Puentes Invitational

  24-03-2023 01:19 via abqjournal.com
  
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• ‘Better Call Saul’ final season hits Netflix on April 18

  24-03-2023 00:35 via abqjournal.com
  
  "Better Call Saul" stars Bob Odenkirk as Jimmy McGill. (Greg Lewis/AMC/Sony Pictures Television)April 18, 2023. This is the day the sixth and final season of "Better Call Saul" will hit Netflix.The final season will hit the streaming service exactly one year after the sixth season premiered on AMC.The series called Albuquerque home since it started production in 2014. The final season of the series concludes the complicated journey and transformation of its compromised hero, Jimmy McGill, playe
  
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• $14.3M grant could make Acoma Pueblo’s internet problems ‘a thing of the past’

  24-03-2023 00:13 via abqjournal.com
  
  A top official with the Acoma Pueblo is hopeful the tribe's poor internet capabilities will soon "be a thing of the past."The federal government on Thursday announced the tribe has been awarded $14.3 million for a broadband project. The money is part of the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law that is rolling out a total of $65 billion to bring high-speed internet to underserved communities, said Ryan Berni, a senior advisor for infrastructure implementation for the White House."The Pueblo of Acoma is
  
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• Amid climate change and wildfire recovery, New Mexico enacts new law for conservation spending

  24-03-2023 00:04 via abqjournal.com
  
  Kevin and Debbie McCabe snowshoe in the Cibola National Forest outside of Albuquerque last month. New legislation is intended to promote funding for outdoor recreation in New Mexico. (Chancey Bush/ Albuquerque Journal)SANTA FE — Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham signed bipartisan legislation Thursday intended to deliver a historic injection of funding into land and water conservation programs in New Mexico.The measure, Senate Bill 9, establishes new legacy and permanent funds that supporters sa
  
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• NM-filmed ‘Chupa’ premieres on Netflix on April 7

  23-03-2023 23:48 via abqjournal.com
  
  Evan Whitten as Alex in “Chupa.” (Courtesy of Netflix)Production on "Chupa" began in Aug. 2021 in New Mexico.Crews filmed for months on location around the state — including Estancia, Zia Pueblo, Mesilla, Santa Fe and Albuquerque.The feature film is slated to be released on April 7, on Netflix.The film follows 13-year-old Alex, played by Evan Whitten, who flies from Kansas City to Mexico to meet his extended family for the first time.There he meets his grandfather and former l
  
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• Where did all those Chihuahuas come from? Test your New Mexico news knowledge with our weekly quiz.

  23-03-2023 23:04 via abqjournal.com
  
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• Violent French pension protests erupt as 1M demonstrate

  23-03-2023 23:02 via abqjournal.com
  
  PARIS (AP) -- More than 1 million people demonstrated across France on Thursday against unpopular pension reforms, and violence erupted in some places as unions called for new nationwide strikes and protests next week, coinciding with King Charles III's planned visit to France.
  The Interior Ministry said the march in Paris -- marred by violence, as were numerous marches elsewhere -- drew 119,000 people, which was a record for the capital during the pension protests. Polls say most French oppose
  
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• 1 million march in France, unions call new pension protests

  23-03-2023 23:02 via abqjournal.com
  
  PARIS (AP) -- French unions called for new nationwide strikes and protests next week, coinciding with King Charles III's planned visit to France, after more than 1 million people demonstrated throughout the country Thursday against unpopular pension reforms.
  The Interior Ministry said the march in Paris -- marred by violence, as were numerous marches elsewhere -- drew 119,000 people which was a record for the capital during the pension protests. Polls show that most French oppose President Emma
  
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• Los Luceros Historic Site to host history talk on Sunday, March 26

  23-03-2023 21:38 via abqjournal.com
  
  The Los Luceros Historic Site will be hosting a talk by ranger Joseph Tackes about genízaros at 1 p.m. on Sunday, March 26."Retracing New Mexico's Ancestry: Los Genízaros" brings to light the story of genízaros, a little-discussed story rooted in New Mexico's history of indentured servitude. The talk will cover the origins of the genízaros label used by the Spanish, why indentured servants were brought to the state, the hardships they faced, and the role that their de
  
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• Rainbow Ryders renews contract with Balloon Fiesta to remain ride vendor

  23-03-2023 19:43 via abqjournal.com
  
  Rainbow Ryders, one of the largest hot air balloon companies in the world, has renewed its contract with the Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta to remain the official ride partner. (Nadav Soroker/For the Journal)Have you ever flown in a balloon in Albuquerque? Or are you planning to fly in a balloon in the future?Chances are you flew — or will fly — in a balloon from Rainbow Ryders, one of the largest hot-air balloon companies in the country. The company, founded in 1983, will
  
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• New Mexico to offer free virtual tutoring this summer for reading and math

  23-03-2023 19:25 via abqjournal.com
  
  Kindergartners hop on computers during a technology class at Hubert Humphrey Elementary School in September. Free virtual tutoring is being offered by the state Public Education Department this summer to help students get ready for the next school year. (Chancey Bush/Journal)Summer break is the perfect time for students to keep honing their skills — at least, if you ask the state Public Education Department.The agency is offering free tutoring in reading for early elementary school studen
  
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• Steak dinners and ski passes: As lobbyists spend to influence New Mexico Legislature, 2 lawmakers seek more transparency

  23-03-2023 19:04 via abqjournal.com
  
  Gift bags left by the Kit Carson Electric Cooperative sit on the desks of legislators Feb. 16 inside the Roundhouse. Lobbyists reported about $285,000 in spending during the 60-day session on meals, advertising campaigns and other expenses — a figure that captures just some of their activity. (Eddie Moore/Albuquerque Journal)SANTA FE - Lobbyists treated New Mexico legislators to a flamenco show, steakhouse dinners and ski passes during this year's 60-day session — the first in three
  
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• SpeakUp: Legislature, gun control, malpractice insurance and the Lobos

  23-03-2023 19:00 via abqjournal.com
  
  Not sure how the state LEGISLATURE thinks (members) are worth getting paid a year's salary for not even wanting to work for 60 days during their current run. They leave everything for the end and push through legislation that is not thought out and/or complete just to get it through. GATo stop drunken drivers from killing sober drivers, just prevent sober drivers from driving. That is how this session's GUN CONTROL BILLS have been written/approved to date. JGIt's no wonder the LEGISLATORS DON'T
  
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• Man sentenced to life plus 2½ years in shooting death of 17-year-old Sandia High School student

  23-03-2023 18:43 via abqjournal.com
  
  Izaiah Garcia is led away by a Bernalillo County Sheriff's deputy in 2021 shortly after jurors found him guilty of first-degree murder in the 2019 shooting death of Sean Markey, 17, a Sandia High School student. (Roberto E. Rosales/Albuquerque Journal)Izaiah Garcia was sentenced Thursday to life plus 2½ years in prison for fatally shooting a 17-year-old Sandia High School student outside a homecoming party in 2019.The sentencing comes more than a year and a half after a 2nd Judicial Dist
  
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• Autism now more common among Black, Hispanic kids in US

  23-03-2023 18:05 via abqjournal.com
  
  NEW YORK (AP) -- For the first time, autism is being diagnosed more frequently in Black and Hispanic children than in white kids in the U.S., the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Thursday.
  Among all U.S. 8-year-olds, 1 in 36 had autism in 2020, the CDC estimated. That's up from 1 in 44 two years earlier.But the rate rose faster for children of color than for white kids. The new estimates suggest that about 3% of Black, Hispanic and Asian or Pacific Islander children have an autis
  
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• Russia’s security chief blasts West, dangles nuclear threats

  23-03-2023 17:56 via abqjournal.com
  
  MOSCOW (AP) -- A top Russian security official warned Thursday about the rising threat of a nuclear war and blasted a German minister for threatening Russian President Vladimir Putin with arrest, saying that such action would amount to a declaration of war and trigger a Russian strike on Germany.
  Dmitry Medvedev, the deputy secretary of Russia's Security Council chaired by Putin, said in video remarks to reporters that Russia's relations with the West have hit an all-time bottom.
  Asked whether
  
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• Trump grand jury turns to other matters, done for the week

  23-03-2023 17:00 via abqjournal.com
  
  NEW YORK (AP) -- The Manhattan grand jury investigating Donald Trump over hush money payments turned to other matters on Thursday, delaying until next week at the earliest any vote on a historic indictment of the former president, according to a person familiar with the matter. The panel does not meet on Fridays.
  It was not clear whether prosecutors planned to question more witnesses before the grand jurors next week or when a vote might be taken about possibly indicting Trump.
  The New York pan
  
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• AP source: Trump grand jury hearing other matters Thursday

  23-03-2023 17:00 via abqjournal.com
  
  NEW YORK (AP) -- The Manhattan grand jury investigating Donald Trump over hush money payments planned to hear testimony on other matters Thursday, seemingly further delaying a vote on whether or not to indict the former president, according to a person familiar with the matter.
  There was no immediate explanation for why the grand jury, which did not meet at all on Wednesday, would not take up the Trump matter during its scheduled Thursday session. It was also not clear when or if prosecutors mi
  
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• TikTok CEO grilled by skeptical lawmakers on safety, content

  23-03-2023 16:33 via abqjournal.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) -- U.S. lawmakers grilled the CEO of TikTok over data security and harmful content Thursday, responding skeptically during a tense committee hearing to his assurances that the hugely popular video-sharing app prioritizes user safety and should not be banned.
  Shou Zi Chew's rare public appearance came at a crucial time for the company, which has 150 million American users but is under increasing pressure from U.S. officials. TikTok and its Chinese parent company, ByteDance, have
  
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• TikTok CEO faces off with Congress over security fears

  23-03-2023 16:33 via abqjournal.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) -- The CEO of TikTok faced a grilling Thursday from a U.S. congressional committee in a rare public appearance where made his own case for why the hugely popular video-sharing app shouldn't be banned.Shou Zi Chew's testimony came at a crucial time for the company, which has acquired 150 million American users but is under increasing pressure from U.S. officials. TikTok and its parent company ByteDance have been swept up in a wider geopolitical battle between Beijing and Washingt
  
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• Skeptical US lawmakers grill TikTok CEO over safety, content

  23-03-2023 16:33 via abqjournal.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) -- U.S. lawmakers grilled the CEO of TikTok over data security and harmful content Thursday, responding skeptically during a tense committee hearing to his assurances that the hugely popular video-sharing app prioritizes user safety and should not be banned.
  Shou Zi Chew's rare public appearance came at a crucial time for the company, which has 150 million American users but is under increasing pressure from U.S. officials. TikTok and its Chinese parent company, ByteDance, have
  
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• Skeptical US lawmakers grill TikTok CEO over safety

  23-03-2023 16:33 via abqjournal.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) -- U.S. lawmakers grilled the CEO of TikTok over data security and harmful content Thursday, responding skeptically during a tense committee hearing to his assurances that the hugely popular video-sharing app prioritizes user safety and should not be banned.
  Shou Zi Chew's testimony came at a crucial time for the company, which has acquired 150 million American users but is under increasing pressure from U.S. officials. TikTok and its parent company ByteDance have been swept up
  
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• Court: Arizona governor not required to carry out execution

  23-03-2023 15:48 via abqjournal.com
  
  PHOENIX (AP) -- The Arizona Supreme Court has ruled that state law doesn't require Gov. Katie Hobbs to carry out the April 6 execution of a prisoner who was convicted of murder.The decision marks a legal victory for the newly elected Democratic governor whose office said the state isn't currently prepared to carry out the death penalty. The high court had set the April execution date for Aaron Gunches, who fatally shot Ted Price near Mesa, Arizona, in 2002.The order came after Hobbs said execut
  
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• Arizona court declines most of Lake’s appeal over gov’s race

  23-03-2023 15:48 via abqjournal.com
  
  PHOENIX (AP) -- The Arizona Supreme Court has declined to hear most of Republican Kari Lake's appeal in a challenge of her defeat in the governor's race but revived a claim that was dismissed by a trial court.
  In an order Wednesday, the state's highest court said a lower court erroneously dismissed Lake's claim challenging the application of signature verification procedures on early ballots in Maricopa County. The court sent the claim back to a trial court to consider.
  Lake said late Wednesday
  
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• Launch debut of 3D-printed rocket ends in failure, no orbit

  23-03-2023 15:47 via abqjournal.com
  
  CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) -- A rocket made almost entirely of 3D-printed parts made its launch debut Wednesday night, lifting off amid fanfare but failing three minutes into flight -- far short of orbit.
  There was nothing aboard Relativity Space's test flight except for the company's first metal 3D print made six years ago.
  The startup wanted to put the souvenir into a 125-mile-high (200-kilometer-high) orbit for several days before having it plunge through the atmosphere and burn up along with
  
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• Book ban attempts hit record high in 2022, library org says

  23-03-2023 15:47 via abqjournal.com
  
  NEW YORK (AP) -- Attempted book bans and restrictions at school and public libraries continue to surge, setting a record in 2022, according to a new report from the American Library Association released Thursday.
  More than 1,200 challenges were compiled by the association in 2022, nearly double the then-record total from 2021 and by far the most since the ALA began keeping data 20 years ago."I've never seen anything like this," says Deborah Caldwell-Stone, who directs the ALA's Office for Intel
  
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• Biden approval dips near lowest point: AP-NORC poll

  23-03-2023 15:40 via abqjournal.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) -- Approval of President Joe Biden has dipped slightly since a month ago, nearing the lowest point of his presidency as his administration tries to project a sense of stability while confronting a pair of bank failures and inflation that remains stubbornly high.
  That's according to a new poll by The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research, which shows there have been modest fluctuations in support for Biden over the past several months. The president notched an
  
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• Why TikTok’s security risks keep raising fears

  23-03-2023 14:54 via abqjournal.com
  
  The battle between the U.S. and China over TikTok comes into full view on Thursday when the social media platform's CEO testifies before Congressional lawmakers.Shou Zi Chew's hearing is happening at what he's called a "pivotal moment" for the hugely popular short video sharing app. TikTok is owned by parent company ByteDance, which has offices in Beijing. The platform has 150 million American users but it's been dogged by persistent claims that it threatens national security and user privacy,
  
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• Wall Street swings as questions about banks, rates linger

  23-03-2023 14:54 via abqjournal.com
  
  NEW YORK (AP) -- Stocks closed mostly higher after a wobbly day of trading as worries continued to rise about the banking industry. The S&P 500 rose 0.3% Thursday after veering all the way from a 1.8% gain earlier in the day to a 0.4% loss. The Dow Jones Industrial Average posted a slight gain of 0.2%, whlie strength for tech and high-growth stocks helped the Nasdaq composite do better than the rest of the market. Treasury yields sank sharply again as traders continue to bet the Federal Res
  
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