Last Monday’s City Council meeting was the second in less than a month to be canceled due to protests. Ken Sanchez, president of the City Council, said that when a meeting is postponed it often entails greater consequences for the city and its citizens.
Gubernatorial candidates Gary King and Susana Martinez are gearing up their campaigns for the general elections in November. King won the Democratic primary election with 35 percent of votes, according to the Secretary of State website. Debra Haaland will run for the Democratic lieutenant governor position.
The Daily Lobo has uncovered video of the protests at the City Council meeting Monday that ended with the arrests of 13 protesters. David Correia, assistant professor in UNM’s American Studies Department, was one of the protesters arrested. He was charged with battery of a police officer during the protest, according to a statement from the Albuquerque Police Department.
Attorney General Gary King won the spot for Democratic Party candidate for the state governor race last night. King beat contenders Lawrence Rael, Alan Webber, Linda Lopez and Howie Morales for a chance to face off against incumbent Gov. Susana Martinez in the Nov. 4 general election.
Thirteen people were arrested after a sit-in at the Albuquerque mayor’s office Monday evening. One of them, David Correia, a UNM assistant professor for American Studies, was arrested for felony battery on a police officer. Police were called to the mayor’s office in response to protesters who were holding a demonstration and refusing to leave, according to a statement from Janet Blair, an APD spokeswoman.
The New Mexico Primary Elections will be held on June 3. Voters from around the state will be able to elect candidates from their prospective parties to participate in the general elections in November. There are five democratic candidates for governor. The winner of the primary election will run against Governor Susana Martinez, who is running unopposed in the republican primary election.
At least 100 people gathered at the Transgender Resource Center of New Mexico on Thursday afternoon for the first transgender march in the state. The event was intended to strengthen ties between individuals within the transgender community and reach out to those not yet involved, said Paula Kaski, a community member involved in organizing the march.
Kevin McCabe, commander of administrative services with the University of New Mexico Police Department, will become police chief on July 1, according to a UNM press release. McCabe will replace Kathy Guimond, who is retiring at the end of June. Guimond served nearly 20 years as UNMPD’s police chief.
Universities in New Mexico will receive $16 million over the next four years in a bid to permanently increase research funds in the state. The Experimental Program to Stimulate Competitive Research is donating the money for universities to focus on research in sustainable energy, said Mary Jo Daniel, Associate Director of the EPSCoR state office. She said the initiative, Energize New Mexico, will help increase the state’s capacity for research.
Three of the five Democratic primary candidates said they support using other sources of funding to subsidize the Legislative Lottery Scholarship. Lawrence Rael, Linda Lopez, Howie Morales, Alan Webber and Gary King participated in a debate in Las Cruces on Thursday. The five contenders will be on the ballot on June 3 as primary candidates for governor of New Mexico.
Voters will determine whether Mayor Berry will require the City Council’s approval when hiring a new police chief. The legislation that would put the question on the November ballot passed 7-2 at the May 19 Council meeting, said Ken Sanchez, Council president and co-sponsor of the legislation.
Five Democrats in the New Mexico governor’s primary race — Alan Webber, Howie Morales, Lawrence Rael, Linda Lopez and Gary King — participated in a debate Thursday at New Mexico State University in Las Cruces. Daily Lobo News Editor Chloe Henson tweeted responses from the candidates.
The Graduate and Professional Student Association narrowly rescinded a divestment resolution during a council meeting Saturday. The council voted 11-10 to repeal the resolution, said Kris Miranda, acting council chair for the meeting.
President Robert Frank struck a compromise with student government that returned University Libraries and the Athletics Department to the Student Fee Review Board’s purview.
Staff and faculty may benefit from a change in the new health insurance plan that will allow companies to cover costs for care and treatment of those diagnosed with an autism spectrum disorder.
Lee Brown, a UNM professor of medicine, said the upcoming University health insurance changes will bring good things and bad things.
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Ken Carpenter can let out a sigh of relief, as a dream he never thought would last enters its 20th year of existence. Casa Xalteva, a Spanish school and cultural center Carpenter co-founded in Granada, Nicaragua, is celebrating its 20th anniversary this year and is still going strong
Faced with the task of increasing University study abroad participation by 33 percent in six years, the new Interim Director of the Global Education Office, Paul Edmunds, has his work cut out for him.
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