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Harassment allegations pit lobbyist against state lawmaker

By MORGAN LEE - Associated Press

Michael Riordan, center, is joined by family members at a memorial service for his wife Jennifer Riordan, who died on Tuesday in the Southwest Airlines flight 1380 accident, at Popejoy Hall on the campus of the University of New Mexico in Albuquerque, N.M., Sunday, April 22, 2018. (Adolphe Pierre-Louis/The Albuquerque Journal via AP)

Southwest jet victim’s husband: ‘Mommy’s not coming home’

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FILE - In this 2017 file photo, Jennifer Riordan, of Albuquerque, N.M., poses for a photo in Albuquerque. Family and friends will gather Sunday, April 22, 2018 to mourn Riordan, an Albuquerque bank executive who died after the Southwest Airlines plane she was on blew an engine in midair. The evening service for Riordan will be held at the Popejoy Hall on the University of New Mexico campus, her alma mater. (Marla Brose/The Albuquerque Journal via AP, File)

Hundreds mourn New Mexico woman killed in Southwest flight

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FILE--In this Monday, July 21, 2014, file photo, bedding, clothing and broken glass litter a homeless encampment in Albuquerque, N. M., where authorities say three teenagers fatally beat two homeless Navajo men in a crime so alarming it led to the creation of a city task force on Native American homelessness. The recent March 2018 killing in Albuquerque of another homeless man who also was from the Navajo Nation is again exposing the heightened dangers many say Native Americans coping with homelessness often face. (AP Photo/Jeri Clausing, file)

Albuquerque revives Native American homeless task force

By RUSSELL CONTRERAS - Associated Press

Spending surges in New Mexico governor race

By MORGAN LEE - Associated Press

Troubled Albuquerque motel being targeted for closure

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More Albuquerque air traffic noise expected amid runway fix

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ADVANCE FOR USE SUNDAY, FEB. 18 AND THEREAFTER Kayla Gomez, left, and her mother, Crystal Aceves, have amassed an impressive collection of title belts. (Rudy Gutierrez/El Paso Times via AP)

Mother, daughter boxers in West Texas battle for victories

By Bill Knight - Associated Press

2 key lawmakers to Albuquerque: No new money for police

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In this Thursday, Dec. 21, 2017 photo Joleen Valencia, who was held past her scheduled parole date while serving a drug-trafficking sentence, poses for a photo at The Pavilions, a residential re-entry program in Los Lunas, N.M., where she received treatment after her release from prison. New Mexico prison records show the state has held hundreds of inmates, like Valencia, past their projected parole dates under a practice widely known as “in-house parole.” (AP Photo/Eric Draper)

Hundreds of New Mexico inmates held past parole date

By MARY HUDETZ - Associated Press

Albuquerque Mayor Tim Keller, left, discusses the city's backlog of untested evidence kits from sexual assault investigations at a news conference in Albuquerque, N.M., on Wednesday, Jan. 17, 2018. Keller, who took office last month, has signed an executive order requiring police to develop a plan by mid-March to clear the city's backlog of several thousand rape evidence kits. (AP Photo/Mary Hudetz).

Albuquerque mayor wants police to clear rape kit backlog

By MARY HUDETZ - Associated Press

New church bells, constant ‘Amazing Grace’ draws fire

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Rep. Nate Gentry, left, and Sen. Daniel Ivey-Soto, second from left, are joined by law enforcement officials and family members of crime victims as they discuss anti-crime legislation in Albuquerque, New Mexico, on Tuesday, Jan. 9, 2018. Gentry, a Republican, and Ivey-Soto, a Democrat, aim to strike a bi-partisan tone as they tout the public safety proposals ahead of a 30-day legislative session that begins next week in Santa Fe. (AP Photo/Mary Hudetz).

2 New Mexico lawmakers propose criminal justice reforms

By MARY HUDETZ - Associated Press

Police: Elderly New Mexico woman’s home broken into 5 times

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Firefighters in Albuquerque parade save choking child

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Albuquerque Mayor-elect Tim Keller, center, speaks outside of City Hall, Tuesday, Nov. 28, 2017, during a press conference about the future of the police department in Albuquerque, N.M. Keller named a team that will oversee the transition of law enforcement in New Mexico's largest city as he prepares to take office. (AP Photo/Russell Contreras)

Albuquerque mayor-elect names interim police leadership team

By RUSSELL CONTRERAS - Associated Press

FILE - In this Jan. 20, 2015, file photo, State Democratic Sen. Michael Padilla stands at the New Mexico state capitol in Santa Fe, N.M. New Mexico Democratic gubernatorial candidate Michelle Lujan Grisham says Padilla should leave his race for lieutenant governor over claims he harassed women as a city of Albuquerque supervisor. (AP Photo/Eric Draper, File)

New Mexico candidate denies past harassment allegations

By MORGAN LEE and RUSSELL CONTRERAS - Associated Press

In this Wednesday, Nov. 8, 2017, photo New Mexico State Auditor Tim Keller, left, and Albuquerque City Councilor Dan Lewis speak after participating in a Albuquerque mayoral forum at the South Broadway Cultural Center in Albuquerque, N.M. Voters will decide Tuesday, Nov. 14, 2017 between Keller and Lewis in a race that largely has focused on rising crime in Albuquerque and the city's struggling economy. (AP Photo/Russell Contreras)

The Latest: Democrats take Albuquerque’s mayor seat from GOP

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The ‘feminization of gambling’

By THOM COLE - Associated Press

In this Monday, Oct. 16, 2017, photo, Zavian Tate, a student at the University of Alabama at Birmingham, pushes a large Amazon Dash button, in Birmingham, Ala. The large Dash buttons are part of the city's campaign to lure Amazon's second headquarters to Birmingham. (AP Photo/Brynn Anderson)

Wooing Amazon with sun, fun … and giant buttons

By MATT O'BRIEN - Associated Press