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Complaint: UNM Foundation invests in fossil fuels while its board members work in the industry
Traffic in ABQ area nears pre-pandemic levels, but Downtown ABQ lags, according to MRCOG
The way people move around New Mexico’s biggest metropolitan area is beginning to bounce back following the coronavirus pandemic, but some areas are slower than others, according to new data released last week.
And to the disappointment of one MRCOG planner, bicycle and pedestrian traffic in the region has returned to pre-pandemic levels after nearly doubling in 2020, according to the data. He’d hoped more commuters would have discovered a sustainable way to work without a car in 2020.
Sexual Assault programs ask lawmakers to double their funding
Assault rates rose during the pandemic, said Alexandria Taylor, the coalition’s deputy director.
“New Mexico is a rural state. It means a survivor, after an assault, maybe waiting three hours for one of our sexual assault nurse examiners to make it to them or to travel to a sexual assault nurse examiner,” she said.
Those are the moments after one of the worst things has happened to someone, she said, and three hours to access necessary medical care “is not OK.”
No climate deal for Biden as he joins global allies at critical UN conference
