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Megan Gleason
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Formerly Albuquerque Journal, Source New Mexico, Daily Lobo | mgleason@abqjournal.com | flutist | 1 of 2 ink-stained wretches | she/her
One last Roundhouse visit as a Journal reporter!
July 30, 2025 at 10:58 PM
This $2M Downtown property for sale isn't your typical listing. It's a 1.6-acre parcel, mostly used as a parking lot. But what's unique about the space is the tunnel that spans underneath it -- and the questions that arise about the parcel's history.
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July 28, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Imagine a portal to Meow Wolf in New Mexico, but not inside the “House of Eternal Return.” A newly announced partnership is working to bring this idea to life.
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June 23, 2025 at 8:50 PM
Pay raises ranging from 3-39% at the NM State Investment Council could just be the start, according to the agency's state investment officer, who said the state has historically underpaid the SIC workers.
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June 23, 2025 at 8:21 PM
In July, visitors to Valles Caldera National Preserve will step into the past — 1 million years ago — when an eruption reshaped the land.

NM-based Ideum is crafting a full-sensory, projection-mapped model of the caldera for its 25th anniversary as public land.
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May 29, 2025 at 12:13 AM
BELEN — Kneeling among rows of dead marijuana plants, Pamela Craddock shared a grim look with her husband. They decided this year to let their plants die and call it quits after years of trying to make a living in the industry.

The issue? Water rights.
May 20, 2025 at 8:51 PM
That’s a wrap for the House! Sine Die!
March 22, 2025 at 6:08 PM
Four more hours folks.
March 22, 2025 at 2:16 PM
Should New Mexico allow decline-to-state/independent voters to participate in primary elections? It'll soon be up to Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham. Passed the House by a vote of 36-33 just now, so it's off to the gov's desk. #nmleg #nmpol
March 21, 2025 at 8:15 PM
A search for asylum in the country he grew up in: Contextualizing a bill to ban civil federal immigration detention in New Mexico with a former detainee's experience.

"Even dogs at dog shelters get treated better."

#nmleg #nmpol

Photos by @EddieMoore8
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March 8, 2025 at 5:19 PM
HB9, which would ban local bodies from entering into civil immigration detention agreements with ICE, passes the House floor on a 35-25 vote. #nmleg #nmpol
March 8, 2025 at 12:24 AM
I've been listening to HB84, Employee Free Speech Act, on the House floor. After a 3-hour debate on the effort to protect employees from being forced to participate in employer-mandated political or religious events

Passes 37-27, and here's a breakdown of the vote. #nmleg #nmpol
March 7, 2025 at 2:25 AM
Rep. Marianna Anaya with some killer vocals on the House floor after the passage of her HB15 today. Honorary mention to the rest of the legislative chorus. #nmleg #nmpol
March 5, 2025 at 8:56 PM
"We want us to stay out of prison. Give us some way to do that," one inmate at the NM Penitentiary told me.

I took a deep dive into what workforce reentry programs mean for the people who go through them to contextualize some bills at the #nmleg.

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March 2, 2025 at 5:20 PM
House Bill 11, formerly the Paid Family & Medical Leave Act and now the Welcome Child and Family Wellness Leave Act, passes the House by a 38-31 vote. #nmpol #nmleg
February 28, 2025 at 10:02 PM
A follow-up thanks to @EddieMoore8 😂😂
February 18, 2025 at 5:48 PM
Here's the breakdown of the vote, with the addition of Rep. Silva voting yes.
February 16, 2025 at 1:07 AM
February 16, 2025 at 12:29 AM
My temporary legislative vanity station, i.e. the ways of survival as a print reporter forced to do a video podcast during the Legislature
February 6, 2025 at 6:00 PM
An anti-Trump protest at the Roundhouse today.
February 5, 2025 at 7:13 PM
.@ABQJournal Roundhouse team looking cute in our boots today!

This one’s for you, Ollie! We love and miss you!
January 30, 2025 at 6:59 PM
The next episode of Rounding Up the Roundhouse with @DanBoydNM and me drops later today ... Tune in for a surprise guest, Flip Flop 😺

(My face trying to keep him out of frame for the entire episode...)
January 22, 2025 at 8:13 PM