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UPDATED: Former U.S. Sen. Pete Domenici and others won’t face criminal charges related to the 2006 firing of then-U.S. Attorney David Iglesias, the Justice Department announced Wednesday. Continue Reading
UPDATED: Members of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee gave unanimous approval today to a bill that would designate hundreds of thousands of acres in Doña Ana County as wilderness. Continue Reading
Montana Gov. Brian Schweitzer will be in New Mexico on Saturday and Sunday to headline two fundraisers for the Democratic Party of New Mexico. Continue Reading
UPDATED: The postponing of the corruption trial of former Secretary of State Rebecca Vigil-Giron reveals a potential weakness for Attorney General Gary King’s re-election chances: While he’s secured convictions in some corruption cases, the most high-profile cases are unresolved, and it looks like they will still be pending on Election Day. Continue Reading
A public hearing will be held Wednesday in Mesquite on whether Helena Chemical Company should be required to have an air quality permit. NMPolitics.net blogger Nick Voges shares why he believes Helena must be regulated on his blog Zeitgeist. Continue Reading
A committee chaired by Sen. Jeff Bingaman, D-N.M., is set to consider a Bingaman-sponsored bill that would designate hundreds of thousands of acres in Doña Ana County as wilderness. Continue Reading
Doña Ana County has a new elections supervisor. He’s Trey LeFluer, a former field organizer for the state Democratic Party who earlier this year managed the successful campaign of new Mesilla Mayor Nora Barraza. Continue Reading
Even though he isn’t mentioned or speaking in radio ads promoting the Doña Ana County Sheriff’s Department, Sheriff Todd Garrison is suspending the ads until after the November election. Continue Reading
Democrat Diane Denish isn’t Bill Richardson. Republican Susana Martinez isn’t Sarah Palin. Neither candidate is what the other side is making her out to be. Both need to be more intentional about showing the reality to voters. Continue Reading
The Hispano Chamber of Commerce de Las Cruces is currently spending a great deal of money on TV ads and printed material promoting a bill that would designate hundreds of thousands of acres as wilderness in Dona Ana County – but it isn’t saying who provided the cash for the media blitz. Continue Reading
Attorney General Gary King is still considering whether to take his fight to force two nonprofits to register as political committees to the U.S. Supreme Court. He’s also exploring ideas for amending state law so that its requirement that groups disclose funding sources passes the constitutional test. Continue Reading
UPDATED: Karl Rove, the senior adviser and deputy chief of staff in former President George W. Bush’s administration, will be among the speakers at the Domenici Public Policy Conference being held at New Mexico State University in September. Continue Reading
The congressional candidates’ second-quarter finance reports reveal no big surprises that change expectations in any of the races. Continue Reading
Both gubernatorial candidates are clarifying their statements published by NMPolitics.net earlier today on what to do about the millions of undocumented immigrants already in the United States illegally. Continue Reading
Democratic gubernatorial candidate Diane Denish doesn’t know what should be done about the millions of undocumented immigrants in the United States illegally. Republican Susana Martinez says they should have a path to legalization, but they shouldn’t be allowed to cut in front of those already in the legal line. Continue Reading