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All legislative interim committee meetings are being held in Santa Fe this year to save money. To ensure the public still has access, Rep. Janice Arnold-Jones has asked legislative leaders to allow webcasting and video conferencing of those meetings. The issue may come up at today’s meeting of the Legislative Council. Continue Reading
Gov. Bill Richardson says New Mexico couldn’t get a project to construct the world’s first purpose-built commercial spaceport off the ground today. Good thing for Richardson that the funding was secured years ago, then, since he says Spaceport America will be one of his top achievements. Continue Reading
The head of the federal agency that coordinates the fight against drug trafficking in New Mexico says Susana Martinez’s claim that she has “taken on members of the most violent Mexican drug cartels” is accurate. Continue Reading
Five weeks ago I made a change so that only registered users of NMPolitics.net could vote in weekly polls. That was an attempt to stop people from manipulating them. It didn’t work, so I’m putting an end to the polls. Continue Reading
Former Lt. Gov. candidate and state Rep. Brian Moore’s grocery store has settled a lawsuit brought by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission alleging discrimination against a job applicant who had a learning disability. Continue Reading
UPDATED: On a vote of 219-206, the U.S. House passed on Thursday a bill aimed at placing new disclosure requirements and limits on corporations and special interest groups in political campaigns. Here’s what New Mexico politicians had to say about it. Continue Reading
Las Cruces City Manager Terrence Moore won’t be charged in a probe into two incidents involving him and his ex-wife, the Las Cruces Sun-News is reporting. Continue Reading
New Mexico First will hold a lecture on finding common ground in politics on Wednesday in Albuquerque. Continue Reading
UPDATED: A new poll finds that the New Mexico governor’s race remains a statistical tie. Continue Reading
The New Mexico Supreme Court on Wednesday removed Carol Sloan from her $90,000-a-year job as an elected member of the Public Regulation Commission after she was convicted in April of two felonies. Continue Reading
The father of a victim whose case is featured in Diane Denish’s newest attack ad on Susana Martinez is coming to Martinez’s defense after Democrats asked him to denounce the way Martinez’s district attorney office handled the case. Continue Reading
Diane Denish’s newest TV ad attacking Susana Martinez for plea bargaining two cases involving crimes against children makes an unsubstantiated leap when it claims Martinez “allowed” child predators to avoid the sex offender registry. Continue Reading
Retired Army Major General Paul Eaton thinks climate change is a threat to national security. He’s touring New Mexico to share that message, and will speak Wednesday in Las Cruces. Elisa Cundiff has the story on her NMPolitics.net blog, Balder and Dash. Continue Reading
Democratic gubernatorial candidate Diane Denish unveiled on Monday a detailed plan aimed at making New Mexico’s workforce more competitive by improving education, with the centerpiece being community college scholarships. Continue Reading
The Albuquerque Journal is suing the governor to force him to release information about the exempt employees who were laid off earlier this year. Let’s hope the court forces the governor to end his flagrant disregard of state law. Continue Reading