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The Rio Grande Sun published new details from its interview with former state Elections Director A.J. Salazar today, going with a great deal of depth into his allegation that there are “elements of corruption” in the Secretary of State’s Office – those elements being Mary Herrera and Don Francisco Trujillo. Continue Reading
Republican gubernatorial candidate Janice Arnold-Jones easily won a straw poll taken at Tuesday’s monthly meeting of the Quay County Republican Party. Continue Reading
New Mexico would be much different today if John Sanchez – not Bill Richardson – had been governor for the last seven-plus years, Sanchez says. Continue Reading
Lawmakers didn’t give Attorney General Gary King the additional money he’s been seeking to hire an attorney to take on fraud cases during the special session. But they directed him to hire one anyway by shifting resources. Continue Reading
The Rio Grande Sun has obtained a copy of former state Elections Director A.J. Salazar’s resignation letter, but the Sun didn’t make the full letter public, and the Secretary of State’s Office still hasn’t released it. But in its Friday report on the letter, the Sun included details that hadn’t previously been released publicly. Continue Reading
The Las Cruces City Council considers a sheriff’s department investigation involving City Manager Terrence Moore to be a “personal issue” at this point, Mayor Ken Miyagishima says. Continue Reading
Brian Moore became today the first candidate for lieutenant governor to join several gubernatorial candidates in releasing campaign finance information more often than state law requires. Continue Reading
Secretary of State Mary Herrera has made a scandalous situation worse by refusing to release former state Elections Director A.J. Salazar’s resignation letter. The Journal has already shown us part of the letter. Herrera should immediately show us the rest. Continue Reading
The majority of those who voted in last week’s non-scientific poll on this site said they approve of the job Harry Teague is doing as U.S. representative for the 2nd Congressional District. Continue Reading
UPDATED: Lt. Gov. Diane Denish signed into law today a bill that will create a publicly accessible, online database of financial information from government agencies in New Mexico. Continue Reading
The Secretary of State’s Office is refusing to release the scathing letter A.J. Salazar provided when he resigned Friday from his job as elections director, but the New Mexico Foundation for Open Government says the document is a public record that should be released. Continue Reading
A judge has agreed to dismiss the State Investment Council’s civil case against a bond attorney involved in the housing authority scandal and that attorney’s counterclaims against the state agency. Continue Reading
Las Cruces Mayor Ken Miyagishima says it was appropriate for the Las Cruces Police Department to ask the sheriff to take over an investigation into two incidents involving City Manager Terrence Moore and his ex-wife. But he wants the probe to move quickly. Continue Reading
The state’s former elections director accused Secretary of State Mary Herrera in his resignation letter of violating the Governmental Conduct Act and election laws. And A.J. Salazar says he’s turned his allegations over to the attorney general, the Albuquerque Journal is reporting. Continue Reading
Since The New Mexico Independent and NMPolitics.net first reported on the sheriff taking over a Las Cruces Police Department investigation into two incidents involving City Manager Terrence Moore and his ex-wife, two other media outlets have done their own reports on the situation. Continue Reading