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Elizabeth Kupfer, one of four people indicted in the case involving former Secretary of State Rebecca Vigil-Giron, worked for about two months as a consultant on financial issues for Attorney General Gary King shortly after King took office in 2007. Continue Reading
Two nonprofits say the attorney general’s plan to appeal a judge’s ruling that slapped down an attempt to force them to register as political action committees is a waste of taxpayer money. Continue Reading
The longtime state director for U.S. Sen. Jeff Bingaman will leave that job to become the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s director for rural development in New Mexico, the Obama administration announced today in a news release. Continue Reading
Gov. Bill Richardson on Monday ordered state agencies to prepare plans to cut another 3 percent from their budgets. Meanwhile, a number of activist groups are calling for the opening of budget negotiations to the public.
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I caught up last week with lieutenant governor candidate Jose Campos, a Democratic state representative from Santa Rosa. He was in Las Cruces on a campaign trip and made a stop at U.S. Rep. Harry Teague’s town-hall meeting on health-care reform. Continue Reading
NMPolitics.net columnist Carter Bundy will take part in a debate on health-care reform next week that is being hosted by the Rio Grande Foundation. Continue Reading
Republican gubernatorial candidate Susana Martinez has sent out a mailer that promotes her history of winning the crossover votes of Democrats and others in the four times she’s won election as a district attorney. Continue Reading
Early voting starts Tuesday in Doña Ana County in a special, Sept. 22 election on whether to continue a 1/4 percent sales tax that supports volunteer firefighters. Continue Reading
Attorney General Gary King says his office has no “legal conflicts” that would prevent it from prosecuting the case against former Secretary of State Rebecca Vigil-Giron and three others. Continue Reading
Attorney General Gary King says his office will appeal a federal judge’s ruling earlier this month that slapped down an attempt to force two nonprofits to register as political action committees. Continue Reading
Gov. Bill Richardson is traveling to Havana, Cuba this week as part of a trade mission “designed to capitalize on potential agricultural and cultural partnerships between Cuba and New Mexico,” according to a news release from the governor’s office. Continue Reading
State Rep. Janice Arnold-Jones plans to formally enter the 2010 Republican gubernatorial primary on Sunday. She will hold her rally at the Sheraton Albuquerque Uptown Hotel in Albuquerque on Sunday from 4-6 p.m., according to an announcement on her Facebook page. Continue Reading
Lawrence Rael, executive director of the Mid-Region Council of Governments, formally announced today that he’s entering the crowded Democratic primary race for lieutenant governor. Continue Reading
The New Mexico Foundation for Open Government plans to expand its activity with the hiring of a new executive director and the return of a free open-government hotline service. Continue Reading
The majority of votes cast in last week’s non-scientific poll on this site were from people who support neither a public option nor non-profit co-ops in the health-care reform debate. Continue Reading