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Two weeks after videos surfaced showing ACORN employees in Maryland giving advice on how to establish and run a brothel with underage prostitutes, an ACORN official in New Mexico says six employees have already completed the first phase of retraining and both offices in the state remain open. Continue Reading
After nine months, three Doña Ana County school districts still haven’t started receiving money from the spaceport tax, which has been collected by businesses in the county since the first of the year, according to a report in the Las Cruces Sun-News. Continue Reading
U.S. Sen. Jeff Bingaman, D-N.M., says President Barack Obama has some tough decisions to make as he proceeds with fighting the war in Afghanistan. If the president can’t clearly define a strategy, Bingaman said it might be time for the U.S. military to pull out of the country. Continue Reading
Criminal prosecutions in the state’s 13 judicial districts could be severely impacted if lawmakers decide to cut the budgets of the state’s district attorneys, according to the the DA in Bernalillo County. Continue Reading
New Mexico’s Air National Guard unit, called the “Tacos,” will inherit a fleet of 60 aircraft, including four CV-22 Ospreys and helicopters, that the governor could dispatch to state emergencies or on rescue missions. Continue Reading
Sen. Jeff Bingaman, D-N.M., is praising a new health care reform proposal being circulated in Washington that does not include a public option, but he says he will push for public option to be added to the bill. Continue Reading
Organizers of tonight’s Democratic Party lieutenant governor candidate forum — the first of the 2010 election cycle — may have to reset the number of seats at the table after early morning shuffling among some of the candidates, but keeping track of time could be a bigger problem. Continue Reading
Early voting is about to start in Albuquerque’s Oct. 6 municipal election, but those who would rather vote absentee can cut a step out of the process by calling the city’s 311 service. Continue Reading
While President Barack Obama took his health care reform message on the road over the weekend, retired Sen. Pete Domenici, who’s back in New Mexico for a week, says he doesn’t support creating a public option. Continue Reading