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Saturday marked NMPolitics.net’s four-year anniversary. I want to thank all of you for helping make this one of the most popular political news sites in New Mexico. Look for some changes in the coming weeks that I hope will improve the site. Continue Reading
Congressman Teague says he hasn’t decided how he’ll vote on this bill. But what he needs to remember is that he represents the interests of New Mexicans, and this health-care legislation will have severe, negative impacts. Continue Reading
Most Americans have little interest in the congressional health-care debate other than to wonder how much worse government will make our lives. Given their track record, most people realize there is little chance of Congress making anything better. Continue Reading
The health-care reform bills currently pending in Congress are by far the most serious effort in years to rein in the staggering growth of health-care spending. If we throw this opportunity away, we are going to be sorry and broke for a long, long time. Continue Reading
The Sunshine Portal is a Web site that will provide every New Mexico citizen with important information on the state’s finances and overall fiscal health. More importantly, with the veil of concealment pulled away, it will provide citizens with information to effectively oversee the operation of state government. Continue Reading
I’m going to celebrate this week – National Sunshine Week – by giving thanks for America’s many sunshine guarantees. In New Mexico, thanks to a legion of dedicated activists, we now have some of the toughest freedom-of-information laws in the nation. Continue Reading
What started as something to protect each of us against catastrophic loss has turned into a question of how I can get my neighbor to pay my health-care costs. Voting to change our health care to be more like Medicare will come back to haunt politicians in November. I guarantee it. Continue Reading
Lost in the whole health-care debate are simple questions, like what kind of system creates the best incentives for people to stay healthy. The answer to that question was made clear to me this week by CIGNA. Continue Reading
We will persevere and keep moving forward, step by step, until we make it clear that stealing from the public treasury is not the way we do business in New Mexico and that such practices will have legal consequences. Continue Reading
I was planning to write a rapid response piece to all the snarky, ill-willed and unfounded political comments that were supposed to be made at last night’s 82nd Academy Awards. The problem: There was absolutely zero fuel for the fodder. 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 entire staff of a Rhode Island high school was fired last week as part of a school improvement project. One headline opined that the mass firing of school personnel may signal a trend. Actually, it is a trend already in place of doing stupid things in the management of schools. Continue Reading
There is a growing body of evidence showing that right-to-work states enjoy faster economic and employment growth than non-RTW states. There are 22 states in the union that have adopted RTW laws, and New Mexico is not one of them. Continue Reading
I am calling for an immediate joint caucus of House and Senate Democrats. There has been too much difficulty and miscommunication surrounding our attempts to address the budget. Continue Reading
The GOP guv primary remains wide open, Denish has the advantage in November but isn’t unbeatable, and Pearce/Teague remains one of the hottest House races in the nation. Then there’s the guv. Of course his approval rating has tanked. Continue Reading