Las Cruces municipal candidates debate Tuesday
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Candidates for three Las Cruces City Council seats and mayor will participate in a debate at New Mexico State University on Tuesday. Continue Reading
Albuquerque says adios to Columbus
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Christopher Columbus is being laid to rest on Monday in Albuquerque. For the first time Duke City residents will celebrate Indigenous Peoples Day. Continue Reading
Corporations improve reporting of political activity — with exceptions
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Most of the nation’s largest corporations are moving toward volunteering more information about how they interact with governments, politicians and campaigns, the study asserts. But Netflix is among those that are not. Continue Reading
Drugs and the Trans-Pacific Partnership
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Like NAFTA before it, the TPP could open the door wide to greater and more lucrative opportunities for a generally unspoken class of entrepreneurs lurking in the midst — drug traffickers. Continue Reading
Another Sunland Park city councilor arrested
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Sunland Park City Councilor Daniel De Los Santos has been charged with two fourth-degree felonies for allegedly providing alcohol to minors. Continue Reading
Hearing in Duran case pushed back to December
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A judge has granted a request by Secretary of State Dianna Duran’s attorney to delay an important hearing in her criminal case until Dec. 1. Continue Reading
Las Cruces City Council candidate wants off the ballot, but it’s too late
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Steve Calderazzo said he requested that his name be removed from the ballot because his candidacy would “almost guarantee” that Kasandra Gandara would win the District 1 seat on the city council. Continue Reading
Possible Pope Francis visit to Juárez excites many New Mexicans
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A Juárez visit by the pope — in an American presidential election year — would likely bring attention in the United States to issues including immigration and the war on drugs. Continue Reading
Low voter turnout is becoming the norm. What can we do about it?
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Voter turnout in Tuesday’s Albuquerque municipal election was 8.24 percent — a historically low percentage that follows a state and national trend. Continue Reading
Guv undecided on allowing campaign reporting reform during session
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Gov. Susana Martinez hasn’t decided whether to let lawmakers consider reforming New Mexico’s campaign finance reporting system during the upcoming session. Continue Reading
Here’s what you need to know about today’s election in ABQ
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Voters in Albuquerque go to the polls today to elect two city councilors and decide on several ballot measures, including a proposed tax increase to fund the BioPark. Continue Reading
Flawed NM campaign reporting system needs reform, many say
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The criminal allegations against Secretary of State Dianna Duran and recently discovered problems with other officials’ campaign finance reports further taint a state government that has been plagued by scandal in the past decade. Continue Reading
NAACP to hold Las Cruces candidate forum Tuesday
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The local chapter of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People will moderate a forum for mayoral and city council candidates in Las Cruces on Tuesday. Continue Reading
Standing up for the disappeared in the Paso del Norte
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For 43 hours hundreds in El Paso and Ciudad Juárez remembered — and protested — the first anniversary of the forced disappearance of 43 Mexican male students from the Raul Isidro Burgos Teachers College of Ayotzinapa, Guerrero, at the hands of police and paramilitary forces. But late September’s bout of activism went beyond the Ayotzinapa issue. Continue Reading
Duran faces new felony charge of identity theft
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UPDATED: The Attorney General’s Office filed a new felony charge against Secretary of State Dianna Duran on Friday, accusing her of identity theft for listing a former state senator as her campaign treasurer without his knowledge. Continue Reading