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Martin Heinrich supports pay-as-you-go budgeting and more transparency and accountability in spending to deal with the nation’s deficit, while Hector Balderas says the United States must invest in education and other programs to boost the economy before working to reduce the deficit. Continue Reading
The attorney general has also been asked to consider whether the city violated the Open Meetings Act by appointing Javier Perea to be mayor without letting everyone who sought to attend – including two others who wanted the job – into its meeting. Continue Reading
Heather Wilson supports a balanced-budget amendment to reign in the federal government’s spending and also wants to “simplify the tax code and broaden the base,” while Greg Sowards has a seven-step plan to create the right conditions for a balanced-budget amendment and turn around America’s economy. Continue Reading
The governor also appoints a witness at the center of one of two bribery cases against former District Judge Mike Murphy to the magistrate court bench. Continue Reading
Sunland Park Mayor-elect Javier Perea says he plans to leave the Democratic Party in the next few days. Continue Reading
A Democrat who was disqualified from running for a magistrate judgeship in Doña Ana County because he’s not an attorney is still trying to get on the ballot. Continue Reading
Sunland Park Mayor-elect Javier Perea was quoted in a recent news article as saying he claimed no party affiliation and was an “independent.” But he’s actually a registered Democrat. Continue Reading
VIDEO: Javier Perea says he welcomes state takeover of the city’s finances and pledges open and responsible government dedicated to economic development. Continue Reading
After pleading guilty to drunken driving for the second time in recent months, former Las Cruces City Council candidate Ryan Dailey says he’s going to “focus my life on fixing this addiction” and may run for council again in 2015. Continue Reading
The selection of 24-year-old Javier Perea came after others couldn’t ask to be appointed because police blocked the entrance when the room filled to capacity. Continue Reading
A local political scandal in a small New Mexico border town keeps getting bigger, with the trails of alleged crime crossing the state line into Texas and over the international border into Mexico. Continue Reading
The N.M. Supreme Court has affirmed Doña Ana County Clerk Lynn Ellins’ disqualification of two magistrate judge candidates who aren’t attorneys, but left open the question of what to do about current magistrates in the county who aren’t lawyers. Continue Reading
A state judge tossed Republican Gary Smith off the primary election ballot on Monday, making Janice Arnold-Jones the GOP’s nominee for the 1st Congressional District seat in the U.S. House. Continue Reading
Republican Johnny Luévano says he will appeal a judge’s decision to disqualify him from the House District 16 race. Continue Reading
UPDATED: Among the allegations is that Amy Orlando failed to disclose on her campaign website who paid for it, but ProgressNow New Mexico failed to mention that Orlando’s opponent did the same thing. Continue Reading