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The Government Restructuring Task Force – a group of state lawmakers, executive-branch officials and members of the public who are exploring ideas to make government more effective and efficient – is seeking public input. Continue Reading
UPDATED: In response to this posting, the state Democratic Party chairman says “any state employee” who sent or forwarded an e-mail joke about killing a Mexican and an Arab should “no longer work for the state.” The chairman originally only called for the firing of a prosecutor who works for GOP gubernatorial candidate Susana Martinez. Continue Reading
Tom Mullins, the Republican challenging Democratic U.S. Rep. Ben Ray Luján this year, claimed today in a fundraising e-mail that a recent poll has him neck-and-neck with his opponent. But the way Mullins characterized the poll isn’t accurate. Continue Reading
UPDATED: Members of the Legislative Council unanimously approved today a motion directing staff to begin webcasting interim committee meetings as soon as possible. Continue Reading
All legislative interim committee meetings are being held in Santa Fe this year to save money. To ensure the public still has access, Rep. Janice Arnold-Jones has asked legislative leaders to allow webcasting and video conferencing of those meetings. The issue may come up at today’s meeting of the Legislative Council. Continue Reading
Gov. Bill Richardson says New Mexico couldn’t get a project to construct the world’s first purpose-built commercial spaceport off the ground today. Good thing for Richardson that the funding was secured years ago, then, since he says Spaceport America will be one of his top achievements. Continue Reading
The head of the federal agency that coordinates the fight against drug trafficking in New Mexico says Susana Martinez’s claim that she has “taken on members of the most violent Mexican drug cartels” is accurate. Continue Reading
Former Lt. Gov. candidate and state Rep. Brian Moore’s grocery store has settled a lawsuit brought by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission alleging discrimination against a job applicant who had a learning disability. Continue Reading
UPDATED: On a vote of 219-206, the U.S. House passed on Thursday a bill aimed at placing new disclosure requirements and limits on corporations and special interest groups in political campaigns. Here’s what New Mexico politicians had to say about it. Continue Reading
Las Cruces City Manager Terrence Moore won’t be charged in a probe into two incidents involving him and his ex-wife, the Las Cruces Sun-News is reporting. Continue Reading
New Mexico First will hold a lecture on finding common ground in politics on Wednesday in Albuquerque. Continue Reading
UPDATED: A new poll finds that the New Mexico governor’s race remains a statistical tie. Continue Reading
The New Mexico Supreme Court on Wednesday removed Carol Sloan from her $90,000-a-year job as an elected member of the Public Regulation Commission after she was convicted in April of two felonies. Continue Reading
The father of a victim whose case is featured in Diane Denish’s newest attack ad on Susana Martinez is coming to Martinez’s defense after Democrats asked him to denounce the way Martinez’s district attorney office handled the case. Continue Reading
Retired Army Major General Paul Eaton thinks climate change is a threat to national security. He’s touring New Mexico to share that message, and will speak Wednesday in Las Cruces. Elisa Cundiff has the story on her NMPolitics.net blog, Balder and Dash. Continue Reading