Most voters in poll give Garcia a thumbs-up
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The majority of those who voted in last week’s non-scientific poll on this site said they approve of the job Mary Jane Garcia is doing as Senate majority whip. Continue Reading
Denish wants sunshine portal to include employee names
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Lt. Gov. Diane Denish wants the proposed sunshine portal to include the names of state employees along with their titles and salaries. But she hopes the legislation, which would create an online database of state government financial information, is approved regardless of whether it requires that names be included. Continue Reading
House Judiciary strips employee names from sunshine portal
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The House Judiciary Committee gave a do-pass recommendation earlier today to a bill that would create a publicly accessible database of financial information from government agencies in New Mexico, but not before stripping a provision that would have included employees’ names in the database. Continue Reading
House Judiciary to consider sunshine portal on Saturday
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The House Judiciary Committee will consider a bill that would create a publicly accessible database of financial information from government agencies in New Mexico on Saturday. Continue Reading
When will House Judiciary Committee consider sunshine portal?
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When will a bill that would create a publicly accessible database of financial information from government agencies in New Mexico get its first hearing in a House committee? It’s not clear. Continue Reading
Senate Rules Committee OKs ethics commission
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The Senate Rules Committee gave a do-pass recommendation Thursday evening to a proposal to create a state ethics commission, but the bill must pass two more committees before it gets a chance to be considered on the Senate floor. Continue Reading
Land commissioner contribution ban bill tabled
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The Senate Rules Committee tabled a bill earlier today that would have banned people who have contracts with the State Land Office from giving campaign contributions to the land commissioner or candidates for that office. Continue Reading
Senate Rules OKs webcasting expansion
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The Senate Rules Committee gave its approval today to legislation that would expand the number of cameras used in webcasting from the Senate floor. Continue Reading
ID or other document required under same-day registration bills
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State Rep. Dianne Hamilton recently wrote in a guest column published on this site that two pending same-day voter registration bills would allow people to register without providing some form of photo ID or another document such as a utility bill. Turns out that isn’t true at all. Continue Reading
VIDEO: 2010 election candidates file petition signatures
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There were no surprises at the New Mexico Secretary of State’s office Tuesday, the official filing day for candidates who want to appear on the June and November ballots. Continue Reading
Activists worry about secrecy in ethics commission bills
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With the proposal to create a state ethics commission under consideration in the Senate Rules Committee, activists lobbying for the bill say they’d like to see a better balance between confidentiality and the public’s right to know than would be created by some of the bills under consideration.
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Whistleblower Protection Act passes the House
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State Rep. Joseph Cervantes’ Whistleblower Protection Act easily passed the House of Representatives today. Continue Reading
Senate Rules discusses ethics commission bills
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A number of sticking points still remain in the debate over the creation of a state ethics commission, including whether the body’s work should be confidential and the makeup of the commission itself. Continue Reading
Senate Rules OKs changes to Governmental Conduct Act
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The Senate Rules Committee today passed a bill that would make changes to the state’s Governmental Conduct Act that include adding local government officials to the list of public employees who are bound by its ethical provisions. Continue Reading
VIDEO: NRCC boosts Barela to ‘contender’ status
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The National Republican Congressional Committee has added Republican congressional candidate Jon Barela to ‘contender’ status in its 2010 Young Guns program, a three-step program dedicated to electing open-seat and challenger GOP candidates nationwide. Continue Reading