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Pledging to reduce government spending, create jobs and make streets safer, Sen. Kent Cravens, R-Albuquerque, announced today in Albuquerque that he’s running for lieutenant governor. Continue Reading
While Gov. Bill Richardson puts forward a plan to furlough state workers for five days over the holidays and into next year, state Land Commissioner Patrick Lyons says his own smart fiscal decisions mean he doesn’t have to do the same thing in his office. Continue Reading
Months after the N.M. Educational Retirement Board reversed courses and releases subpoenas it had previously withheld from the public, the State Investment Council did the same on Tuesday. Continue Reading
“Can One Good Man Redeem a Nation for the Sins of Guantánamo?” That’s the question Esquire magazine asks in an article profiling David Iglesias, New Mexico’s former U.S. attorney – the one fired in the controversy created by the Bush administration — who is now prosecuting Guantanamo Bay cases for the military. Continue Reading
There’s been a lot of talk recently about the Yemeni cleric who praised the Nov. 5 killings at Fort Hood, Anwar al-Awlaki. Here’s a local connection: The Santa Fe New Mexican reported this weekend that al-Awlaki was born in Las Cruces while his father was attending New Mexico State University. Continue Reading
Republican gubernatorial candidate Susana Martinez picked up another endorsement today – this one from state Rep. William Gray, R-Artesia. Continue Reading
Gov. Bill Richardson may be asked to share, under oath, whether he knows anything about the scandal in the state’s housing authority system that culminated in 2006 with the default of $5 million in bonds owed to the State Investment Council. Continue Reading
When Javier Gonzales was named chairman of the state Democratic Party in September, I reported that he worked for Santa Fe Studios. Several of you e-mailed me at the time to ask what that was. Here’s the answer. Continue Reading
Before joining Vice President Joe Biden at a fundraising lunch at the Hotel Albuquerque earlier today, U.S. Rep. Martin Heinrich and Lt. Gov. Diane Denish got a look at how some of the funds from the American Reinvestment and Recovery Act of 2009 are being spent in New Mexico. Continue Reading
Bernalillo County Sheriff Darren White has endorsed Republican gubernatorial candidate Susana Martinez. Continue Reading
Former Gov. Bruce King’s body will lie in state at the capitol building in Santa Fe on Friday, and his funeral will be held Saturday in Moriarty. Continue Reading
Democrat Ray Powell, who served as land commissioner from 1993-2002, formally launched his campaign to once again hold the office on Saturday. Continue Reading
The majority of those who voted in last week’s non-scientific poll on this site said they approve of the job Diane Denish is doing as lieutenant governor. Continue Reading
Republican gubernatorial candidate Susana Martinez today announced the endorsement of state Sen. William Sharer, R-Farmington. Continue Reading
AFSCME- NM Council 18’s Andrew Padilla is worried about the impact Gov. Bill Richardson’s executive order that mandates five-day furloughs for all state workers will have on employees — especially those making less than $25,000 a year. He talked to NMPolitics.net outside the Roundhouse on Thursday. Continue Reading