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A former aide to Gov. Bill Richardson who was once at the center of the GRIPgate probe reiterated on Friday — as the probe came to an end without charges being filed — what he’s said before: that he and the governor acted “appropriately and ethically at all times.” Continue Reading
The vast majority of those who voted in last week’s non-scientific poll on this site said Rebecca Vigil-Giron should be placed on administrative leave while the AG’s criminal case against her in pending. Continue Reading
Heath Haussamen talked by phone with the hosts of the FOX Business TV show Happy Hour on Thursday about the news that Gov. Bill Richardson and others won’t face criminal charges following a probe into pay-to-play allegations. Watch the segment here. Continue Reading
UPDATED: The fact that Gov. Bill Richardson and others won’t face criminal charges following a probe into pay-to-play allegations doesn’t mean they should consider themselves exonerated, U.S. Attorney Greg Fouratt says. Continue Reading
UPDATED: A number of Republicans are raising questions in light of today’s news that Gov. Bill Richardson and others won’t be charged following a federal investigation into allegations of pay to play in his administration. Continue Reading
Federal and state investigators are still looking into an investment scandal that involves some prominent Richardson friends and donors, Albuquerque pollster and analyst Brian Sanderoff pointed out.
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UPDATED: Gov. Bill Richardson and “former high-ranking members of his administration” won’t be charged following the federal investigation into allegations of pay to play in his administration, The Associated Press is reporting. Continue Reading
Calling himself a “likely” candidate for governor, Republican Allen Weh announced in a news release that he has hired three new staffers and plans to add two more in the coming days. Continue Reading
State Rep. Joseph Cervantes, D-Las Cruces and others will hold a summit next month to educate people about how proposed clean-energy legislation will affect agriculture in New Mexico. Continue Reading
“At the PRC and elsewhere, we are reaping what we sowed,” the Albuquerque Journal’s Thomas J. Cole writes in an article published today. Continue Reading
UPDATED: Many of New Mexico’s political leaders were quick to comment today on the death of longtime U.S. Sen. Edward M. “Ted” Kennedy. Here are some of their statements. Continue Reading
State Rep. Jose Campos, D-Santa Rosa, wants you to know he’s still running for lieutenant governor. There’s confusion because a different Jose Campos is a co-host of an upcoming fundraiser for another candidate. Continue Reading
Elizabeth Kupfer, one of four people indicted in the case involving former Secretary of State Rebecca Vigil-Giron, worked for about two months as a consultant on financial issues for Attorney General Gary King shortly after King took office in 2007. Continue Reading
Two nonprofits say the attorney general’s plan to appeal a judge’s ruling that slapped down an attempt to force them to register as political action committees is a waste of taxpayer money. Continue Reading
The longtime state director for U.S. Sen. Jeff Bingaman will leave that job to become the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s director for rural development in New Mexico, the Obama administration announced today in a news release. Continue Reading