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A public hearing will be held Wednesday in Mesquite on whether Helena Chemical Company should be required to have an air quality permit. NMPolitics.net blogger Nick Voges shares why he believes Helena must be regulated on his blog Zeitgeist. Continue Reading
A committee chaired by Sen. Jeff Bingaman, D-N.M., is set to consider a Bingaman-sponsored bill that would designate hundreds of thousands of acres in Doña Ana County as wilderness. Continue Reading
Doña Ana County has a new elections supervisor. He’s Trey LeFluer, a former field organizer for the state Democratic Party who earlier this year managed the successful campaign of new Mesilla Mayor Nora Barraza. Continue Reading
Even though he isn’t mentioned or speaking in radio ads promoting the Doña Ana County Sheriff’s Department, Sheriff Todd Garrison is suspending the ads until after the November election. Continue Reading
The Hispano Chamber of Commerce de Las Cruces is currently spending a great deal of money on TV ads and printed material promoting a bill that would designate hundreds of thousands of acres as wilderness in Dona Ana County – but it isn’t saying who provided the cash for the media blitz. Continue Reading
Attorney General Gary King is still considering whether to take his fight to force two nonprofits to register as political committees to the U.S. Supreme Court. He’s also exploring ideas for amending state law so that its requirement that groups disclose funding sources passes the constitutional test. Continue Reading
UPDATED: Karl Rove, the senior adviser and deputy chief of staff in former President George W. Bush’s administration, will be among the speakers at the Domenici Public Policy Conference being held at New Mexico State University in September. Continue Reading
The congressional candidates’ second-quarter finance reports reveal no big surprises that change expectations in any of the races. Continue Reading
Both gubernatorial candidates are clarifying their statements published by NMPolitics.net earlier today on what to do about the millions of undocumented immigrants already in the United States illegally. Continue Reading
Democratic gubernatorial candidate Diane Denish doesn’t know what should be done about the millions of undocumented immigrants in the United States illegally. Republican Susana Martinez says they should have a path to legalization, but they shouldn’t be allowed to cut in front of those already in the legal line. Continue Reading
Heath Haussamen was on the new radio show News New Mexico this morning talking primarily about the governor’s race. Click on the headline to listen to his hour-long conversation with the show’s hosts. Continue Reading
Both gubernatorial candidates have said they would end the state’s policy that allows undocumented immigrants to obtain driver’s licenses, but neither was willing to tell the New Mexico Independent how they would deal with the fallout of doing that. Continue Reading
Heath Haussamen will be talking about politics and government on Wednesday morning with Michael Swickard and Jim Spence, co-hosts of the new talk radio show News New Mexico.
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There are five proposed constitutional amendments on the ballot in November. The Legislature’s Web site now includes general information about each and arguments for and against them. Continue Reading
U.S. Sen. Tom Udall, D-N.M., has begun producing a TV show aimed at giving New Mexicans an inside look at what he is doing and what’s going on in Washington. The program is going to be airing on public access channels around the state. Continue Reading