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Two candidates who narrowly lost city council races in Las Cruces last week are asking for a recount of about 90 percent of the votes cast in the election. Continue Reading
A federal grand jury is looking into allegations involving Gov. Susana Martinez’s political adviser Jay McCleskey, the Albuquerque Journal is reporting. That includes examining money spent on Martinez’s 2010 inauguration celebration. Continue Reading
Annual investigation finds trouble at the statehouse: secrecy, questionable ethics and conflicts of interest in New Mexico and elsewhere. Continue Reading
Behind New Mexico’s ranking: widespread and systemic weaknesses in overseeing ethics, campaign finance and lobbying. Continue Reading
El Paso Electric should engage in a dialogue with its customers and the renewable energy industry rather than continue pursuit of new rate cases that penalize local solar users. Continue Reading
“I am confident that neither Jay nor anyone else has done anything wrong,” Gov. Susana Martinez said. As a former prosecutor, she added, “I trust the system to look into and then reject these types of political cheap shots.” Continue Reading
It is not a panacea, but a New Mexico right-to-work law would make the Land of Enchantment more attractive to companies looking to find sites for new facilities and/or relocate existing assets. Continue Reading
Some people who currently work for Gov. Susana Martinez’s administration or political team pushed back against allegations of retaliation, saying they’ve also been audited and pointing to a recent, dramatic increase in efforts to identify uncollected taxes. Continue Reading
The FBI has recently been asking questions about Gov. Susana Martinez’s fundraising and political consultant Jay McCleskey, The Santa Fe New Mexican is reporting. The FBI has been doing that since at least 2013, and the impact of the new report, which is light on details, isn’t clear. Continue Reading
Not everything the Manhattan Institute publishes is false, or even misleading. But it’s hard to trust their analysis of the other 48 states when they got so many things so provably wrong in their analysis of pension reform in New Jersey and New Mexico. Continue Reading
The social media company’s PAC will quickly reveal campaign contributions. Continue Reading
Open primaries have been transformative in Nebraska. Let’s stop blaming the voters in New Mexico for not engaging in a broken system and fix it. Continue Reading
Some engaging candidates, a more active conservative movement to get people to the polls than in recent city elections, and well-funded negative attacks by an out-of-town super PAC all helped boost turnout in Tuesday’s election to about 19 percent. Continue Reading
A law enacted in 2012 was touted as an anti-corruption measure that could cause misbehaving public officials to lose their pensions. But neither side in the case of former Secretary of State Dianna Duran thinks the law applies. Continue Reading
Assuming his narrow lead holds, Jack Eakman is the new representative of District 4 on the Las Cruces City Council. Continue Reading