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I’ve been meaning for awhile to urge you all to donate to a cause you deem worthy during this holiday season, if you can afford it. Here are a few of my favorite New Mexico charities and nonprofits. Continue Reading
To those military men and women who have come home from Iraq to an indifferent population, I say thank you for your service. I am sorry your fellow Americans are at the mall and Congress is still out to lunch. Continue Reading
New Mexico institutes of higher education received more than $2 billion in funding from the state this year. But to what end? Continue Reading
If what former Public Regulation Commissioner Jerome Block Jr. told a television reporter is to be believed, e-mails Block sent to the PRC chief of staff and another employee in the months before his resignation may have related to drug activity. Continue Reading
A journalistic trade publication has featured NMPolitics.net as part of its “News Frontier Database,” which reports on “the digital news terrain.” Continue Reading
In response to a commentary Heath Haussamen wrote Tuesday about provisions in the defense funding bill some say would allow the detainment of Americans without due process rights, a spokeswoman for U.S. Rep. Steve Pearce, R-N.M., says the bill’s language “dovetails” with a prior U.S. Supreme Court ruling on indefinite detainment. Continue Reading
The Public Regulation Commission violated state and federal laws related to employees’ and commissioners’ use of state vehicles and gas cards, state Auditor Hector Balderas announced today in releasing an audit of the agency. Continue Reading
State Senator Steve Fischmann argues in his recent column for a constitutional amendment that “corrects the Citizens United fiasco.” If Congress and the states were to pass such an amendment, it would gut the First Amendment. Continue Reading
Former N.M. Gov. Gary Johnson is set to switch parties and run for president as a libertarian; if recent polling is any indication, he could have a significant impact in New Mexico and nationally. Continue Reading
A new survey from the left-leaning Public Policy Polling shows high approval for Gov. Susana Martinez, but not nearly as high as a Republican poll, so its Tuesday release sparked another debate about PPP’s work. Continue Reading
AUDIO: Heath Haussamen was on the statewide radio program News New Mexico earlier today to talk about his column on the indefinite detainment of Americans and to interview state Rep. Andy Nuñez about issues at the Roundhouse. Click on the headline to listen. Continue Reading
I will continue to fight for reasonable solutions that protect the environment, protect species and protect workers, but do not hamstring our economy. Continue Reading
Civil liberties are the foundation of our democracy. In the debate over whether our military should be able to detain Americans without charge or trial, we must err on the side of protecting our due process rights, and protecting ourselves from our government. Continue Reading
UPDATED: A survey from a Republican polling company says Gov. Susana Martinez’s approval rating is “sky high” as she finishes her first year in office. Continue Reading
VIDEO: Former Gov. Bill Richardson refused to comment earlier today on a pending grand jury investigation into an accusation that he had supporters pay off a woman to keep quiet about their alleged extramarital affair. Click on the headline to watch. Continue Reading