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The N.M. Educational Retirement Board is considering a new proposal that would require members to pay more into their retirement but not have to work additional years before they are eligible to retire. Continue Reading
Four members of New Mexico’s congressional delegation are expressing serious concerns about President Barack Obama’s tax compromise with Republicans, primarily because it includes an extension of the Bush tax cuts for the wealthiest Americans. Continue Reading
UPDATED: Gov. Bill Richardson will make a “private visit” to North Korea next week to meet with government officials, Reuters is reporting. Continue Reading
To everyone who is concerned about the U.S. economy and somewhat adept politically, I ask you this: If you sincerely want to get the economy rolling, then why not accept compromise and allow the economy to do just that – get rolling? Continue Reading
With the situation in North Korea having gotten pretty dicey in recent months, Gov. Bill Richardson – a favorite of the North Korean government – may be heading back there next week. Continue Reading
Increasingly, Democrats, liberals, progressives hope and pray that Obama will assert leadership on this or that issue. Sorry, my friends on the left, give it up. It ain’t gonna happen. Continue Reading
Former Hobbs Mayor Monty Newman received the votes of 64 percent of central committee members in being elected chairman of the Republican Party of New Mexico on Saturday. Continue Reading
The N.M. Educational Retirement Board fund doesn’t appear to be in immediate danger. So let’s look for a solution to make the fund solvent indefinitely without breaking a promise to employees who have already planned their retirements. Continue Reading
The Environmental Improvement Board ruled today that Helena Chemical Company’s facility in Mesquite must continue to maintain an air quality permit. Continue Reading
For years, N.M. governors have used Game Commission appointments to reward friends and donors. Gov.-elect Martinez could change that. Continue Reading
Gov.-elect Susana Martinez’s “bold change” was supposed to include a “new level of transparency” not seen before in state government. In one of the first tests of that pledge, Martinez is coming up short. Continue Reading
Republicans picked former Hobbs Mayor Monty Newman today to become the new chairman of the state GOP. Continue Reading
Today the mobile version of NMPolitics.net went live, which I hope makes it easier for those you who have mobile devices such as smartphones to get the news from those devices. Continue Reading
If corporations are “persons,” they need to be governed by laws that promote responsibility, prohibit harm to others, and set reasonable limits on their freedom, just as individual citizens are governed by laws. Continue Reading
Gov.-elect Susana Martinez is nominating Republican businessman and former congressional candidate Jon Barela to be her administration’s secretary of economic development. Continue Reading