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A bipartisan group co-led by former U.S. Sen. Pete Domenici is proposing a 6.5 percent national sales tax to help deal with America’s debt and deficit. Continue Reading
Merit pay doesn’t work in public education because what works in competitive contexts and cultures does not work in non-competitive ones. No one becomes a public school teacher expecting to get rich, and none is disappointed! Continue Reading
The entire staff of The New Mexico Independent was laid off today and the site is largely shutting down because of a lack of funding. Continue Reading
Two features in the Sunday edition of the New York Times point to the dramatically perilous future we might face if we don’t start seriously addressing the challenges before us. Continue Reading
It’s hard for me to understand how people who value careful consideration over ideological dogmatism would resent NPR’s consistently positive contributions to the public discourse. Continue Reading
Gov.-elect Susana Martinez said repeatedly on the campaign trail that she opposed any cuts to education and Medicaid. Faced with a dramatically larger budget deficit than previously predicted, she instead talked on Friday about protecting “classroom spending” and “basic health care for those most in need.” Continue Reading
The election has come and gone, but on Tuesday evening, Albuquerque’s Journal Theater will host New Mexico’s biggest campaign rally of the year. It’s about breathing some new life into the discredited cause of net neutrality. Continue Reading
District Judge Jerald A. Valentine is retiring on Jan. 1, and Gov.-elect Susana Martinez will get to appoint his replacement. Continue Reading
The governor-elect, let’s call her M., is struggling to gain access to the mysterious financial authorities of a castle known as the Capitol, who govern the state budget using unknown and surrealistic accounting methods. First the deficit is $260 million; now it’s $450 million. What’s it going to be next? Continue Reading
There are now two Democratic House members exploring the possibility of forming coalitions with Republicans to unseat Speaker Ben Luján, and Luján has also reached out to Republicans in an attempt to shore up support. Continue Reading
House Republicans decided this morning to keep Tom Taylor as their leader. Continue Reading
Former employees may have illegally steered Department of Corrections construction and maintenance contracts worth about $10 million to certain companies that were paid for work that may never have been done, State Auditor Hector Balderas says. Continue Reading
One narrative was clear on election night: Those of us who won did so by having the courage to stand by our legislative decisions – to run on, and not away from, our records. Continue Reading
State Auditor Hector Balderas is conducting a special audit of the New Mexico Corrections Department after a tip led to discovery of “potential abuse of the procurement process by certain vendors who were awarded large government contracts.” Continue Reading
Outgoing Secretary of State Mary Herrera says she’s “at peace” with her blowout loss to Republican challenger Dianna Duran in last week’s election and she’s “ready to move on to bigger and better opportunities.” Continue Reading