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If either my father or grandfather were alive today I suspect they would say that the only way to keep this nation’s freedom is for each subsequent generation to value the freedom that they had purchased in blood and sacrifice in their world war conflicts. Continue Reading
District Attorney Susana Martinez’s office paid companies owned by an employee’s husband for several years to mentor juveniles in an after-school martial arts program. The District Court in Las Cruces entered into a similar arrangement with one of the companies. Martinez says it made sense to use the same company. Continue Reading
One fact faces the new governor, as well as state senators and representatives: The flow of funds from the federal government’s economic recovery stimulus program will cease. Even with those funds, the state had to cut the public education budget this year; without them, the state will have to cut it next year. Continue Reading
Conrad F. Perea is the newest magistrate judge in Doña Ana County. He was appointed Tuesday to replace Joseph Guillory, an embattled judge who was disciplined by the Supreme Court in January and resigned in August. Continue Reading
Both candidates for governor say they would pick university regents based on qualifications and experience rather than politics, but neither is explicitly promising that she won’t try to exert direct control over regents by attempting to remove those who don’t vote her way on issues. Continue Reading
The Secretary of State’s Office has fired two whistleblowers who took allegations of potential criminal activity in the office to the FBI. Continue Reading
Former Republican gubernatorial candidate Allen Weh has started a political action committee aimed at “building citizen awareness and support for the principles the American republic is based on.” Continue Reading
The upcoming November elections are just the beginning of a new era in American politics where more young people, women and Hispanics will begin to make a big leadership impact within the Republican Party both locally and nationally. Continue Reading
The candidates for New Mexico’s 2nd and 3rd congressional district seats have agreed to two televised debates in the coming weeks, while in the 1st District both candidates have agreed to one televised debate, but the Democrat, Martin Heinrich, has rejected the second. Continue Reading
Susana Martinez continues to consistently claim that state government has grown by 50 percent (sometimes she says 54 percent) during the last 7.5 years. Her allegation about state government is simply not true, and it’s not even close. Continue Reading
The next governor of New Mexico will immediately be tasked with balancing a budget deficit in the hundreds of millions of dollars. Here is how I would achieve fiscal responsibility in New Mexico. Continue Reading
Two new media reports indicate trouble in Secretary of State Mary Herrera’s office, with one quoting former employees about the issues in her office and the other citing e-mails that indicate that some office employees were being paid by taxpayers while they worked on Herrera’s campaign. Continue Reading
News that the chairman of the state’s teacher pension fund resigned after the Albuquerque Journal learned of a controversial loan he had received angered New Mexico’s gubernatorial candidates. Continue Reading
Rove’s bluster, which is one part misrepresentation of the facts, and one part righteous indignation, is an intoxicating cocktail for a lot of people. Continue Reading
The final session of the Domenici Public Policy Conference at times felt like a contentious panel discussion on a cable news channel as Karl Rove and Joe Lockhart debated national politics. They agreed on at least one thing: Voters are angry and are going to send a lot of elected Democrats home on Nov. 2. Continue Reading