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The Democratic Party of New Mexico is denying a request from House Speaker Ben Luján’s primary challenger to access the party’s voter information database, but it claims that isn’t tantamount to endorsing Luján. Continue Reading
If you continue to give credence to the loudest and most irate, the possibility of compromise and mutual forbearance will be gone. Conservatives, is this really the group of people you want to define what you stand for? Continue Reading
Mesquite activist Arturo Uribe says he will appeal a Doña Ana County jury’s verdict in favor Helena Chemical Company in the civil defamation case the company brought against him. Continue Reading
UPDATED: The New Mexico Environment Department has issued a new notice of violation to Helena Chemical Company for “failing to correct deficiencies in its groundwater cleanup plan” and also rejected the company’s request to operate without an air quality permit. Continue Reading
UPDATED: Democrats and Republicans are calling for Public Regulation Commissioner Carol Sloan’s resignation after she was convicted today of two felonies for attacking another woman with a rock in July because she believed the woman was having an affair with her husband. Continue Reading
Republican gubernatorial candidate Allen Weh unveiled his second TV ad today, a 30-second spot that focuses on his goal of creating jobs. Watch it here. Continue Reading
UPDATED: Republican gubernatorial candidate Allen Weh is the only of the five GOP hopefuls who won’t be participating in Saturday’s debate in Las Cruces. Continue Reading
UPDATED: Activists were quick to decry a Doña Ana County jury’s verdict in favor of Helena Chemical Company in a civil defamation lawsuit as a “stunning blow against free speech” – and worse. Helena’s attorney, on the other hand, told the jury before it issued its ruling that the verdict could be the first step in repairing the company’s reputation. Continue Reading
There’s a public forum tonight for candidates running in the first municipal election in the newly incorporated Anthony, N.M. The town’s first election will be held Tuesday, and a number of candidates are vying for the right to be mayor, municipal judge and one of four trustees. Continue Reading
Contrary to what her campaign Web site states, Republican gubernatorial candidate Janice Arnold-Jones has raised $26,630 since the March 13 preprimary convention, her campaign says. Continue Reading
Former New Jersey Gov. Christine Whitman is coming to New Mexico next week to help Republican gubernatorial candidate Janice Arnold-Jones raise money for her cash-strapped campaign. Continue Reading
If a previous ruling in a similar case is any indication, a Hatch Act complaint against a Las Cruces prosecutor who’s running for district judge may be tossed out. Continue Reading
Let’s not pretend that health-care reform is some socialist plot, or government takeover, or the end of freedom as we know it. Only two types of people make those claims: those ignorant of what’s in the bill, and those who know better but who are hoping for political gain based on fear. Continue Reading
State Rep. Janice Arnold-Jones has been awarded the New Mexico Foundation for Open Government’s 2010 William S. Dixon First Amendment Freedom Award for her successful efforts to force webcasting on the state Legislature. Arnold-Jones was nominated by NMPolitics.net. Continue Reading
A project to build a new city on Albuquerque’s west mesa has been on life support since lawmakers rejected a controversial proposal to fund it using tax increment development district financing in 2009. The tenuous nature of the project was made clear Monday when the developer filed for bankruptcy. Continue Reading