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We will persevere and keep moving forward, step by step, until we make it clear that stealing from the public treasury is not the way we do business in New Mexico and that such practices will have legal consequences. Continue Reading
Lawmakers didn’t give Attorney General Gary King the additional money he’s been seeking to hire an attorney to take on fraud cases during the special session. But they directed him to hire one anyway by shifting resources. Continue Reading
The Rio Grande Sun has obtained a copy of former state Elections Director A.J. Salazar’s resignation letter, but the Sun didn’t make the full letter public, and the Secretary of State’s Office still hasn’t released it. But in its Friday report on the letter, the Sun included details that hadn’t previously been released publicly. Continue Reading
The Las Cruces City Council considers a sheriff’s department investigation involving City Manager Terrence Moore to be a “personal issue” at this point, Mayor Ken Miyagishima says. Continue Reading
Brian Moore became today the first candidate for lieutenant governor to join several gubernatorial candidates in releasing campaign finance information more often than state law requires. Continue Reading
I was planning to write a rapid response piece to all the snarky, ill-willed and unfounded political comments that were supposed to be made at last night’s 82nd Academy Awards. The problem: There was absolutely zero fuel for the fodder. Continue Reading
Secretary of State Mary Herrera has made a scandalous situation worse by refusing to release former state Elections Director A.J. Salazar’s resignation letter. The Journal has already shown us part of the letter. Herrera should immediately show us the rest. Continue Reading
The majority of those who voted in last week’s non-scientific poll on this site said they approve of the job Harry Teague is doing as U.S. representative for the 2nd Congressional District. Continue Reading
UPDATED: Lt. Gov. Diane Denish signed into law today a bill that will create a publicly accessible, online database of financial information from government agencies in New Mexico. Continue Reading
The entire staff of a Rhode Island high school was fired last week as part of a school improvement project. One headline opined that the mass firing of school personnel may signal a trend. Actually, it is a trend already in place of doing stupid things in the management of schools. Continue Reading
There is a growing body of evidence showing that right-to-work states enjoy faster economic and employment growth than non-RTW states. There are 22 states in the union that have adopted RTW laws, and New Mexico is not one of them. Continue Reading
The Secretary of State’s Office is refusing to release the scathing letter A.J. Salazar provided when he resigned Friday from his job as elections director, but the New Mexico Foundation for Open Government says the document is a public record that should be released. Continue Reading
A judge has agreed to dismiss the State Investment Council’s civil case against a bond attorney involved in the housing authority scandal and that attorney’s counterclaims against the state agency. Continue Reading
Las Cruces Mayor Ken Miyagishima says it was appropriate for the Las Cruces Police Department to ask the sheriff to take over an investigation into two incidents involving City Manager Terrence Moore and his ex-wife. But he wants the probe to move quickly. Continue Reading
The state’s former elections director accused Secretary of State Mary Herrera in his resignation letter of violating the Governmental Conduct Act and election laws. And A.J. Salazar says he’s turned his allegations over to the attorney general, the Albuquerque Journal is reporting. Continue Reading