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Without debate, the Senate Rules Committee today gave a do-pass recommendation to a memorial that would direct Legislative Council Service to begin webcasting interim committee meetings. Continue Reading
A district judge has dismissed half of the charges against Public Regulation Commissioner Jerome Block Jr. and his father, a former PRC member, ruling that the attorney general overstepped his authority with the indictments. Continue Reading
The state now has one employee for every 87 residents. Under libertarian Gary Johnson? One employee for every 81 residents. I hope legislators on both sides of the aisle start to acknowledge how trim our state government has become and work toward a balanced approach to filling our budget gap. Continue Reading
Hundreds of people showed up in Las Cruces today for an official U.S. Senate hearing on the proposal from Sens. Jeff Bingaman and Tom Udall, D-N.M., to protect more than 300,000 acres of land in Doña Ana County. Continue Reading
State Land Commissioner candidate Ray Powell picked up endorsements from three Doña Ana County lawmakers today. Continue Reading
State Rep. Dianne Hamilton is standing by her recent column published on this site in which she claimed that two same-day voter registration bills would have allowed people to register without providing some form of photo ID or another document such as a utility bill. Continue Reading
When the House Judiciary Committee gave a do-pass recommendation this weekend to a bill that would create a publicly accessible database of financial information from government agencies in New Mexico, it took two steps forward and one step back. Continue Reading
U.S. Sens. Jeff Bingaman and Tom Udall, D-N.M., will be in Las Cruces today to hold an official Senate hearing on their proposal to protect more than 300,000 acres of land in Doña Ana County. Continue Reading
Senate Majority Leader Michael Sanchez cut short a Sunday hearing on a resolution that would expand webcasting from the Senate floor, but Sanchez says the resolution isn’t dead, regardless of what others claim. Continue Reading
While Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid proposed last week trimming jobs legislation from $85 billion to $15 billion over 10 years, U.S. Rep. Martin Heinrich was home — in his 1st Congressional District — touring a low-income housing construction site that will create or retain 100 jobs for workers who have been collecting unemployment for months. Continue Reading
The majority of those who voted in last week’s non-scientific poll on this site said they approve of the job Mary Jane Garcia is doing as Senate majority whip. Continue Reading
Lt. Gov. Diane Denish wants the proposed sunshine portal to include the names of state employees along with their titles and salaries. But she hopes the legislation, which would create an online database of state government financial information, is approved regardless of whether it requires that names be included. Continue Reading
The House Judiciary Committee gave a do-pass recommendation earlier today to a bill that would create a publicly accessible database of financial information from government agencies in New Mexico, but not before stripping a provision that would have included employees’ names in the database. Continue Reading
The House Judiciary Committee will consider a bill that would create a publicly accessible database of financial information from government agencies in New Mexico on Saturday. Continue Reading
When a truth is out of favor, it is still a truth. One such truth is that protecting your family, or children at school, is only possible with a force at least equal to an attacker’s force. Continue Reading