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As we begin the most crucial legislative session that New Mexico has seen in decades, I would like to take the time to dispel a few rumors. Continue Reading
Members of the Senate Judiciary Committee heard testimony from whistleblower Frank Foy and his attorney Victor Marshall in Santa Fe this afternoon. Continue Reading
Republican gubernatorial candidate Allen Weh says he may join other candidates who have chosen to voluntarily release campaign finance reports this month. Continue Reading
A couple of revisions to Rep. Jeff Steinborn’s webcasting legislation would ensure that unofficial webcasting of committee meetings is allowed and actually require committee chairs to work with Legislative Council Service on producing official webcasts of committee meetings. Continue Reading
It will take time for me to understand the true potential at New Mexico State University. While I am learning from others, I would like to take this opportunity to share just a few of the immediate challenges we face and the approach I hope to take to address them. Continue Reading
State Rep. Jeff Steinborn wants to expand official legislative webcasting to interim committee meetings and make permanent a rule that allows webcasting of House committee meetings during sessions. But legislation he has introduced may need to be reworked if he wants to continue to allow unofficial webcasting. Continue Reading
The holding company for MediaNews Group, the newspaper chain that is the owner or majority stakeholder in nine New Mexico newspapers including the Las Cruces Sun-News and Farmington Daily Times, plans to file for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. Continue Reading
Former Gov. Gary Johnson, a possible Republican presidential candidate in 2012, blames New Mexico’s budget deficit on current Gov. Bill Richardson and legislators who voted for the last seven budgets. Continue Reading
Our future engineers, accountants and social workers should not have to put off finishing their educations because our state leaders and boards of regents don’t have the political will to say enough is enough to out-of-control administrative salaries. Continue Reading
Las Cruces City Manager Terrence Moore reimbursed the city for some costs associated with two business trips he took last year — after a complaint was filed over one trip and an attorney requested documentation about the other. Moore says the timing is coincidental. Continue Reading
Republican gubernatorial candidate Doug Turner doesn’t have plans to release a campaign finance report to the public until the next one is required on April 12 – but he’s also not entirely closing the door on doing it sooner. Continue Reading
Republican gubernatorial candidate Pete Domenici Jr. plans to voluntarily release information about contributions to his campaign at least monthly, his spokesman says. Continue Reading
State Reps. Janice Arnold-Jones, Candy Spence Ezzell and Dennis Kintigh plan to webcast committee meetings during the legislative session that starts today. The New Mexico Independent plans liveblogs every day. And ethics reform is a hot topic as policymakers descend on the Roundhouse. Continue Reading
The politicking and proselytizing of Rush Limbaugh and Pat Robertson is wrong, but there’s nothing wrong with looking at why a 7.0 quake in Haiti kills 100,000 or more Haitians while a similar temblor in similarly dense Los Angeles kills only a handful of Americans. Continue Reading
Pete Domenici Jr., a Republican and the son of the state’s longest-serving U.S. senator, announced Sunday that he’s running for governor. Continue Reading