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A large solar producer and another energy company plan to build a 160-acre solar plant in Sierra County near Elephant Butte. Continue Reading
New Mexico should not sit idly by while selected private interests like SunCal break the state’s bank. Continue Reading
Global warming necessitates the development of improved energy sources and technological leaps in energy efficiency, and New Mexico can play an important role in making that happen, U.S. Energy Secretary Steven Chu said this evening. Continue Reading
GOP activist Bob Cornelius announced today that he’s running for state land commissioner next year with the intent of diversifying the state’s energy industry and reducing regulation. Continue Reading
The New Mexico Independent has obtained the letter U.S. Attorney Greg Fouratt sent to the lawyers for people under investigation in the GRIPgate probe that ended last week and published it online. Continue Reading
Saying she is “tired of New Mexico being known for graft, corruption and poor service,” state Rep. Janice Arnold-Jones, R-Albuquerque, formally launched her bid for governor on Sunday. Continue Reading
True ethics reform is necessary if public confidence in state government is to be restored. Here’s what I think needs to happen. Continue Reading
A former aide to Gov. Bill Richardson who was once at the center of the GRIPgate probe reiterated on Friday — as the probe came to an end without charges being filed — what he’s said before: that he and the governor acted “appropriately and ethically at all times.” Continue Reading
The vast majority of those who voted in last week’s non-scientific poll on this site said Rebecca Vigil-Giron should be placed on administrative leave while the AG’s criminal case against her in pending. Continue Reading
Heath Haussamen talked by phone with the hosts of the FOX Business TV show Happy Hour on Thursday about the news that Gov. Bill Richardson and others won’t face criminal charges following a probe into pay-to-play allegations. Watch the segment here. Continue Reading
To change the dropout numbers, educational leaders must see the world from the eyes of those who do not read well. Continue Reading
UPDATED: The fact that Gov. Bill Richardson and others won’t face criminal charges following a probe into pay-to-play allegations doesn’t mean they should consider themselves exonerated, U.S. Attorney Greg Fouratt says. Continue Reading
UPDATED: A number of Republicans are raising questions in light of today’s news that Gov. Bill Richardson and others won’t be charged following a federal investigation into allegations of pay to play in his administration. Continue Reading
Federal and state investigators are still looking into an investment scandal that involves some prominent Richardson friends and donors, Albuquerque pollster and analyst Brian Sanderoff pointed out.
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UPDATED: Gov. Bill Richardson and “former high-ranking members of his administration” won’t be charged following the federal investigation into allegations of pay to play in his administration, The Associated Press is reporting. Continue Reading