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Early voting starts Tuesday in Doña Ana County in a special, Sept. 22 election on whether to continue a 1/4 percent sales tax that supports volunteer firefighters. Continue Reading
Attorney General Gary King says his office has no “legal conflicts” that would prevent it from prosecuting the case against former Secretary of State Rebecca Vigil-Giron and three others. Continue Reading
Attorney General Gary King says his office will appeal a federal judge’s ruling earlier this month that slapped down an attempt to force two nonprofits to register as political action committees. Continue Reading
Gov. Bill Richardson is traveling to Havana, Cuba this week as part of a trade mission “designed to capitalize on potential agricultural and cultural partnerships between Cuba and New Mexico,” according to a news release from the governor’s office. Continue Reading
State Rep. Janice Arnold-Jones plans to formally enter the 2010 Republican gubernatorial primary on Sunday. She will hold her rally at the Sheraton Albuquerque Uptown Hotel in Albuquerque on Sunday from 4-6 p.m., according to an announcement on her Facebook page. Continue Reading
Lawrence Rael, executive director of the Mid-Region Council of Governments, formally announced today that he’s entering the crowded Democratic primary race for lieutenant governor. Continue Reading
The New Mexico Foundation for Open Government plans to expand its activity with the hiring of a new executive director and the return of a free open-government hotline service. Continue Reading
The majority of votes cast in last week’s non-scientific poll on this site were from people who support neither a public option nor non-profit co-ops in the health-care reform debate. Continue Reading
There is no doubt that some New Mexicans have lost faith in their state government and the burden is on all of us in elected office to earn it back. We must create in Santa Fe a culture of duty, a culture of transparency. A culture of responsibility. Continue Reading
It’s taken two years, but the long-promised redesign of Heath Haussamen on New Mexico Politics, which I now more commonly call NMPolitics.net, has arrived. Here’s what you need to know about it. Continue Reading
One of two assistant attorney generals prosecuting the case against former Secretary of State Rebecca Vigil-Giron and three others was once fired by one of the defendants in the case, former AG employee Elizabeth Kupfer. Continue Reading
Most Americans in these town-hall meetings are, metaphorically, just waxing deck chairs on the Titanic. They argue health-care tactics while ignoring the profound change in health-care strategy. Continue Reading
Sergio Garcia, who quit his job as deputy executive director of the state Republican Party earlier this week, says his abrupt resignation came largely because of widely differing views about where the GOP should be headed. Continue Reading
I’m betting history repeats itself and Dems get their act together to pass once-in-a-generation, real, important change. I’ll double down that even tea partiers praise the Dems’ work 50 years from now. Continue Reading
With the 2010 election cycle already in full swing, some Republicans are hitting Democrats hard over this week’s news that a former Democratic secretary of state and others were indicted in another massive corruption scandal. Continue Reading