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UPDATED: After Bill Richardson finishes his term as governor, “he plans to take some time off to travel the country in a car — driving himself for the first time in years — to fulfill his longtime dream of visiting every major league baseball park,” according to the New York Times. Continue Reading
Gov. Bill Richardson plans to hold open office hours next week to meet with New Mexicans who want to discuss the state’s budget shortfall, but the meetings are taking place only in the Albuquerque/Santa Fe area. Continue Reading
Did Gov. Bill Richardson’s chief of staff, Brian Condit, violate state law when he joined the governor and others in leaving the scene of a Saturday boating accident he caused? That’s the question being asked today. Continue Reading
UPDATED: Two weeks after Bill Richardson learned he would not be charged in the pay-to-play probe that cost him the commerce secretary nomination, the nationally read Web site Wonkette is skewering him over the accident at Elephant Butte. Continue Reading
Gov. Bill Richardson’s chief of staff, Brian Condit, has been issued a citation after crashing a boat carrying the governor and others into another boat and a dock at Elephant Butte on Saturday. That’s according to the official accident report, which was released this afternoon. Continue Reading
The majority of those who voted in the last non-scientific poll on this site said that even though the GRIPgate probe has ended, President Obama should not offer Gov. Bill Richardson a job in Washington. Continue Reading
The United States opted to not file charges against Gov. Bill Richardson and others in the GRIPgate probe and closed the case. So, from a legal standpoint, Richardson and the others are innocent, regardless of what U.S. Attorney Greg Fouratt says. Continue Reading
“As promised, my plan closes the budget gap in a fiscally responsible way, without cutting education or increasing taxes,” Richardson said today as he unveiled his plan to fix the budget. 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
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
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
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