Why I’m voting for Balderas
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My fellow New Mexico Democrats, in this vital election, let us choose integrity over compromise. Continue Reading
For Martinez, session brings wins and losses
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Gov. Susana Martinez didn’t succeed on many of the issues she had endorsed, but she emerged from the 30-day legislative session with the tax breaks she most cared about and a budget she can work with. Continue Reading
Campaign-disclosure bill loses GOP supporter
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A bill aimed at fixing problems with the state’s campaign-disclosure law was amended slightly by a House committee on Tuesday and sent to the floor for a vote, but it’s been so changed from its original version that it has lost one of its top supporters. Continue Reading
Campaign disclosure bill passes Senate unchanged
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The Senate unanimously passed legislation that attempts to fix problems with the state’s campaign-disclosure law on Sunday, sending it to the House for consideration. Continue Reading
Read our legislative liveblog archive
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UPDATED: The Senate passed a controversial bill today that attempts to fix problems with the state’s campaign-disclosure law, sending it to the House for consideration. Click on the headline to read about it in our liveblog archive. Continue Reading
Disagreement still threatens campaign disclosure bill
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A bill aimed at ensuring campaign-finance transparency has been so changed by Senate committees that it has lost much of the support that propelled it out of an interim committee by a unanimous vote. Continue Reading
ABQ Journal calls AG’s record ‘woefully inadequate’
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The Albuquerque Journal called the record of Attorney General Gary King “woefully inadequate” this weekend and questioned whether he has “the commitment and drive to actually deliver some results.” Continue Reading
Cruces begins looking at campaign reform
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Officials in Las Cruces have begun exploring possible changes to the city’s election ordinance in an effort to address issues that have come to light in recent years. Continue Reading
Election, ethics reform still on session agenda
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UPDATED: Gov. Susana Martinez scaled back the agenda for the ongoing 30-day legislative session on Monday, but election reform and various ethics-related proposals remain. Continue Reading
King returns part of $15K donation
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Attorney General Gary King has returned part of a $15,000 campaign contribution some said violated the state’s cap on the size of political donations. Continue Reading
Nonprofits focus on taxes in new mailer
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With their right to lobby the Legislature backed by a federal appeals court, two nonprofits that fought with state officials over mailers they sent in 2008 are out with a new mailer pressuring the governor and lawmakers on various tax-related bills. Continue Reading
Reform and accountability proposals stack up
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VIDEO: As NMPolitics.net reported last week, Gov. Susana Martinez has signaled that she will allow broad consideration of campaign finance reform issues. Since then she’s given her support to several government accountability proposals, but not to others. Continue Reading
Guv OKs consideration of campaign reform
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Gov. Susana Martinez will allow lawmakers to consider bills related to fixing New Mexico’s Campaign Reporting Act during the session that begins next week. Continue Reading
Funeral donation proves need for reform in Cruces
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Former Las Cruces Mayor Bill Mattiace’s donation of campaign funds to help pay for a funeral demonstrates the need for campaign finance and other ethics reform in city government. It’s time for action. Continue Reading
Former Cruces mayor donated campaign funds to pay for funeral
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Former Las Cruces Mayor Bill Mattiace donated $10,000 from his campaign account to help pay for the funeral of his sister-in-law’s husband, the Las Cruces Sun-News is reporting. Continue Reading