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Even after thousands of years of human intellectual advancement, the same blood lust central to the society that enjoyed going to the Roman Coliseum to watch gladiators kill each other is alive and well in our own society. Continue Reading
The legislative Investment Oversight Committee will meet today for the last time before the upcoming session to consider three bills that could dramatically reform state investment agencies, which have been plagued by scandal in recent months. Continue Reading
Good things have happened for New Mexico so far in 2009. We should be thankful for the good, and perhaps the bad can be put into proper perspective. Here are a few of those good things in which the Attorney General’s Office was involved. Continue Reading
I have been surprised at the minimal attention given to the recent indictment of the heads of CDR Financial Products — David Rubin, Zevi Wolmark and Evan Zarefsky. Here’s a look at what’s contained in the indictments. Continue Reading
Months after the N.M. Educational Retirement Board reversed courses and releases subpoenas it had previously withheld from the public, the State Investment Council did the same on Tuesday. Continue Reading
Gov. Bill Richardson may be asked to share, under oath, whether he knows anything about the scandal in the state’s housing authority system that culminated in 2006 with the default of $5 million in bonds owed to the State Investment Council. Continue Reading
Government agencies shouldn’t be allowed to get away with ignoring a state law requiring them to submit annual audits, but nearly three dozen are doing just that. How do we know those agencies aren’t rife with corruption? We don’t. Continue Reading
To get a pool of conceal-carry protectors quietly hidden among the defenseless in crowds, there must be adequate protection of those who protect us. A society that thinly veils its threats against people taking up arms for protection will not have those citizens protecting them. Continue Reading
Former Gov. Gary Johnson is still speaking out about decriminalizing and legalizing drugs in the United States. Click on the headline to listen to a speech he gave Tuesday at the University of New Mexico and watch an exclusive interview with him. Continue Reading
Blowing a .08 on a breathalyzer test, failing field sobriety tests and being arrested for suspicion of drunken driving raises questions about whether Cindy Padilla will actually fulfill her appointment as deputy assistant secretary on aging in the U.S. Health and Humans Services Department. Continue Reading
In a new, in-depth report into the embattled CDR Financial Products, Bloomberg details $27.7 million in bonds NM’s Region III Housing Authority sold in 2003 “with the help of” CDR. Continue Reading
UPDATED: The company that was at the center of the scandal that cost Gov. Bill Richardson the U.S. commerce secretary post was indicted along with three employees today as part of a national probe into bid rigging in the municipal bond market. Continue Reading
UPDATED: House Bill 17, which would implement some $220 million in cuts to most state agencies, public education and Medicaid, contains an interesting provision related to the state’s district attorneys. Continue Reading
Spokeswoman says the department has been planning for a 3.5 percent decrease in its budget. Cuts the department has already implemented include moving inmates from private to state-owned prisons and feeding inmates less. Continue Reading
The State Investment Council has learned that Gary Bland, who resigned Wednesday, pressured investment firms to hire certain placement agents, Land Commissioner Pat Lyons says. Continue Reading