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The truth is that we must radically optimize government (including cutting waste and eliminating tax loopholes and noncompliance) and will still likely need to raise taxes and cut or modify services to stay solvent. It’s not going to be fun or easy. But can we handle the truth? Continue Reading
I wonder: Is it the goal of the wilderness folks to use the wilderness act to force the closing of the White Sands Missile Range, Holloman and the spaceport to boot because of the auditory 21st century pollution? Continue Reading
New Mexico’s U.S. senators unveiled a revised wilderness proposal for Doña Ana County on Wednesday that frees up more land along the border in an effort to address law enforcement concerns. Continue Reading
With provisional ballots now counted, John Zimmerman is the winner in last week’s Doña Ana County Commission District 1 Republican primary. Continue Reading
In Doña Ana County, the District 1 county commission GOP primary race between John Zimmerman and Thomas Austin is too close to call. Continue Reading
As of Saturday, 9.5 percent of Republicans and 3.5 percent of Democrats had voted early and absentee in Doña Ana County. Continue Reading
Candidates for Doña Ana County offices will participate in a candidate forum in Mesquite on Thursday. Continue Reading
Today is the last day to register to vote in the June 1 primary, and early voting for the Democratic and Republican party primaries begins today. Continue Reading
Doña Ana County is without an elections supervisor after Bob Bartelsmeyer and the county parted ways last week – a month before the June primary. Continue Reading
The New Mexico Environment Department has paid Helena Chemical Co. $23,500 to settle violations of the state’s Inspection of Public Records Act, Helena announced today. The company plans to donate the money. Continue Reading
The Third Judicial District Attorney’s Office isn’t keeping a schedule for District Attorney Susana Martinez, who’s been busy in recent months running for governor. Martinez isn’t saying how she’s keeping track of job-related appointments. Sunshine experts disagree on whether, if she keeps them on a personal calendar, it’s a public record. Continue Reading
UPDATED: Tony Schaefer, who was disqualified from running for a seat on the Public Regulation Commission earlier this month, has endorsed Kent Evans in the race for the seat he once sought. Continue Reading
The district attorney says police were justified in fatally shooting a Las Cruces man in January, but officials won’t release the report that led to that conclusion. The ‘Trust us, we’re the government’ argument isn’t good enough, especially when the government takes a life. Continue Reading
Mesquite activist Arturo Uribe says he will appeal a Doña Ana County jury’s verdict in favor Helena Chemical Company in the civil defamation case the company brought against him. Continue Reading
UPDATED: The New Mexico Environment Department has issued a new notice of violation to Helena Chemical Company for “failing to correct deficiencies in its groundwater cleanup plan” and also rejected the company’s request to operate without an air quality permit. Continue Reading