We must change the way we select, district and finance candidates
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Our Legislature once again ignored the deep anger and seething resentment out here in the real world felt toward our political institutions. Continue Reading
House unanimously approves ethics commission proposal
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The legislation heads to the Senate, which has been the traditional burial ground for ethics bills. Continue Reading
Ethics commission proposal advances in House
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The House Judiciary Committee gave its unanimous support to a proposal for establishing an independent ethics commission. Continue Reading
Committee OKs bill to change whistleblower law
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Sen. Candelaria’s amended bill would put a new requirement in the law that government employees exhaust certain administrative remedies prior to filing a whistleblower claim in court. Continue Reading
Changes to whistleblower legislation unlikely to sway critics
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Sen. Jacob Candelaria has made a number of changes to a bill that would impact whistleblowers in New Mexico — but the changes don’t appear to be winning over his critics. Continue Reading
Haussamen on Trump’s borderland impact, the legislative session
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NMPolitics.net editor and publisher Heath Haussamen joined others on the television show New Mexico Now this week. Continue Reading
A request that Sen. Candelaria withdraw proposed changes to whistleblower law
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The bill would effectively strip the existing Act of its usefulness in helping to protect the people of New Mexico against many kinds of public corruption and other forms of wrongdoing. Continue Reading
Measure creating independent ethics commission advances
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But several lawmakers on both sides of the political aisle had pointed questions about it. Continue Reading
Trump’s watered-down ethics rules let a lobbyist help run agency he lobbied
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The president’s executive order on ethics also cites a section of the law that doesn’t exist. Continue Reading
New Mexicans want ethics reforms to prevent corruption, report finds
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In a new survey, 1 in 5 New Mexicans said they never trust state government to do what is right, while only 3 percent said state government can always be trusted to do what is right. Continue Reading
Transparent ethics commission bill, controversial ‘public accountability board’ proposal both advance
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One proposal requires transparency when a complaint is filed, while the other allows many complaints to be kept secret. Continue Reading
Opposing legislation, as written, to create a state public accountability board
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This bill does not increase transparency in the state of New Mexico. And in some key areas, it actually reduces transparency. Continue Reading
Proposal aims to close campaign donation loophole
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Currently, politicians can take cash for their campaigns during a legislative session as long as they did not ask for it. Continue Reading
Q&A: As speaker, Egolf pledges ‘a public and transparent process’ in the House
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Democrats in the N.M. House of Representatives learned some things from being in the minority for the last two years, Brian Egolf says. Continue Reading
Readers balk at Pearce staffer’s defense of ethics vote
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A staffer for U.S. Rep. Steve Pearce asserted last week that House Republicans weren’t trying to gut the independent agency that polices House ethics. Many NMPolitics.net readers balked at his claim. Continue Reading