Cooperation is the only answer to NM’s water woes
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COMMENTARY: Maybe it’s not too late to learn from former Attorney General Gary King’s big mistake. Continue Reading
New family-centric model improves AG’s Consumer Protection Division
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When I took office, I swept aside the old approaches that allowed consumer complaints to languish in layers of bureaucracy. Continue Reading
AG Balderas falling short on consumer protection
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Mr. Balderas has failed to demonstrate a meaningful commitment to enforcing the law to protect consumers from unfair, deceptive or unconscionable business practices. Continue Reading
AG clears final two behavioral health providers of fraud
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All 15 health organizations Gov. Susana Martinez’s Human Services Department chose to freeze Medicaid funding for in 2013 have been cleared of any criminal wrongdoing. Continue Reading
After a bumpy start, AG’s office addressing sunshine-law complaints
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FOG is encouraged that Balderas and his staff are addressing complaints about OMA and IPRA violations. Continue Reading
Criticism of Martinez’s 2013 Medicaid freeze ramps up
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The question remains: Why did the Martinez Administration freeze funding to 15 organizations and throw the state’s behavioral health system into chaos when it didn’t have to? Continue Reading
Senate kicks out AG staffers, OKs child porn bill with teen exemption
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Members of Attorney General Hector Balderas’ staff walked out in protest Tuesday when a committee voted to exempt teens from prosecution in cases of “sexting.” That was on the minds of senators when they ejected Balderas’ staffers from the Senate floor Wednesday. Continue Reading
Was Balderas sufficiently tough on Duran? Opinion is mixed
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Some are upset that Dianna Duran could avoid prison and keep her pension. Others are just glad she’s no longer New Mexico’s secretary of state. Continue Reading
Q&A: AG Balderas wants greater focus on protecting children
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Still in his first year on the job, Attorney General Hector Balderas says he was most surprised when he took office to learn “how few resources were being devoted to protecting children in New Mexico.” Continue Reading
In Senate race, NM’s future is in Balderas
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Why would we nominate the candidate who leads the pack with money, polling and political endorsements? Hector is one of the most well-respected candidates my generation has seen in New Mexico politics. Continue Reading
Once a college dropout, Balderas found success
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Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Hector Balderas was a college dropout working on an assembly line at 21. Continue Reading