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Among the issues that will be considered are the budget, bringing New Mexico driver’s licenses into compliance with the federal REAL ID Act, campaign and ethics reform, public safety, and economic development. Continue Reading
Groups that complain about “dark money” in politics may need to look into the darkness that shrouds their own pots of money. Continue Reading
Topics included compliance with the federal REAL ID Act and driver’s licenses for immigrants without legal status, ethics and campaign finance reform, economic development, and Spaceport America. Continue Reading
Spending by independent, conservative groups on the Nov. 3 Las Cruces election was even greater than previously known – more than $155,000 from four different political action committees. The candidates they backed all lost. Continue Reading
Their efforts to circumvent legislative logjams, using a top-down approach, run counter to the grassroots origins of the ballot initiative process. Continue Reading
I think it is time for ‘We the people’ to tell the Supremes they got it wrong — the only way we can. Continue Reading
How oil industry lobbyists played the long game — wearing down an overmatched federal bureaucracy to gain access to a fuel-rich corner of the Alaskan wilderness. Continue Reading
Lt. Gov. John Sanchez has some ideas for improving the state’s campaign reporting system following the recent resignation and conviction of former Secretary of State Dianna Duran, who was illegally abusing that system. Continue Reading
Policymakers in Las Cruces appear poised to approve a public-financing system that would likely go live in 2017. Continue Reading
Here are ProPublica’s picks for the year’s most notable in-depth stories on campaign finance, from newsrooms around the country. Continue Reading
I cannot begin to express how deeply sorry I am for my transgressions and the damage I caused to the public’s trust in public officials. Continue Reading
Former Secretary of State Dianna Duran won’t back out of a plea agreement that led to a 30-day jail sentence, which means she’ll be incarcerated beginning Friday. Continue Reading
Gov. Susana Martinez appointed Brad Winter to be New Mexico’s next secretary of state on Tuesday. Many NMPolitics.net readers said they were happy with the choice. Continue Reading
Title lenders have fended off tighter state oversight of their operations behind millions of dollars in campaign contributions, aggressive challenges to regulators who seek to rein them in and by writing loan contracts that leave aggrieved borrowers with little legal recourse. Continue Reading
Without explicitly seeking leniency for former Secretary of State Dianna Duran, U.S. Rep. Steve Pearce has penned a letter on Duran’s behalf to the judge who will sentence her next week. Continue Reading