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There’s been lots of negative news for Secretary of State Mary Herrera lately, and I’ve written a lot about the scandal plaguing her office. But research for two recent articles reminded me about one very positive step forward the office has taken under Herrera’s leadership. Continue Reading
Why do some students in the same school, studying the same lessons, sitting in the same size classroom, outperform students just down the hall? Maybe a “Sunshine Portal for Teachers” will help us find the answer. Continue Reading
Albuquerque City Councilor Rey Garduño says the city’s new transparency Web site falls short of what the city council’s legislation sought, and he wants to see more. Continue Reading
The candidates for New Mexico’s 2nd and 3rd congressional district seats have agreed to two televised debates in the coming weeks, while in the 1st District both candidates have agreed to one televised debate, but the Democrat, Martin Heinrich, has rejected the second. Continue Reading
The City of Albuquerque has unveiled a Web site full of information about how taxpayer money is being spent. Continue Reading
Democratic gubernatorial candidate Diane Denish says scandal that has plagued the New Mexico Land Office demonstrates the need for an ethics commission, while Republican Susana Martinez says she would push increased transparency to address issues like those that have dogged the land office. Continue Reading
The New Mexico courts Web site is the only central database of district and magistrate court case information in New Mexico that’s publicly accessible. The Supreme Court should put full dates of birth back in court documents and online. And it should reject a proposal to remove cases that didn’t lead to convictions from the online database. Continue Reading
UPDATED: Days after I reported that the office of Lt. Gov. Diane Denish had removed its archive of news releases from its Web site, the releases are back online. Continue Reading
In writing last week about Lt. Gov. Diane Denish’s office removing news releases from its Web site, I stated that the state treasurer’s office doesn’t have news releases archived on its Web site. Turns out I was wrong. Continue Reading
Lt. Gov. Diane Denish’s government Web site used to contain news releases that had been sent out by her office during her tenure, but the releases were deleted from the Web site earlier this month and are no longer available on the Internet. Continue Reading
New Mexico is one of nine states that doesn’t produce a regular report that tracks how much the state gives up each year to tax credits, exemptions and deductions. Both candidates for governor want to change that. Continue Reading
UPDATED: Members of the Legislative Council unanimously approved today a motion directing staff to begin webcasting interim committee meetings as soon as possible. Continue Reading
All legislative interim committee meetings are being held in Santa Fe this year to save money. To ensure the public still has access, Rep. Janice Arnold-Jones has asked legislative leaders to allow webcasting and video conferencing of those meetings. The issue may come up at today’s meeting of the Legislative Council. Continue Reading
Government of the people, by the people, and for the people requires, most of all, the people. The people have an opportunity to closely examine the process of government with the current Government Restructuring Task Force, but so far few are taking advantage of that opportunity. Continue Reading
The Albuquerque Journal is suing the governor to force him to release information about the exempt employees who were laid off earlier this year. Let’s hope the court forces the governor to end his flagrant disregard of state law. Continue Reading