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House Democrats have ample time to come to an agreement on leadership and maintain the power of the Democrats before the session. But it will take an honest discussion of where Democrats want to go from here and not just a calculation of who can garner the most votes (from whatever direction) to be speaker of the House. Continue Reading
There’s outrage over a proposal that would require public education employees in New Mexico to pay more into their retirement funds and potentially work longer before they can retire. Continue Reading
Two features in the Sunday edition of the New York Times point to the dramatically perilous future we might face if we don’t start seriously addressing the challenges before us. Continue Reading
Gov.-elect Susana Martinez said repeatedly on the campaign trail that she opposed any cuts to education and Medicaid. Faced with a dramatically larger budget deficit than previously predicted, she instead talked on Friday about protecting “classroom spending” and “basic health care for those most in need.” Continue Reading
The governor-elect, let’s call her M., is struggling to gain access to the mysterious financial authorities of a castle known as the Capitol, who govern the state budget using unknown and surrealistic accounting methods. First the deficit is $260 million; now it’s $450 million. What’s it going to be next? Continue Reading
There are now two Democratic House members exploring the possibility of forming coalitions with Republicans to unseat Speaker Ben Luján, and Luján has also reached out to Republicans in an attempt to shore up support. Continue Reading
House Republicans decided this morning to keep Tom Taylor as their leader. Continue Reading
Former employees may have illegally steered Department of Corrections construction and maintenance contracts worth about $10 million to certain companies that were paid for work that may never have been done, State Auditor Hector Balderas says. Continue Reading
State Auditor Hector Balderas is conducting a special audit of the New Mexico Corrections Department after a tip led to discovery of “potential abuse of the procurement process by certain vendors who were awarded large government contracts.” Continue Reading
Outgoing Secretary of State Mary Herrera says she’s “at peace” with her blowout loss to Republican challenger Dianna Duran in last week’s election and she’s “ready to move on to bigger and better opportunities.” Continue Reading
We need a neutral organization with impeccable credentials to tackle deciding the exact moment the first candidate goes negative, and then we must have the resolve to punish that first person going negative by withholding our vote and money. We might get their attention with that. Continue Reading
Budget numbers are getting dramatically worse, leadership positions are up for grabs, political appointees are moving to classified jobs and the incoming governor is threatening to fire them all. The next couple of months are going to be very interesting. Continue Reading
In a new interview with CNN’s John King, Gov.-elect Susana Martinez said she’s going to tell President Obama that Washington needs to reform the nation’s immigration system. She also said she’s proud as a Hispanic woman to be helping change the Republican Party. Continue Reading
Reps. Dona Irwin and Mary Helen Garcia said Tuesday that they want Rep. Joseph Cervantes to become speaker, even if he has to form a coalition with Republicans to make it happen. Continue Reading
Many have speculated that current Deputy District Attorney Amy Orlando is in line for the job of Doña Ana County district attorney, but Susana Martinez says she hasn’t yet decided who to appoint as her replacement when she becomes governor in January. Continue Reading