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State government spending has grown about 40 percent in the last six years. That wasn’t sustainable, and now we have the opportunity and challenge to make government efficient and get the government we need and can afford. Continue Reading
“At the PRC and elsewhere, we are reaping what we sowed,” the Albuquerque Journal’s Thomas J. Cole writes in an article published today. Continue Reading
State Rep. Jose Campos, D-Santa Rosa, wants you to know he’s still running for lieutenant governor. There’s confusion because a different Jose Campos is a co-host of an upcoming fundraiser for another candidate. Continue Reading
The Constitution of the United States proves that out of many different peoples, interests and desires, one cohesive, national society can be created. The document gave the founders the unity and stability they wanted as a nation while safeguarding the rights and liberties of states and individuals. Continue Reading
Elizabeth Kupfer, one of four people indicted in the case involving former Secretary of State Rebecca Vigil-Giron, worked for about two months as a consultant on financial issues for Attorney General Gary King shortly after King took office in 2007. Continue Reading
Two nonprofits say the attorney general’s plan to appeal a judge’s ruling that slapped down an attempt to force them to register as political action committees is a waste of taxpayer money. Continue Reading
Gov. Bill Richardson on Monday ordered state agencies to prepare plans to cut another 3 percent from their budgets. Meanwhile, a number of activist groups are calling for the opening of budget negotiations to the public.
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I caught up last week with lieutenant governor candidate Jose Campos, a Democratic state representative from Santa Rosa. He was in Las Cruces on a campaign trip and made a stop at U.S. Rep. Harry Teague’s town-hall meeting on health-care reform. Continue Reading
The Legislature and the governor can lead New Mexico through the most troubling economic crisis in decades to a brighter future with a cautious, calculated and compassionate approach to reducing spending and raising revenue. Continue Reading
Republican gubernatorial candidate Susana Martinez has sent out a mailer that promotes her history of winning the crossover votes of Democrats and others in the four times she’s won election as a district attorney. Continue Reading
Attorney General Gary King says his office has no “legal conflicts” that would prevent it from prosecuting the case against former Secretary of State Rebecca Vigil-Giron and three others. Continue Reading
Attorney General Gary King says his office will appeal a federal judge’s ruling earlier this month that slapped down an attempt to force two nonprofits to register as political action committees. Continue Reading
Gov. Bill Richardson is traveling to Havana, Cuba this week as part of a trade mission “designed to capitalize on potential agricultural and cultural partnerships between Cuba and New Mexico,” according to a news release from the governor’s office. Continue Reading
State Rep. Janice Arnold-Jones plans to formally enter the 2010 Republican gubernatorial primary on Sunday. She will hold her rally at the Sheraton Albuquerque Uptown Hotel in Albuquerque on Sunday from 4-6 p.m., according to an announcement on her Facebook page. Continue Reading
Lawrence Rael, executive director of the Mid-Region Council of Governments, formally announced today that he’s entering the crowded Democratic primary race for lieutenant governor. Continue Reading