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Gary Johnson to participate in Fox News Republican presidential debate
Former New Mexico Gov. Gary Johnson will be allowed to participate in Thursday’s Fox News debate in Orlando, Fla., among Republican presidential candidates, The Daily Beast’s Howard Kurtz reports: The...
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Albuquerque voters nix mayor’s ‘Plan,’ reject red-light cameras
Voters in Tuesday’s Albuquerque municipal elections decided to keep two incumbent city councilors in office but rejected one of Mayor Richard Berry’s top initiatives. A long-standing red-light...
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Republicans, backed by wealthy attorney, attempt to dismantle New Mexico...
The Republican Party of New Mexico’s suit filing in federal court last Friday to challenge the state’s Limits Law, a campaign finance law passed in 2009, is poised for a fight. Some who previously...
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Indigenous New Mexicans object to the “Occupation”
The latest salvos against the Occupiers comes not from without but from within. On the Daily Kos website, evergreen2, of New Mexico, tells readers that “The term “Occupy” is not going down well with...
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Governor and AG test the limits of campaign contributions limits law
New Mexico’s attorney general Gary King, a democrat previously linked to pay-to-play scandals, told reporters yesterday that it was entirely legal to accept a $15,000 political contribution from the...
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PRC Comissioner Block fails drug test, Danny Maki way ahead in funding
This past Friday, former Public Regulation Commission member Jerome Block Jr. showed up for a mandatory meeting with his Adult Drug Court administrator in Santa Fe’s First Judicial District courthouse...
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Gary Johnson files for New Hampshire primary hours before deadline
Former Gov. Gary Johnson filed the paperwork for his candidacy in the New Hampshire presidential primary — mere hours before the filing deadline in the crucial early primary state. After a campaign...
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Udall proposes Constitutional amendment for campaign contribution reform
Last week, New Mexico Senator Tom Udall, along with six of his fellow Democratic colleagues, proposed an amendment to the U.S. Constitution that would allow Congress to regulate the campaign finance...
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Duran investigating whether dead people have voted in New Mexico
The office of Secretary of State Dianna Duran says that the names of 641 dead people are still on the voter registration rolls in New Mexico. Ken Ortiz, Duran’s chief of staff, says they still don’t...
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Momentum building for salaried Legislature
A raft of new commentary and news pieces in New Mexico are indicating some state leaders would prefer a salaried legislature. An article in Las Cruces Sun-News, an editorial in the Albuquerque Journal,...
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