I am writing today to announce the closure of the New Mexico Independent. After three and a half years of operation in New Mexico, the board of the American Independent News Network, has decided to shift publication of its news…
While environmental activists played their part yesterday during demonstrations at the capitol building, going so far as to dress up as solar panels and to sing the tune of “You Are My Sunshine,” their counterparts, the anti-cap-and-trade contingency who has…
Roughly one quarter of University of New Mexico students are unimpressed with the state’s flagship public school, according to a survey that questioned college students about their higher education experiences.
The trial of former Secretary of State Rebecca Vigil-Giron and three others accused of bilking taxpayers out of millions of dollars has been set for July.
The trial is scheduled to begin July 19 at 9 a.m., according to…
Over the years Armando Gutierrez did marketing and consulting work for sundry state agencies and public entities across New Mexico.
And in 2004 the media consultant made sure to list as many as possible when bidding for a media consulting…
Former New Mexico Secretary of State Rebecca Vigil-Giron’s attorney asked a judge Friday to dismiss charges against his client, saying the state Attorney General’s Office isn’t an impartial prosecutor. He added that he would call AG Gary King as…
Two bidders competed for a 2004 contract that is central to the criminal case against former New Mexico Secretary of State Rebecca Vigil Giron and three others. But the RFPs are no where to be found.
State prosecutors allege that the payments to Joe Kupfer were part of an elaborate embezzlement and fraud scheme in which Gutierrez, the Kupfers and former Secretary of State Rebecca Vigil-Giron stole millions of dollars in federal taxpayer money awarded to Vigil-Giron’s office for voter education.
Elizabeth Kupfer, one of four people indicted in the secretary of state case, worked as a consultant for New Mexico Attorney General Gary King shortly after King took office in 2007. The fact that Kupfer had a contract with the AG’s office after King took over was revealed today in documents released by the AG’s office in response to a records request.
New Mexico Attorney General Gary King is saying his office is free of conflict of interests that would weaken its prosecution of former Secretary of State Rebecca Vigil-Giron and three other defendants.
The issue of potential conflicts came out…
One of two assistant attorney generals prosecuting the case against former New Mexico Secretary of State Rebecca Vigil-Giron and three others was once fired by one of the defendants in the case, former AG employee Elizabeth Kupfer.
The indictments of former New Mexico Secretary of State Rebecca Vigil-Giron and others are a reminder of the need for reforms that might help prevent or deter public corruption in the future. Officials point to reforms such as the creation of an independent ethics commission, more funding for the state auditor and attorney general and regulatory changes.
According to an indictment handed down Wednesday, former New Mexico Secretary of State Rebecca Vigil-Giron fabricated a letter — postdating it Aug 26, 2004 — to help cover up a vast money laundering and embezzlement scheme. The alleged scheme involved Vigil-Giron, a nationally respected Hispanic media consultant and a husband-and-wife team who now lobby for the city of Albuquerque.
Attorneys for Rebecca Vigil-Giron and Armando Gutierrez said Wednesday afternoon had very little to say about the indictments returned on their clients, saying that hadn’t yet received the indictments.
Former New Mexico Secretary of State Rebecca Vigil-Giron confirmed today that she is a target of an investigation into the spending of millions of dollars in federal funds on voter education by her office — an investigation that is…
A state grand jury heard testimony about former New Mexico Secretary of State Rebecca Vigil-Giron’s spending of federal money Monday and Tuesday, the Albuquerque Journal reported today.
The grand jury is investigating how Vigil-Giron’s office spent approximately $6.3…
In addition to trying to keep the state out of red ink, state lawmakers will take up the equivalent of a legislative parlor trick when they convene this January to resolve a $6 million debt with the federal government.
The Secretary of…
