bill richardson

N.M. transportation head honcho Rhonda Faught will retire at year’s end

Rhonda Faught, Gov. Bill Richardson’s transportation secretary from day one, is retiring at the end of the year, the governor’s office announced minutes ago.
NMI reported last month that Faught was seriously considering retirement. Gary Girón, Faught’s deputy transportation secretary, will replace her as transportation secretary, Richardson announced.

Finally, a New Mexican purportedly lands a post in Obama’s Cabinet

Arizona Gov. Janet Napolitano, who was raised in New Mexico, is reportedly President-elect Barack Obama’s top choice as secretary for the federal Department of Homeland Security.
Much of New Mexico’s interest in the president-elect’s selection process has revolved around Gov. Bill Richardson, who is said to be on the short list for secretary of state. Obama has [...]

Government woes threaten to deepen economic crisis

The headlines are everywhere. The state of New Mexico has frozen hiring and taken other measures to cut $200 million from the current fiscal-year budget to avoid a deficit. The Albuquerque mayor is leaving 140 jobs unfilled to trim $20 million from the city’s budget. The Gadsden Independent School District in southern New Mexico is shifting its use of $3.9 million in state funds — a stopgap measure to avoid immediately firing 98 employees and making other cuts.

Lawrence Eagleburger unloads on Bill Richardson’s intelligence, foreign affairs expertise

Ouch!!! Tell us what you really think, Lawrence Eagleburger.
Eagleburger, as you may recall, served as George H.W. Bush’s secretary of state oh so many years ago.
And the former diplomat, an expert in the delicacies of speaking diplomatically, chose not to mince words this week when it came to his thoughts on Gov. Bill Richardson possibly [...]

Report: Talk of Hillary as secretary of state is premature

As I’ve already reported, there have been a number of media reports indicating that Hillary Clinton’s becoming secretary of state was likely or even a done deal. But The Politico says such talk is premature: Clinton isn’t certain she would accept the job even if Barack Obama offered it.
If true, that could be good news [...]

TODAY’S TOP STORIES: A $500 million hole at the Roundhouse

The state’s economic picture is coming into focus and it’s a mix of good and bad. State Senate President Pro Tem Tim Jennings tells The Associate Press today that lower oil and gas revenue could create a $500 million hole for Gov. Bill Richardson and legislators to fill — that’s twice the shortfall predicted earlier.
The [...]

Sources: Richardson met with President-elect Barack Obama today in Chicago

Sources are telling the Washington Post that Gov. Bill Richardson met with President-elect Barack Obama in Chicago today. If so, that appears to confirm whisperings making the rounds in recent days.
Richardson has long been considered a candidate for a cabinet post in Obama’s administration. But the question is which post?
In New Mexico, the scenario bandied [...]

Richardson, Bingaman on Obama’s Cabinet shortlist?

In a flow chart (though one commenter notes it’s a org chart) that is making its way around Washington, D.C., and the Internet, there are two prominent New Mexicans who look to be on the short list for Cabinet-level appointments under President-elect Obama.

Might the guv be the next chairman of the DNC?

So Gov. Bill Richardson is mum on his prospects as President-elect Barack Obama begins to fill prominent posts.
But when did one man’s silence stop the chattering class? Exhibit A: speculation today that Richardson may be in the running to replace Howard Dean as chairman of the Democratic National Committee (DNC). Dean is said to be [...]

Down Under, Bill Richardson NOT a secretary of state golden boy

While Gov. Bill Richardson’s name gets bandied about for an Obama administration post, Aussie Stephen Morris, a senior fellow at Johns Hopkins University’s School of Advanced International Studies, in Washington, D.C., pooh-poohs anything smacking of “secretary of state.” Writing in the Sunday edition of The Australian, an online newspaper, he said of Richardson’s globe-trotting prowess:
Richardson, [...]