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.
Last week, New Mexico Senator Tom Udall and six of his fellow Democratic colleagues proposed an amendment to the U.S. Constitution that would allow Congress to regulate the campaign finance system.
Today, Rep. Martin Heinrich, another longtime advocate of campaign…
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 system. Long an advocate of campaign finance reform, Udall…
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 New York City law firm of Bernstein Litowitz Berger and Grossman LLP last month — despite the nine-month-old campaign contribution limits law he championed less than a year ago.
Earlier today, we reported that Merck, the manufacturer of the human papillomavirus vaccine that Gov. Rick Perry attempted to mandate for Texas girls in 2007, has given more than the $5,000 Perry said it had given him Monday night.
Public Regulation Commission Chief of Staff Johnny Montoya has proposed limits to employee gas cards stemming from records showing Commissioner Jerome Block charged $5,000 in six weeks to his card.
Jerome Block, Jr., absent since July 28 after records surfaced that he misused a state-issued gas card, returned to Santa Fe Tuesday and said he had a prescription drug addiction but would not resign from his post on the Public Regulation Commission.
A search warrant unsealed Friday shows that Public Regulation Commissioner Jerome Block, Jr., did not only buy multiple gas fill-ups — within minutes of each other and for other people as well as himself — but he also bought chimichangas, cigarettes and Gatorade. He also used the PRC cards of two other employees.
Embattled Public Regulation Commissioner Jerome Block, Jr., received a vote of “no confidence” Thursday that removed him from his post as vice chairman of the committee.
All four Public Regulation Commissioners signed a statement urging Commissioner Jerome Block, Jr., to resign his seat Tuesday; Block was not present at the proceedings.
Scandal-plagued Public Regulation Commissioner Jerome Block Jr. is a suspect in a stolen auto case, reports the Santa Fe New Mexican.
KOB News has been investigating Public Regulation Commissioner Commissioner Jerome Block, Jr., and found that he drove a state vehicle for 11 months with a suspended license and racked up $5,000 in charges to a state-issued gas card in six weeks.
Former New Mexico Gov. Gary Johnson’s political action committee is facing sanctions in Utah over campaign finance reporting violations, Veritas New Mexico reports. Despite the Utah Department of Commerce Consumer Protection Division telling that PAC that it cannot solicit donations in the state, it continues to do so.
On the week of the one-year anniversary of Arizona’s controversial anti-immigration bill — which has provoked copycats throughout the country — Republican Gov. Jan Brewer signed controversial legislation concerning the political clout of religious institutions, among other issues.
Susana Martinez has raised more money than Diane Denish has in the last few weeks—but she’s spent more, too.
Martinez raised $1.07 million and spent $2.1 million in the period that ran from October 5 to October 26. Denish raised…
Republican secretary of state candidate Dianna Duran reported raising $77,000 in contributions for the three-week period ending Tuesday, according to a campaign finance report filed Thursday.
The contributions came in the waning weeks of the 2010 election season as…
So far, the Republican Governors Association (RGA) has outspent its Democratic counterpart, pumping $1.25 million into the contest compared to $900,000 from the Democratic Governors Association(DGA), state and federal records show. That edge has helped propel front-runner Republican Susana Martinez toward what increasingly looks like victory on Nov. 2. Martinez has led Lt. Gov. Diane Denish in every independent poll for months and the gap appears to be widening.
Incumbent congressman Ben Ray Luján once again outraised his opponent in the 3rd Congressional District race according to reports filed with the Federal Elections Commission on Friday.
Luján raised $250,000 from July 1 to September 30 while Tom Mullins raised…
Freshman Democratic Rep. Martin Heinrich maintains a large cash advantage over his Republican challenger, Jon Barela, according to preliminary third quarter fundraising numbers released by the campaigns.
Although Heinrich raised about 20 percent more cash over the last few month,…
Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney will be the main attraction next week at an Albuquerque fundraiser for New Mexico gubernatorial candidate Susana Martinez.
Want your picture with Romney? $1,500 per person. Just mingling? $500 per person.
The Senate plans to vote Thursday morning on the DISCLOSE Act — which would require organizations involved in political campaigning to disclose the identity of large donors and would bar foreign corporations, large government contractors, and TARP recipients from making political expenditures. The outcome is uncertain.
