New Mexico Watchdog

According to a post by New Mexico Watchdog, money was given to “phantom districts” in New Mexico (and others nationwide) from the recovery package. At least according to recovery.gov, the Web site designed to track recovery funds.
On The Daily Show with Jon Stewart, Vice President Joe Biden said the mixups are a result of clerical [...]

Following two days of investigation, here’s what I’ve learned about a situation that has gained the attention of Republicans and the media this week. The bottom line: I’m not sure there was a story to begin with.

This week, a posting from New Mexico Watchdog reported on how Lt. Governor Diane Denish had spent unallocated federal fiscal stimulus funds in 2003 and 2004 — on Christmas cards, PR and having someone drive her to and from events. The Independent has reviewed the same files that the report’s author, Jim Scarantino, reviewed (as well as [...]

Lt. Governor Diane Denish said in an interview to be televised on Friday evening that it’s a “patently false lie” that her office used federal taxpayer dollars for campaign Christmas cards.
The interview was conducted by Peter St. Cyr for KNME’s New Mexico in Focus, and you can see the clip in question on the show’s [...]

The free market folks at the Rio Grande Foundation have launched an investigative news Web site, New Mexico Watchdog.