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.
Both candidates for governor support what’s called a tax expenditure report, a tool supporters tout as a way to reveal the hidden costs of the hundreds of tax credits, exemptions and deductions the state has approved over the years. New Mexico is one of a handful of states nationally to not compile even a bare-bones compilation of tax expenditures.
As NMI reported, the federal government has launched a major transparency initiative and will be putting heaps of information online for citizens and journalists to rake through. And in New Mexico, the New Mexico Foundation for Open Government has given out a series of transparency awards. So what more can New Mexico state and local governments, businesses and others do to be more transparent? Our panelists weigh in.
Lt. Gov. Diane Denish signed into law today a bill that will create a publicly accessible, online database of financial information from government agencies in New Mexico.
While a number of high-profile ethics and transparency measures died as the clock expired on the regular session last week, the New Mexico Legislature also sent a number of significant proposals to the governor for action.
The House has easily approved the creation of a publicly accessible, online database of financial information from government agencies in New Mexico that would include the names of exempt employees but not classified employees.
The House Appropriations and Finance Committee has given a do-pass recommendation to a proposal to create a state “Sunshine Portal,” so the bill needs only approval on the House floor before it heads to the governor for action.
Lt. Gov. Diane Denish wants the proposed sunshine portal to include the names of state employees along with their titles and salaries. But she hopes the legislation, which would create an online database of state government financial information, is approved…
The House Judiciary Committee gave a do-pass recommendation earlier today to a bill that would create a publicly accessible database of financial information from government agencies in New Mexico, but not before stripping a provision that would have included employees’ names…
The House Judiciary Committee will consider a bill that would create a publicly accessible database of financial information from government agencies in New Mexico on Saturday.
When will a bill that would create a publicly accessible database of financial information from government agencies in New Mexico get its first hearing in a House committee?
“No idea. We will try for Saturday or Monday,” state Rep.
A major transparency bill that would create a “sunshine portal” passed the Senate unanimously Friday afternoon. The sunshine portal is described as an online version of the state’s checkbook, showing information about state spending, including state contracts and state employee…
