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Should NM get rid of candidate petitions?
Interesting story posted by Milan Simonich of the Texas-New Mexico Newspapers Partnership: State Sen. Howie Morales wants to outlaw nominating petitions, the system now used by major-party candidates...
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Sunland Park? Meet the Questa school board
Sunland Park may have elected a guy who could not step foot in City Hall because he was facing exortion charges over a secret videotape showing his opponent getting a lapdance from a topless woman. It...
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$453,000 pay-out to outgoing NMSU president gets slammed
Barbara Couture, in happier times at NMSU The board of regents at New Mexico State University didn’t like the job that school president Barbara Couture was doing. So they got rid of her and gave her a...
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It’s on: The Jennings-Pirtle state Senate race in Roswell gets rough
The election season has quickly turned into the mean season in the state Senate race in Roswell. Long-time Roundhouse incumbent and Democrat Tim Jennings has launched a website with his re-election...
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Capitol Report New Mexico barred from Martin Heinrich event with John Kerry
Rep. Martin Heinrich (D-New Mexico) A spokeswoman for US Senate candidate Martin Heinrich prevented Capitol Report New Mexico from taking part in a media briefing Wednesday evening with Sen. John Kerry...
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Pete Campos is the pick for Senate pro tem … for now
Sen. Pete Campos (D-Las Vegas) At the New Mexico Senate Democratic Party caucus on Sunday, Pete Campos was selected as president pro tem of the chamber to replace Sen. Tim Jennings (D-Roswell), who...
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W. Ken Martinez heading to Speaker of the House; Stapleton out as whip
W. Ken Martinez (D-Grants) W. Ken Martinez is about to fulfill one of his lifelong dreams, following in his late father’s footsteps by becoming the Speaker of the New Mexico House of Representatives....
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Additional NM gun control bills may come in wake of ABQ shooting
Roundhouse Democrats news conference, 1/21/13 New Mexico Senate Majority Leader Michael Sanchez (D-Belen) told reporters on Monday morning (Jan. 21) that “there might be some other pieces of...
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Linda Lopez, Tim Keller consider challenging Susana
Sen. Linda Lopez (D-Albuquerque) From the Santa Fe New Mexican: State Sen. Linda Lopez, an Albuquerque Democrat, said Monday that she’s ready to run for governor. Lopez, who first was elected to the...
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Fireworks over $36 million behavioral health allegations — state Senator...
COMMITTEE CONTROVERSY: NM Human Services Department Secretary Sidonie Squier clashed with committee Democrats last Wednesday. Legislative committee meetings are usually on the dull side but over this...
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Defending her administration’s Department of Human Services decision to suspend funding for 15 behavioral health providers across the state, Gov. Susana Martinez on Tuesday (July 16) said, “We’re not...
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Jason Marks drops out of AG’s race
Jason Marks For now, Hector Balderas is the only Democrat running for the top law enforcement position in the state. Opponent Jason Marks, who used to serve on the Public Regulation Commission, is...
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Navajo Nation will support NM horse processing plant
The Navajo Nation is about to wade into the heated debate over a horse-meat processing plant in Roswell and will support Valley Meat Co. becoming the first horse slaughterhouse in the U.S. in seven...
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Two Navajo legislators support NM horse slaughter facility, one takes shots...
GETTING MORE INTENSE: The rhetoric escalates in the debate over the first horse slaughter facility in the U.S. in seven years. The debate over a horse meat processing plant keeps getting more intense....
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Study: It pays $27,900 a year to not work in NM
TO WORK OR NOT: New Mexico ranks 18th in the nation in total welfare benefits, according to a national study done by the Cato Institute. By Rob Nikolewski │ New Mexico Watchdog SANTA FE — Is it easier...
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