1 day ago by Trip Jennings

The Senate sent a strong message to the Fourth Floor Monday, overriding one of two vetoes Gov. Bill Richardson used to block 2009 legislation from becoming law. The vote was 34-8, with a bipartisan collection of Democrats and Republicans easily achieving the two-thirds of those present necessary to ...

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2 days ago by craig

GREG ASKS : When likely will the 2012 gop candidates start announcing 2012 runs, like between fall thanksgiving 2010 and new years? There are no real ‘hard and fast’ rules when announcing a Presidential Campaign. According to Wikipedia , the 2008 Presidential Election saw Democrats Mike Gravel annou ...

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6 days ago by Matthew Reichbach

The governor, fresh off of ending his blogging hiatus, wrote a blog today about the proposed film incentive tax incentive cap. Needless to say, the governor is not in favor of the film credit cap, writing, “Caps would effectively eliminate the industry in the state.” The bill in question is sponsore ...

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6 days ago by Matthew Reichbach

After getting pushed by a reporter on Twitter, Governor Bill Richardson’s blog is once again active. After blogging multiple times during the contentious special session in October, the Guv. had so far been dark in the 2010 legislative session. The newest post is a guest blog from John Bartlit and D ...

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6 days ago by Bryant Furlow

Sen. Keller On Tuesday Senator Tim Keller (D-Albuquerque) introduced a motion to revive SB 531, a transparency bill that was unanimously passed by the Legislature last year only to be pocket-vetoed by Governor Bill Richardson. Keller’s recall motion passed with unanimous consent. It was the first st ...

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7 days ago by Matthew Reichbach

Governor Bill Richardson has put his influence behind domestic partnership efforts for years. Now, in Richardson’s final session as governor, there is a final effort to push a domestic partnership bill past the finish line. And the effort starts with a joint meeting of the Senate Judiciary and Senat ...

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11 days ago by Patricia Sauthoff

Two bills that would have merged departments and eliminated redundancies were tabled on Thursday by the House Consumer and Public Affairs Committee. Both bills, HB 94 (Merge Aging and Human Services Departments) and HB 95 (Merge Homeland Security and Public Safety Department), were introduced by Rep ...

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12 days ago by Trip Jennings

Bob Gallagher, New Mexico Oil and Gas Association’s long-time top executive, was fired this week, the Independent confirmed Thursday. Gallagher confirmed a statement that first ran in the New Mexico Business Weekly, which reported on Gallagher’s termination first: “They say I damaged the image and r ...

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13 days ago by Matthew Reichbach

Gov. Bill Richardson sent a message Wednesday allowing the Legislature to discuss streamlining state agencies. The recommendations for what agencies to streamline came from the governor’s Committee on Government Efficiency. “These are recommendations from the Task Force that I believe should be give ...

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14 days ago by Corey

Everyone else is looking for Val Kilmer, apparently.

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