One N.M. senator says he’s prepared to filibuster October special session
I caught up with first-term state Sen. Eric Griego this past weekend about the state’s burgeoning budget shortfall. As news of an October special legislative session to address the $433 million budget...
View ArticleN.M. watchdog for open government hires new executive director
The New Mexico Foundation for Open Government — ally to advocates of transparent government, bane of secretive politicans — has a new leader. Sarah Welch, a 31-year-old ex-newspaper editor in northern...
View ArticleTODAY’S TOP STORIES: The return of Eclipse and the renovation of Wal-Mart
The once-flying-high light-jet manufacturer Eclipse Aviation — or more precisely, its remnants — is aiming for a relaunch. After Eclipse Aerospace bought up all of the assets and buildings of the...
View ArticleThe week that was on the health care reform beat
Here’s a video report I put together for KNME’s New Mexico In Focus this past weekend. Cribbed from footage inside the two Albuquerque health care town hall meetingss last week, but also outside the...
View ArticleTODAY’S TOP STORIES: More budget problems, and who’s facing the brunt of H1N1
Budget woes keep growing. According to the Associated Press, Farmington has cut city spending by $3.3 million. On the positive side, the cuts do not include furloughs, pay cuts or layoffs. Instead, the...
View ArticleTODAY’S TOP STORIES: Good (and bad) news on lower natural gas prices
The top story in today’s Albuquerque Journal (competing with a story about the adorable newborn Asian elephant at the Rio Grande zoo) is about natural gas prices. Specifically, that natural gas prices...
View ArticleEx-U.S. Atty David Iglesias argues for longer terms for federal prosecutors
Former U.S. Attorney David Iglesias made some news over the weekend calling for overlapping terms of office for federal prosecutors from one presidential administration to the next. Speaking at the...
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Heinrich calls Obama health care speech a ‘tipping point’
President Obama addressed a joint session of Congress Wednesday night on health care reform. Shortly after President Obama finished his major health care reform address to a rare joint session of...
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At UNM, Richardson takes turn as guest prof of U.S.-Cuban relations
Photo by David Alire Garcia Gov. Bill Richardson admitted early on in his free-wheeling lecture to students at the University of New Mexico that it was his idea to talk to them about U.S.-Cuba...
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Berry TV ad exaggerates length of Chavez’s time in office
ABQ mayoral candidate Richard Berry's TV ad "Turn the Page" In his latest TV ad, Albuquerque mayoral candidate Richard Berry labels himself “impeccably honest,” but a photographic sleight of hand in...
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