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New Mexico Receives $34M to Create Health Care Exchange
The U.S. Health and Human Services Department announced today that New Mexico will receive $34.3 million in federal grant funding to establish a health care marketplace in the next 12... Read more »
ERB Adopts Solvency Plan
Members of the Educational Retirement Board voted 4-3 today in favor of a plan to shore up the pension fund by decreasing the retirement benefits of both current workes and... Read more »
Gary Johnson Campaign Files FEC, FCC Complaints about CBS
Former New Mexico Gov. Gary Johnson, a Republican candidate for president, has tried begging, pleading and hectoring the national news networks to be included in their nationally televised presidential debates.... Read more »
FEMA Puts Cost of NM Flood Damage at $5.9M
Gov. Susana Martinez has sent a letter to President Barack Obama’s administration, requesting federal financial assistance to clean up flood-damages parts of Sandoval and Cibola Counties. The flooding occurred in... Read more »
Martinez Picks Douglas Howe to Fill PRC Vacancy
Gov. Susana Martinez has named Douglas Howe, a Santa Fe resident who’s a political independent, to fill a $90,000-per-year seat on the Public Regulation Commission. Howe, a consultant with a... Read more »
Martinez Confronts Aguilera on ‘Racist’ Remark
A meeting Wednesday evening with several Sunland Park officials provided Gov. Susana Martinez with t ...
Udall Praises Former Chief-of-Staff Gerald Gonzales
Gerald Gonzales, a former New Mexico Bureau of Elections director and chief-of-staff for Sen. Tom Udall when he was in the U.S. House, died of cancer this week and his... Read more »
Griego Gets Sierra Club Nod, Prods Boehner
The Sierra Club endorsed state Sen. Eric Griego, D-Albuquerque, Tuesday in the race for the Albuquer ...
Are Pols, Gov. Playing Vacant Seat Chess Game?
Two Democratic-controlled County Commissions and Republican Gov. Susana Martinez could be on a colli ...
Democrats lead Fundraising in CD1
All three Democratic candidates outraised their Republican counterparts in the Albuquerque-based 1st Congressional District election. The top two Democratic candidates raised more than twice as much as the two and... Read more »
Gary Johnson Shut Out Of Tonight’s Debate
Former New Mexico Gov. Gary Johnson won’t be among Republican presidential candidates appearing tonight in a CNN debate televised from Las Vegas. ” I will not speculate as to your... Read more »
Turnover in the Mayor’s Office
Mayor Richard Berry's administration is undergoing a bit of turnover as he approaches the midp ...
