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... Angeles because of a meeting that ran too long. “I'd rather skip the hoopla,” Peters said of the crowd gathered around Gov. Bill Richardson in the airport's restaurant area for the day's official festivities in honor of the new flight. “But I'm glad it's ...
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... Angeles because of a meeting that ran too long. “I'd rather skip the hoopla,” Peters said of the crowd gathered around Gov. Bill Richardson in the airport's restaurant area for the day's official festivities in honor of the new flight. “But I'm glad it's ...
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... 2009 Richardson Calls for Medicaid Overhaul By Barry Massey Associated Press By Barry Massey The Associated Press SANTA FE - Gov. Bill Richardson's administration is proposing to overhaul Medicaid and scale back health care services to some lower-income New Mexicans to cope with a ...
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... . Finally, the man is back in the jail cell, and the words flash across the screen: "Some things can't be reversed. Designate a driver." Gov. Bill Richardson called the ad "sobering" during a news conference Thursday. It's a stark departure from the goofy spots featured during the "100 Days ...
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... and car purchases, indicating likely turbulence in New Mexico's next legislative session. At a meeting of the working group formed by Gov. Bill Richardson to study ways to increase state revenue, business leaders voiced support for reinstating the state's gross receipts tax on food items. Lawmakers ...
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... tax increases in order to balance its budget. Education Secretary Veronica Garcia said she plans to propose several legislative reforms to Gov. Bill Richardson. Among them is requiring local school boards to establish a finance committee for greater financial oversight, with members receiving annual ...
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... Albuquerque to Los Angeles because of a meeting that ran too long. "I'd rather skip the hoopla," Peters said of the crowd gathered around Gov. Bill Richardson in the airport's restaurant area for the day's official festivities in honor of the new flight. "But I'm glad it's here." Peters did ...
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Thursday, November 19, 2009 UPDATED: N.M. Considers Scaling Back Medicaid Coverage By Barry Massey Associated Press SANTA FE — Gov. Bill Richardson's administration is proposing to overhaul Medicaid and scale back health care services to some lower-income New Mexicans to cope with a projected ...
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Thursday, November 19, 2009 New Mexico Considers Scaling Back Medicaid Coverage Associated Press SANTA FE — Gov. Bill Richardson's administration is proposing to overhaul Medicaid to cope with a projected budget shortfall of $300 million next year. The state Human Services Department ...
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... guitar masters Gustavo Pimentel and Hector Pimentel and his band Leyenda. Earlier this year, the New Mexico Legislature passed and Gov. Bill Richardson signed a bill making the New Mexico Sunrise the state's official state guitar. The steel-string acoustic guitar is made of East Indian rosewood ...
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... - Ground has been broken on what officials say will be a state-of-the-art substance abuse treatment and training center for New Mexico. Gov. Bill Richardson was among the state and local officials who turned out Wednesday for a groundbreaking ceremony in Los Lunas. Richardson says the center ...
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Gov. Wouldn't Say No to Washington
By Michael Coleman / Journal Washington Bureau
WASHINGTON Gov. Bill Richardson urged more diplomacy with Cuba during a speech here Tuesday, and he said he would consider taking a job in a Democratic presidential administration if it were offered.
Disloyal Richardson Truly 'Judas'
By James Carville / From the Washington Post
Last Friday the New York Times asked me to comment on New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson's endorsement of Sen. Barack Obama for president. For 15 years, Richardson served with no small measure of distinction as the representative of New Mexico's 3rd Congressional District. But he gained national stature and his career took off when President Bill Clinton appointed him U.S. ambassador to the United Nations and later made him energy secretary.
How Bill Decided on Barack
By Michael Coleman / Journal Washington Bureau
WASHINGTON Gov. Bill Richardson told Barack Obama he would endorse him 10 days ago, but the two high-powered Democrats kept it a secret until Friday because of Richardson's long-planned Caribbean vacation with his wife.
Gov.'s Nod Goes to Obama
By Michael Coleman and Jeff Jones / Journal Staff Writers
WASHINGTON Bill Clinton appointed Bill Richardson ambassador to the United Nations and named him secretary of energy.
Richardson Says Focus Now on State
By Jeff Jones And Trip Jennings / Copyright © 2008 Albuquerque Journal; Journal Staff Writers
SANTA FE Gov. Bill Richardson publicly pulled the plug on his presidential bid Thursday while giving only a partial glimpse of his political future.
A Year in the National Spotlight
Denish Hints She May Throw Her Support to Hillary Clinton
By Jeff Jones / Journal Politics Writer
SANTA FE Lt. Gov. Diane Denish indicated Thursday that she's leaning toward backing Hillary Clinton for the Democratic presidential nomination now that Gov. Bill Richardson has left the race.
Gov. Richardson, Clintons 'Clear the Air' in Call
By Leslie Linthicum / Journal Staff Writer
Bill and Hillary Clinton have had Gov. Bill Richardson on their speed dial in recent days, Richardson said in a CNN interview after dropping out of the presidential fray.
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| High Ambition: Richardson Eyes the White House - Part 5 (Feb. 18, 2007)
By Thomas J. Cole Copyright © 2007, Albuquerque Journal; Journal Staff Writer SANTA FE A few days after the November election in 2004, Gov. Bill Richardson and top aide Dave Contarino sat in Richardson's fourth-floor office at the Capitol and chewed over the results. The governor and Contarino had worked hard for Sen. John Kerry, hoping to deliver New Mexico's five electoral votes to the Massachusetts Democrat and help deny President Bush a second term. In the end, Kerry lost New Mexico and the election. That meant four more years of Bush but an opportunity for another Democrat to be the party's nominee for the White House in 2008. "Maybe next time it's going to be us," Richardson said. As he and Contarino prepared over the next two years for a possible Richardson run for the presidency, their mantra became "Do well by doing good." Do good as governor by being socially progressive but cutting taxes and being pro-business; do well with voters as a new-type Democrat. Read full story Previous Stories: High Ambition: Richardson Eyes the White House - Part 1 (Jan. 21, 2007) High Ambition: Richardson Eyes the White House - Part 2 (Jan. 28, 2007) High Ambition: Richardson Eyes the White House - Part 3 (Feb. 4, 2007) High Ambition: Richardson Eyes the White House - Part 4 (Feb. 11, 2007) The complete series, High Ambition: Richardson Eyes the White House, will be available as a reprint beginning Feb. 26. The reprints are $1 to anyone picking them up at the library in Journal Center, 7777 Jefferson NE. For mailed copies, send $2.50 and your address to the Journal Library, Albuquerque Publishing Co., P.O. Drawer J, Albuquerque, N.M., 87103. |
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High Ambition: Richardson Eyes the White House (Day 1 of 5 parts)
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High Ambition: Richardson Eyes the White House (Day 3 of 5 parts)
High Ambition: Richardson Eyes the White House (Day 4 of 5 parts)
High Ambition: Richardson Eyes the White House (Day 5 of 5 parts)
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