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Guest of NM state rep suffers eye injury during Occupy protest in Santa Fe...
Rep. Bill Rehm (R-Albuquerque) Occupy protesters came under fire at the Roundhouse on Thursday (Jan. 26) after a handful of them burst into a dinner for state legislators at the Eldorado Hotel on...
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Rehm blasts Occupy movement, takes shot at Egolf, causes sparks on House floor
Brian Egolf (standing) talks to Bill Rehm on the House floor, 1/27/02 State Rep. Bill Rehm (R-Albuquerque) took to the House floor Friday (Jan. 27) and made his first comments since a female guest of...
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Analysis of Roundhouse matchups: Democrats still look safe in the Senate but...
The Secretary of State’s office has posted its final and complete list of candidates for statewide offices and an analysis by Capitol Report New Mexico shows that while the state Senate looks like it...
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State senator defends ALEC, the conservative group the left loves to hate
If you want to get someone on the political left riled up, just mention the word “ALEC.” No, not Alec Baldwin or Alec Guinness but the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC). It’s a political...
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Should partisan political groups use Roundhouse facilties for meetings?...
Should a partisan political group use the State Capitol building — funded by taxpayers — for a training session? And if so, should they pay to use the facilities? Those are just a couple questions up...
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Democratic Party group won’t have to pick up security costs for candidates...
Emerge New Mexico, a group whose website describes itself as “dedicated to getting more Democratic women into elected office,” will use state capitol building for a training session on a Saturday in...
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The $7.9 million redistricting bill: The lawyers did very well, NM taxpayers...
Judge Jim Hall presides over redistricting hearing, Santa Fe, 12/5/11 They squabbled in the legislature. They squabbled with the governor’s office. They squabbled in court. And the state Supreme Court...
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Two Roundhouse recounts coming
State Canvassing Board meeting, 11/27/12 It’s official. A meeting of the State Canvassing Board on Tuesday afternoon (Nov. 27) confirmed there will be recounts in two Roundhouse races, both involving...
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McMillan wins re-election by 8 votes
There will be no coin flip; there doesn’t need to be a drawing from a deck of cards. Republican incumbent Dr. Terry McMillan broke a tie in the incredibly close race for New Mexico’s House seat in...
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Bill to clean up voter rolls introduced
One man in Nambé improperly voted in 26 elections since 1998 as a registered Democrat. A woman in Sandoval County had illegally cast a ballot in nearly every election since 2005, registering as a...
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The politics of the minimum wage debate in NM
By Rob Nikolewski │ New Mexico Watchdog SANTA FE — New Mexico lawmakers will resurrect a debate over whether raising the minimum wage helps or hurts the economy in the current 30-day legislative...
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