Gov. Bill Richardson’s administration is proposing to overhaul Medicaid, the government’s low-income health insurance program, to cope with a projected budget shortfall of $300 million next year, the Associated Press is reporting.
Human Services Department officials told lawmakers on Thursday that Medicaid benefits and eligibility probably would be [...]
News coverage of the state capitol took a major hit this week as industry insiders passed word that longtime Associated Press reporter Deborah Baker was included in the national layoffs the AP announced. Baker had been on the Santa Fe scene some 20 years. [...] 
Bruce King (N. Mexican)Massachusetts Democrat Barney Frank doesn't think all that much of Michele Bachmann or tea partiers, apparently.Frank, a Massachusetts liberal, told an audience: "Some of the people (at the rally) that wanted to engage me in conversation appeared to have been the losers in the 'Are" [...]
New Hampshire’s bid to become the 14th state to legalize medical marijuana fell two votes short Wednesday, according to the Associated Press.
It appears the Obama administration overstated how many jobs federal stimulus dollars have created or saved a few weeks back. An Associated Press review shows that the 30,000 [...]
Governor Bill Richardson isn’t happy with the budget solutions passed by the state legislature during the week-long special session that concluded on Friday evening, the Associated Press reports. Richardson told the wire service, “every possible action, including vetoes, will be on the table.”
The reason is that Richardson [...]
Governor Bill Richardson isn't happy with the budget solutions passed by the state legislature during the week-long special session that concluded on Friday evening, the Associated Press reports.
Richardson told the AP, "every possible action, including vetoes, will be on the'" [...]
Former State Investment Officer Gary Bland’s Wednesday resignation came after a private law firm hired by the State Investment Council (SIC) found that he had “pressured investment firms doing business with the state to hire certain third-party marketing or placement agents,” The Associated Press is reporting.
The AP was [...]
Edward Avalos, a Las Cruces native and New Mexico State University graduate, has been sworn in as Undersecretary for Marketing and Regulatory Programs, according to the Associated Press.
Avalos is now the undersecretary for marketing and regulatory programs at the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). He was [...]
