According to a post by New Mexico Watchdog, money was given to “phantom districts” in New Mexico (and others nationwide) from the recovery package. At least according to recovery.gov, the Web site designed to track recovery funds.
On The Daily Show with Jon Stewart, Vice President Joe Biden said [...]
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. [...] A $5,000-per-ticket “national innovation conference,” hosted by the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee and attended by senators including New Mexico’s Jeff Bingaman, is being criticized by a consumer watchdog group that says it gives the appearance of “pay to play.”
“Senators should discuss public policy issues in open forums accessible to anyone who [...]
Haussamen concluded:Though I'm not certain at all,' [...]
This week, a posting from New Mexico Watchdog reported on how Lt. Governor Diane Denish had spent unallocated federal fiscal stimulus funds in 2003 and 2004 — on Christmas cards, PR and having someone drive her to and from events. The Independent has reviewed the same files that the report’s author, [...]
Yesterday, a report published on the New Mexico Watchdog site said that Lt. Gov. Diane Denish used federal funds for things like PR, a driver to take her to events, and Christmas cards. Denish’s office says the money was used for legitimate purposes. Both the Santa Fe New Mexican [...]
Plame and her husband, former' [...]
Former Vice President Dick Cheney told the FBI that he doesn’t know who leaked the identity of former CIA agent Valerie Plame according to a transcript (pdf) given, by court order, to the watchdog group Citizens for Responsibility an Ethics in Washington (CREW). Plame and her husband, former [...]
The free market folks at the Rio Grande Foundation have launched an investigative news Web site, New Mexico Watchdog.
Jim Scarantino, an attorney and former columnist for the Albuquerque Journal and Weekly Alibi, wrote about the launch of the site on New Mexico Liberty, saying “We’re [...]
