SpaceShip II will be lifted into a launch altitude by Virgin's White Knight
A day after the governor's office announced the layoff of 59 political appointees, a Republican senator is asking questions about "emergency hires" at the New Mexico Health Department.
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U.S. Rep. Martin Heinrich and his son Micah visit with 102-year-old Blanche Barney
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Bruce King, a three-term Governor of New Mexico, 
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Powell wants Oil and Gas Industry to pay their fair share of royalties.
Photos: MG BralleyCity Councilor Brad Winter, former Marine and executive director of the N.M. Parole Board Robert Martinez, and supporter Nancy Roehl [...]
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Shira Greenberg (Left), Keshet Dance Company Founder and Artistic Director; Elianna Boswell (Center), Keshet Arts Education Student Representative; First Lady Michelle Obama, Honorary Chair of the President's Committee for the Arts and the Humanities.
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Did freshman State Sen. Tim Eichenberg, D-Albuquerque, commit 'political harakiri' this weekend when he told a group that incumbent Lieutenant Governor Diane Denish can't win the 2010 gubernatorial race in New Mexico?
Ortiz y Pino makes it official - he wants to be the state's next lieutenant governor.
With the state's combined budget deficit, for the 2009 and 2010 fiscal years, approaching a billion dollars one Southern New Mexico senator wants her colleagues to 'share the pain" of the states' financial distress.
Reacting to Governor Bill Richardson's proposal to cut state education funding by 1.5 percent, Albuquerque Public Schools' Superintendent Winston Brooks said the state's largest school district might be able to handle those level of cuts and keep the spending reduction from impacting classrooms directly.
Freshman New Mexico Senator Tim Keller introduced three bills during the opening of the special session. He said they're all aimed at making the state's finances more fiscally responsible.
New Mexico lawmakers caucus, but adjourn after less than two hours of floor debate. 
5pm - Update: Both the House and Senate have adjourned until Sunday afternoon -- only two hours after the governor delivered his proclamation. Members have returned to caucus meetings.
While legislators are in meeting at the Roundhouse in Santa Fe, to fix the budget deficit, New Mexico State Treasurer James B. Lewis was in Albuquerque announcing his re-election bid for a second consecutive term and third overall.
The ACLU of New Mexico filed suit against the Bernalillo County Sheriff’s Office (BCSO) and several of its deputies on Thursday -- the same day they settled this lawsuit.
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The lawsuit stems from searches deputies made during their massive manhunt for accused deputy killer Michael Paul Astorga.
Col. Jim White with Wife JacquieBernalillo County Commissioners selected White, [...]
After reviewing the census demographic research presented to the Legislative Economic and Rural Development Committee on New Mexico’s “Brain Drain” Problem, Senator Keller has announced plans to craft legislation to help address deep structural challenges in New Mexico’s labor force.
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Albuquerque Police Chief Ray Schultz
The American Federation of Teachers' union (AFT), concerned about proposed cutbacks in the state's education budget, has published an open letter inviting documentary filmmaker Michael Moore to their October 9th Demonstration for Education Rally in New Mexico.On Friday, President Barack Obama announced her appointment to become Administrator of the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration of the U.S. Health and Human Services Department.
Governor Bill Richardson, who withdrew his [...]
Russell Black and Jana Hodge have joined the Allen Weh 2010 team’s grassroots effort to mobilize New Mexico voters. Among other duties, Black and [...]
After claiming to be neutral in the 2009 Albuquerque mayoral, Bernalillo County Sheriff Darren White, switched gears and announced this morning that he's endorsing fellow Republican State Lawmaker Richard "RJ" Berry.
770KKOB AM, the radio station where I work as a political reporter, and which began as a student run radio station in Las Cruces, picked up the top Marconi Award, which is similar to a TV Emmy, last night in Philadelphia, at a National Broadcasters [...] 
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Last night, Albuquerque City Councilors approved a resolution, which stipulates a 10 -year expiration date on a proposed one-quarter cent Transportation Infrastructure Tax, unless re-approved by voters in 2019.
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In May, the City Charter Task Force, which had been commissioned two years ago, to examine several provisions in the original 1974 charter, issued their final report.
With less than a month before the Albuquerque Municipal Election it's time to gauge the public sentiment with our opinion poll.
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Update: Vigil-Giron waived her appearance at her arraignment on Friday. Her Attorney Robert Gorence entered a not guilty plea on her behalf and notified the court he was filing this motion to dismiss all charges against his client, because two state prosecutors are [...] 
Update 730am: Mayor Martin Chavez received the endorsement of the Fraternal Order of Police, following a mayoral forum at Lodge #1 in Albuquerque on Thursday night.
Students in the Albuquerque Public School District will now be allowed to opt out of next weeks Welcome Back To School address by the President of the United States. The option comes after a handful of parents watched a FOX News report and then [...] 
U.S. Representative Martin Heinrich, who has been on a listening tour in his district during the summer recess, will meet with employees from General Electrics' Albuquerque plant this afternoon during a 90-minute roundtable discussion that is closed to the general public.
var addthis_pub="peters196Democrat Brian Colón introduced his mother-in-law to nearly 500 of his friends at a campaign celebration and fundraising kickoff at the Hotel Albuquerque on Monday night.
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New Mexico Republican Greg Zanetti, who dropped out of the 2010 Governor's race on July 17th, told us today that he’s moving out of state with his wife Teresa and two teenage children.
A Federal probe into pay-to-play allegations in New Mexico is reportedly over. Governor Bill Richardson and key members of his staff appear to have been cleared by officials at the U.S. Justice Department.
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The APS Board of Education's Policy Committee voted this morning to allow the North Albuquerque Cooperative Community Charter School to change its name to the Alice King Community School.
var addthis_pub="peters1963It was a busy Sunday in what New Mexico Political Blogger Joe Monahan calls "La Politica."
