Hassan Nemazee, a longtime Democratic moneyman, was arrested last August and later accused of perpetrating a $292 million Ponzi scheme. Nemazee has pleaded not guilty to the bank fraud charges, but “it may be unsettling for New Mexico citizens to now learn that a New York firm that [...]
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 [...]
New Mexico is bracing for the worst but hoping for the best.
And right now all the hope appears to be focused on Washington, D.C., although it’s way too early to tell if it’s a mirage or the real thing.
Health reform legislation approved last week [...]
Help to states might be on the way. Tucked within the U.S. House’s version of health reform legislation last week is a $23.5 billion pot of money meant for states to pay for six more months of extra Medicaid funding, The Washington Post reports. State officials across the land [...]
States, including New Mexico, are competing for $4 billion in federal funding for innovative education programs, reports the New York Times. As the story says: “The $4 billion is the most money Washington has ever given to overhaul schools. It is to be awarded in two rounds, in April [...]
Gov. Bill Richardson, left, and Lt. Gov. Diane Denish (Photos by Heath Haussamen)
Three 2004 news releases put out by Lt. Gov. Diane Denish’s government office had everything to do with politics and nothing to [...]
Gov. Bill Richardson signed today legislation that cuts $110 million from various state funds to help plug this year’s budget shortfall, but he vetoed a provision that would have taken more money from the state auditor.
“Without the money, the auditor would not have been able to conduct effective [...]
Haussamen concluded:Though I'm not certain at all,' [...]
If defeated District 5 City Councilor Michael Cadigan had taken public financing, he could have had a lot more money to spend on the race this year. About twice as much.
[...] 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 [...]
According to a project by the National Institute on Money in State Politics, just “3.2 percent of the 3,285 recipients of ARRA-related contracts were also donors to state-level political campaigns during the 2008 and 2009 election cycles.” In New Mexico, 7.9 percent of the 89 recipients of contracts related [...]
On Wednesday, Lt. Gov. and gubernatorial hopeful Diane Denish unveiled several proposals designed to streamline government and save money. Included in a press release was the suggestion that state government consider switching “from current systems to Google Apps,” which “could generate as much as $1.9 million in recurring savings.”
Google itself [...]
Corporate greed, or top-secret-special meritocracy? Nuclear Watch of New Mexico has uncovered a somewhat astounding little figure: Michael Anastasio, the director of Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), earns $800,348 a year—almost twice as much as US President Barack Obama (who makes $400,000, with a $50K cushion for [...]
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