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Proposed constitutional amendments by Dems draw fire from GOP

By Rob Nikolewski │ New Mexico Watchdog SANTA FE  – The 30-day legislative session has just started but already, battle lines are getting drawn between Democrats and Republicans. The issue? A slew of joint resolutions that would amend the state constitution in order to pass laws near and dear to the hearts of the more liberal wing of the Democratic constituency, which GOP leadership argues have been proposed ...
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Investigations

New Mexico Watchdog’s Top 10 stories of 2013

By Rob Nikolewski on December 25, 2013
By Rob Nikolewski │ New Mexico Watchdog SANTA FE — New Mexico taxpayers this past year saw little good, plenty of bad and a whole lot of ugly. A review of the Top 10 stories covered and uncovered by New Mexico Watchdog shows a parade of bad behavior and wasted money in the Land of Enchantment. But to [...]Read More>>

Ex-mayor of Columbus smuggles guns, keeps taxpayer-funded pension

By Rob Nikolewski on December 18, 2013
By Rob Nikolewski │ New Mexico Watchdog SANTA FE – A conviction for gun smuggling isn’t stopping a former Columbus mayor from getting nearly $17,000 a year in taxpayer-funded pension money, New Mexico Watchdog has learned. The former mayor, Eddie Espinoza, was released from federal prison in late November three years early from a four-year sentence after [...]Read More>>

Nice perks: A review of the contracts of NM’s two-year college presidents

By Rob Nikolewski on December 12, 2013
By Rob Nikolewski │ New Mexico Watchdog SANTA FE — If you want to work somewhere with plenty of vacation and sick days, it’s hard to beat a job as the president of one of New Mexico’s eight independent two-year colleges. The compensation packages for at least four of those presidents allows a minimum of 20 vacation.
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Rio Arriba County yanks money for NetRoots Nation conventions

By Rob Nikolewski on November 12, 2013
By Rob Nikolewski │ New Mexico Watchdog Rio Arriba County will no longer pay to send county employees to NetRoots Nation conferences. About five months ago, New Mexico Watchdog revealed two workers attended the well-known liberal political convention using taxpayer money. “Rio Arriba County will no longer honor any travel requests to future NetRoots Nation conferences,” county manager Tomás [...]Read More>>

At least 63,900 New Mexicans must change health care policies

By Rob Nikolewski on October 29, 2013
By Rob Nikolewski │ New Mexico Watchdog SANTA FE — At least 63,900 people in New Mexico have been notified they’re going to have to change their individual health care policies — some must do it within a matter of months while others can wait until end of next year — according to a review by [...]Read More>>

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Capitol Report

A decison (finally) looms on Hanna Skandera confirmation

By Rob Nikolewski on January 22, 2014
By Rob Nikolewski │ New Mexico Watchdog SANTA FE  – The debate over the confirmation of Hanna Skandera as Public Education Department Secretary turned into a soap opera last year and it may become even more dramatic in this year’s legislative session. That’s because a decision figures to finally be made. Painted as an effective agent for change by her supporters and demonized as [...]Read More>>

Point/Counterpoint: Governor’s State of the State address and Democrats’ response

By Rob Nikolewski on January 21, 2014
By Rob Nikolewski │ New Mexico Watchdog SANTA FE  – The 30-day legislative kicked off Tuesday with Republican Gov. Susana Martinez citing a familiar list of her favorite priorities — such as education reform and measures aimed at boosting New Mexico’s lagging economy — but the response from Democrats bluntly called her 47-minute speech “gimmicky.” Here are some quotes [...]Read More>>

$1.6 million settlement in ‘anal cavity’ search, but are officers still on the job?

By Rob Nikolewski on January 21, 2014
By Rob Nikolewski │ New Mexico Watchdog SANTA FE – Hidalgo County and the city of Deming may have to pay $1.6 million to settle with a Lordsburg man who filed a lawsuit after he was forced to undergo anal cavity searches and a colonoscopy but officials in the two southern New Mexico communities refuse to [...]Read More>>

Two NM House Democrats may miss part of session UPDATE: Dems say Archuleta will be ‘fully engaged’

By Rob Nikolewski on January 20, 2014
By Rob Nikolewski │ New Mexico Watchdog SANTA FE  – Normally, when the legislative session is about to kick off in Santa Fe, the talk centers on what legislation will take center stage. But on the eve of this year’s 30-session, the rumbling around the Roundhouse is focused on who may or may not show up. Two Democrats in the House of Representatives are [...]Read More>>

Top 10 things to watch in New Mexico’s legislative session

By Rob Nikolewski on January 17, 2014
By Rob Nikolewski │ New Mexico Watchdog SANTA FE — It promises to be rowdy, raucous and rambling. But then again, legislative sessions in New Mexico always are. Since 2014 is an even-numbered year, this Roundhouse session will last 30 days, so the process promises to look more like a sprint than a leisurely jog. With that in mind, [...]Read More>>

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