As anyone who's been paying attention this Session has discovered, Democratic Sen. Michael Sanchez is getting a reputation for publicly bad mouthing ethics and campaign finance reform measures and their supporters on the Senate Floor and in some committee hearings. According to Sen. Sanchez's rants,...

This is a guest blog by Barbara Grothus, an artist and activist who lives in Albuquerque. As a worker in the private sector, I was rarely offered an opportunity to receive health insurance. I was young, I didn’t need it. I paid for my annual exams and was never sick. One year I witnessed the death...

“During these hard economic times New Mexico must be creative and proactive in order to bring economic growth to our state. The Research Applications Act will help attract investment to drive technological innovation and create high paying jobs,� said Sen. Stephen H. Fischmann (D, Dona Ana & Sie...

U.S. Senator Tom Udall (D-NM), today announced that New Mexico will be receiving $98,800 to pay for low-income students to take Advanced Placement (AP) and International Baccalaureate (IB) exams. These tests allow high school students to earn college credit and dramatically increase the chances that...

Interviewed at DC rally, Rep. Lujan urges New Mexicans to contact legislators and PRC members on renewable energy and green jobs Rep. Ben Ray Luján (D, NM-03) spoke yesterday to some of the 12,000+ young people attending Power Shift '09 during what The Hill called The Mother of All Lobbying Days. R...

I'm was very happy to learn that former DNC Chair Howard Dean is returning to the progressive grassroots organization that he formed as part of his presidential campaign -- DFA. Originally known as Dean for America when Dean was a candidate, the organization morphed into Democracy for America in 200...

This is a guest blog by Greg Lennes of Las Cruces about SB 249, the SunCal TIDD sponsored by Sen. Linda Lopez, which passed the NM Senate last Thursday by a vote of 29-9. Greg also sent this message to all members of the New Mexico House. Our State Senate has failed New Mexicans. As Ben Franklin onc...

As Steven Robert Allen, Executive Director of Common Cause NM puts it: ... from our standpoint, watching “the action� in this committee [Senate Rules] has been roughly analogous to watching grass grow. (I can almost hear the crickets chirping!) No major ethics reform bill has yet made it out of ...

Update: HB 52 passed the NM House this afternoon by a vote of 40-27. It moves to the Senate next.********** Note: Contact your State Rep today on HB 52. The bill passed the House Voters and Election Committee yesterday on a 6-5 vote, and may be debated in the NM House as early as this afternoon. Ple...

No doubt about it, Obama's first speech to a joint session of Congress last night knocked people's socks off. Well, maybe not Bobby Jendal's and the rest of the Just Say No Republicans, but we knew how they'd react. What's your response? I thought it was a strong speech in many ways, and a necessary...