By Jerry Ortiz y Pino — A single issue has pulled Congress into a protracted tug of war over sequestration, the Paul Ryan budget and even cuts in social security. That same issue paralyzes our own state government’s leaders, preventing them from breathing life back into New Mexico’s moribund economic situation. On April 17, the … Continue reading »
By Sterling Fluharty — The campaign funds are flowing in Albuquerque. That money will be used to send mailers, contact voters by phone, make radio and television commercials, and deploy staff in neighborhoods. The contenders will work to get their messages out on all fronts. Here’s a look at two of the issues proving to … Continue reading »
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By Sterling Fluharty —Volunteers are going door to door, cash is flowing, and debates are erupting: Albuquerque’s mayoral race is well underway. Democratic mayoral candidate Pete Dinelli managed to obtain the sometimes elusive public financing. On Monday, April 1, his camp submitted a couple of thousand $5 contributions and around 5,000 petition signatures. (See the … Continue reading »
Councilor Michael Cook has resigned after being arrested last night for DWI. For more details on that, read this Compass update. Here’s a recap of what happened during the Monday, April 1, City Council meeting: Around and Around Attendees debated at length the proposed roundabout at the intersection of Rio Grande and Candelaria. Public comment … Continue reading »
By Robin Brown — Diving into the heated national debate over genetically modified organisms, about 100 people gathered for a meeting hosted by the consumer advocacy group Food and Water Watch of New Mexico. Titled “What’s on Our Plates?,” the event aimed to answer other questions about the effects of genetic modification on food supplies and … Continue reading »
By Craig Acorn and Harris Silver, MD — Gov. Susana Martinez can support her commitment to fiscal responsibility and health care and to reduce crime and overdose with one stroke of her pen. Senate Bill 65 passed the Legislature with strong bipartisan support and enables inmates held in jails, prisons, and Children, Youth and Families Department … Continue reading »
By Sterling Fluharty — As Albuquerque mayoral candidate Pete Dinelli left the City Clerk’s Office on Thursday afternoon, he still needed at least 700 more $5 contributions to qualify for public financing of his campaign. Assuming he works 12 hours a day, including over this Easter weekend, he will have to collect a contribution every … Continue reading »
By Andrew Beale —”Sho bitsawee?!?” he screamed in Arabic as he hit me in the face while attempting to grab my camera. “What are you doing?!?” I was doing the same thing as dozens of other journalists around me: taking photographs of an anti-Obama demonstration in the de-facto Palestinian capital of Ramallah. The demonstrations broke … Continue reading »
The Minimum Wage Battle — Rep. Phillip Archuleta worked for the Department of Workforce Solutions for 20 years. His job was to handle cases where people weren’t getting paid their due, he said. “Anything to do with wage theft.” The Democrat from Las Cruces said during those two decades, he encountered folks who were working … Continue reading »
