NM Senate panel wants information from agencies on lawsuit over failed investmentsA Senate committee is looking into allegations that state agencies are stonewalling a whistleblower lawsuit that seeks to recover money from failed public investments. The Senate Judiciary Committee on Thursday agreed to ask the State Investment Council, the Educational ...

Democratic group suggests raising taxes by $300M in New Mexico to fix budgetA group of New Mexico House and Senate Democrats advocates raising taxes by more than $300 million to balance the state's budget and avoid deep cuts in health care services and education. One proposal outlined Thursday will ...

Analysis: New Mexico lawmakers still far apart on solving budget shortfallThe opening day of the Legislature revealed a big divide between the political rhetoric used in the Capitol and the stark reality that there's no easy or painless solution to New Mexico's budget problems. Gov. Bill Richardson told ...

Nevada falls behind as New MexicoÕs government woos industry New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson signed an executive order Tuesday, pushing his state to Òbecome the center of the North American solar industry.Ó RichardsonÕs extensive order calls for state agencies to work aggressively to develop renewable energy technology, which he ...