Democratic legislators find broad support among big-money corporate campaign donors – more so, in fact, than Republicans. Among members of the 2012 New Mexico legislature, Democrats on average accepted 20 percent more campaign contributions from big corporate spenders than did the average Republican during the most recent election cycle.Read More>>

Explore contributions from the top business donors in 2010 House and 2008 Senate campaigns. Sorted by largest donors.Read More>>

Explore campaign contributions from business interests to members of the 2012 legislature. Ranked by largest recipient of business contributions.Read More>>

A flurry of disclosures added to the Secretary of State Web site in November shed light on systematic neglect of the state's financial disclosure system. Read More>>

Although former commissioner Jerome Block faces sentencing Jan. 27 for – among other offenses – fraudulent use of a state fuel card, anyone else who might've used a Public Regulation Commission fuel credit card for personal purchases could tentatively count whatever they bought among this year's gifts. Or loot.Read More>>

From blogger Heath Haussamen comes news that the newly-appointed member of the Public Regulations Commission, Doug Howe, is an openly gay man and Republican Gov. Susana Martinez knew about Howe’s sexual orientation and it “was not a factor in his selection.” From Haussamen’s blog: The fact that Howe is gay has received no media attention [...]Read More>>

As widely expected, on Thursday (Jan. 26) Democrats in the House Labor and Human Resources Committee tabled a bill introduced by Rep. Andy Nuñez (I-Hatch) that would rescind the eight-year-old law in New Mexico that allows illegal immigrants to obtain driver’s licenses but Nuñez told reporters after the hearing that he’ll try to blast the [...]Read More>>

Gov. Susana Martinez held a news conference Wednesday (Jan. 25) to promote legislation in the current 30-day legislative session aimed at helping New Mexico’s construction industry by curbing the practice of “tax pyramiding” in which companies get taxed multiple times. Rep. David Doyle (R-Albuquerque) has introduced legislation aimed at lessening the effects of pyramiding and [...]Read More>>

Members of the Senate Finance Committee who thought New Mexico’s two state-sponsored pension plans are doing pretty well and just need some tweaking to stay financially secure received a splash of ice-cold water on Monday (Jan. 23) when two financial analysts said just the opposite. “The numbers are actually worse than they appear,” said Sean [...]Read More>>

They sound like scenes from a gangster movie but it’s not Edward G. Robinson or Joe Pesci uttering the words. Instead, it’s Saul Meyer and members of the management team at Aldus Equity Advisers, a Dallas-based investment firm accused of fleecing taxpayers of New Mexico through the State Investment Council (SIC) and the state’s Educational [...]Read More>>