The general manager at Expo New Mexico — home of the state fair — says he and his office have been vindicated but one of his harshest critics is saying, “not so fast.”
In a letter obtained by New Mexico Watchdog, the accounting firm of Griego Professional Services that is looking into the complicated and controversial [...]

After 34 years, Tim Jennings is no longer going to be part of New Mexico’s state Senate.
“It’s been an awesome, absolutely incredible ride,” the outgoing Democrat and Senate pro tem told Capitol Report New Mexico in a phone interview some 16 hours after he learned that he lost by four percentage points (52-48) to dairy [...]

After a season marred by accusations that some trainers drugged horses to deadly levels, one quarter horse track in New Mexico says it will institute harsher fines and penalties and another track may soon follow suit.
“I think it’s great,” New Mexico Racing Commission Director Vince Mares told Capitol Report New Mexico on Monday (Sept. 4) [...]

It looks like just about every major player associated with horse racing in New Mexico is on board with the state Racing Commission’s call for stricter standards and tougher enforcement for the sport.
On Wednesday (May 2), representatives from the five licensed tracks in the state as well as horse owners, breeders and racing interest groups [...]

The State Board of Finance, in a 6-0 vote, approved a 25-year lease with the owners of the Downs at Albuquerque to operate a racino and construct an estimated $20 million casino on the grounds of the New Mexico State Fair in a deal packed with political intrigue as well as opposition from some neighborhood [...]

Gov. Susana Martinez says she’s looking into any and all options when it comes to seating the replacement for Republican Kent Cravens in the Roundhouse but admits she may have no choice but to allow Democrat Lisa Curtis to be seated when the state legislature convenes in January. In the same brief interview with Capitol [...]

In a 4-3 vote Monday (Nov. 21), the board of the State Fair approved a controversial 25-year agreement with the Downs at Albuquerque. The lease calls for the construction of a $20 million casino on the grounds of Expo New Mexico.
Just last month, the State Fair came under withering criticism at a meeting of the [...]

A scathing evaluation of the New Mexico State Fair released to the Legislative Finance Committee on Thursday (Oct. 20) shows the fair is financially insolvent, has lost $17 million in five years, owes $1.9 million in insurance coverage and has mismanaged its lease with the Downs at Albuquerque as well as its concessions contract.
In short, [...]

I grabbed outgoing Gov. Bill Richardson in the hallway of the Roundhouse at 1:50 p.m. today and spoke to him as he walked to office. During the “walk and talk,” I managed to ask him three quick questions.
First, on the letter from 2004 to former State Investment Council (SIC) chairman Gary Bland received purportedly from [...]