Last September, seven staffers from New Mexico Magazine – which is funded by the state’s Tourism Department – were laid off as part of cuts in the overall department budget.
There were complaints about the layoffs (“It seems like the folks at the Tourism Department are setting up our publication for an even slower and undignified [...]

One of the top political advisors to Gov. Susana Martinez told Capitol Report New Mexico that the allegations made in a resignation letter by the deputy secretary in the state tourism office are ridiculous.
Jay McCleskey responded Tuesday (July 19) to a letter written by Toni Balzano, a holdover from the administration of Gov. Bill [...]