Morning Word: Battle for Ethics Records

Ethics Committee Records Sought

Prosecutors at the New Mexico Attorney General’s office want to review a legislative ethics subcommittee's records related to a complaint filed against former state Sen. Phil Griego. But the Legislative Council Service is fighting a subpoena. They argue “that communications between ethics subcommittee members and staff are constitutionally protected from disclosure under a so-called 'speech and debate' privilege."

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Hospital Board Dissolved

Joey Peter reports, “University of New Mexico Regents

of how the university’s Health Sciences Center is run.” Health Sciences Chancellor Paul Roth believes the changes could undermine the group.

Jobs Crash

“New Mexico no longer has the nation’s worst unemployment rate, but it remains among a handful of energy-producing states that are

,” reports Bruce Krasnow at the New Mexican.

Workforce Solutions numbers show that half of New Mexico’s counties still have an unemployment rate over 7 percent.

Commercializing Lab Technology

Gov. Susana Martinez has announced the first batch of funding to help

that are the result of partnerships between researchers at New Mexico's laboratories and universities, and the private sector.

State Seeks Reimbursement from EPA

The New Mexico Environment Department is seeking $1.5 million from the US Environmental Protection Agency to

from the Gold King Mine river spill.

It’s National Sunshine Week, and

. She’s received special recognition for “drunk dialing for public records” from the Electronic Frontier Foundation. We’re a little sympathetic:

After a remarkable series of reports, “Crisis in the Cold,” detailing the deaths of 25 people in Gallup,

from Martinez on why she vetoed money earmarked to save a detox center.

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