It was December 2007, and Kirtland Air Force Base needed money. The base wanted to build training facilities for paratroopers and combat rescue officers. In total, the project would cost more than $14 million—funded mostly by appropriations from Congress. US Rep. Heather Wilson, R-NM, was instrumental in helping Kirtland secure the funding, earmarking $3.7 million for the new facilities.

Ashley Sanders calls me from somewhere near Flagstaff, Ariz. She and Renae Widdison, organizers for the Move to Amend Coalition, are on their way from California to Florida, piloting a truck loaded with a giant money-stamping machine that labels bills with big, red slogans like “A corporation is not a person; money is not speech” and “Not to be used for bribing politicians.”

The saga of Jerome Block, Jr.—from election violations to drug addiction, with chimichangas and Gatorade in between—captured Santa Fe’s attention earlier this year. On election day, voters will have the opportunity to approve three amendments to significantly alter the face of the embattled Public Regulation Commission, to which Block was first elected in 2008. But current commissioner Doug Howe says the changes are much bigger than Block.

Like Kieve’s patients, many PTSD sufferers attest to cannabis’ benefits, and several hundred are planning to show up during Ulwelling’s appearance before the MCAB on Nov. 7.

To Greg Mello, executive director of the Los Alamos Study Group, the recent federal approval of a uranium de-conversion plant near Hobbs only contributes to southeastern New Mexico’s identity as a “wasteplex.”

$1780K
Approximate size* of the war chest held by the union-funded PAC Patriot Majority New Mexico. In less than three months since its founding, the PAC has raised $779,816 and spent just $162.

On the same year as Common Cause’s 40th anniversary, the US Supreme Court handed down a controversial ruling in the now-famous Citizens United case, allowing unlimited spending from special interests and effectively striking down several campaign finance rules that had been in effect for decades.

Five months ago, on the night of Cinco de Mayo, 56-year-old Daniel Gomez stumbled into Owl’s Liquors.

Eight months ago, when the Santa Fe City Council unanimously passed new rules mandating that contractors for large city construction projects work closely with organized labor, it stayed largely under the radar.

Here’s a news flash: There are no super PACs in New Mexico.