Yogi Bhajan’s last wishes shaped the fate of thousands of people, the control of corporations worth hundreds of millions of dollars, and the future of a unique religious group with thousands of followers across the United States and the world.

In an attempt to save $1 million, a finance and insurance corporation with $1.2 billion in assets is suing the families on both sides of a headline-grabbing Santa Fe tragedy.

This week marks the ninth anniversary of 9.11. In that time, the focus of America’s military efforts has moved from Afghanistan to Iraq—a war whose “end” President Barack Obama announced last week—and now back to Afghanistan.

Even by New Mexico standards, this year looks to be a memorable one for political corruption. However the current, specific cases end, such stories will repeat themselves, Groundhog Day-style, until there is an “accountability revolution” at every level of government in New Mexico.

After receiving tips that Steven Henke—who is now head of the New Mexico Oil and Gas Association, a powerful lobbying group—was “too close” to certain oil executives, federal investigators began looking into the former BLM regulator last year.

Don’t miss the gravy train: Proposals are due Sept. 16 for projects that jibe with the city of Santa Fe’s Economic Development Plan.

In the three months since SFR took note of former Thornburg Mortgage Board Member Eliot Cutler’s independent run for the governorship of Maine, his affiliation with that bankrupt Santa Fe corporation has become a campaign issue there.

A state film project intended to honor the Navajo Code Talkers, whose long-secret efforts helped the US win World War II, may have done the opposite—at a cost to taxpayers of $450,000. After years of behind-the-scenes bickering, a lawsuit claims the producer has falsely claimed copyright for the film, titled Navajo Code Talkers: In Their Own Words.

Santa Fe City Councilor Matt Ortiz claims his client, Advantage Asphalt, a city contractor at the center of a public corruption probe, has been unfairly targeted by a headline-grubbing sheriff and his opportunistic allies.

SFR asked Larry Waldman, senior research scientist with the Bureau of Business and Economic Research at the University of New Mexico, to analyze the gubernatorial candidates’ economic proposals.