Santa Fe had a distinguished visitor late last month: Susmita Gongulee Thomas, consul general of India in San Francisco. Before sampling the local cuisine and exchanging gifts with the 400th Anniversary Committee, Thomas met with Gov. Bill Richardson, a former US Energy Secretary and occasional hostage negotiator. Officially, they talked about film production. But the full agenda may have been far more consequential.

Fueling bankruptcy.

Business is booming for those selling devices that promise protection from cell phones, Wi-Fi and other sources of EMF, or electromagnetic fields. In a warehouse off Rufina Street, not far from an industrial park, there is a showroom for “state-of-the-art products for a healthier lifestyle.”

Accounting for those left out (and those staying out) of health care reform and investigating ICE investigating immigrants.

Last month, when Google announced plans to install a super-high-speed fiber-optic network in a small-to-medium-sized American city, politicians across the country scrambled for corporate largesse. Topeka, Kan., temporarily renamed itself Google, Kan. The mayor of Duluth, Minn., plunged into icy Lake Superior. Even Farmington is ahead of Santa Fe.

$22,785 is how much the New Mexico Tourism Department spent on press tours and “fam trips” for travel writers in 2009, according to spokesman Mike Stauffer. "It’s called a fami

New Mexicans are enjoying yet another ethics scandal involving a powerful elected official. On March 4, the Albuquerque Journal reported that AJ Salazar had just resigned as director of the state Bureau of Elections and had alleged Secretary of State Mary Herrera ran a “crooked organization.”

1 Secretary of State Mary Herrera hasn’t released critical resignation letter from former elections director, even though it’s a public record. I mean, like, she can’t be expected

1,493 is the number of Toyotas recalled in northern New Mexico, according to Matt Calavan, the general manager of Beaver Toyota of Santa Fe. Last November, Toyota issued a recall of more than 4 m

Courthouse Confusion, Cont.: A bill signed into law last month by Gov. Bill Richardson creates a new judicial position at the 1st Judicial District Court in Santa Fe. Although the backlogged Courthouse Confusion, Cont.: A bill signed into law last month by Gov. Bill Richardson creates a new judicial position at the 1st Judicial District Court in Santa Fe. Although the backlogged Courthouse Confusion, Cont.: A bill signed into law last month by Gov. Bill Richardson creates a new judicial position at the 1st Judicial District Court in Santa Fe. Although the backlogged