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• Is Bill Richardson Keeping Campaign Cash From Accused Ponzi Schemer?

  
  TPMMuckraker — Authority: 771
  New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson did not give back donations to his presidential campaign from accused fraudster Hassan Nemazee, and Richardson may have also kept $5,000 given by Nemazee to his 2006 gubernatorial campaign. The donations to Richardson have come under increased scrutiny since Forbes reported last ...
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• Do You Think Prisons Should Be Privatized?

  
  Personal Blog of Justin Germino — Authority: 469
  The Governor of Arizona recently signed a bill into law that will allow for Arizona States Maximum Security prisons to be privatized. The governor did this in an attempt to save funding and cut the state budget, though the savings is estimated to be only between 1 – 2% of the budget. Bill Richardson a former Master ...
  2 days ago

• Governor, sportsmen don’t like proposed land swap

  
  New Mexico Independent — Authority: 572
  Governor Bill Richardson echoed concerns made by sportsmen today about a land swap in the Whites Peak area . The Stanley Ranch is expected to get the land by exchanging 3,300 acres of its land for the 7,000 acres the State Land Office currently holds in the Whites Peak area. In a five-paragraph statement, ...
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• Richardson administration proposes overhauling low-income health insurance

  
  New Mexico Independent — Authority: 572
  Gov. Bill Richardson ’s administration is proposing to overhaul Medicaid , the government’s low-income health insurance program, to cope with a projected budget shortfall of $300 million next year, the Associated Press is reporting. Human Services Department officials told lawmakers on Thursday that Medicaid ...
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• Questions surround State Investment Council money manager

  
  New Mexico Independent — Authority: 572
  Hassan Nemazee, a longtime Democratic moneyman, was arrested last August and later accused of perpetrating a $292 million Ponzi scheme. Nemazee has pleaded not guilty to the bank fraud charges, but “it may be unsettling for New Mexico citizens to now learn that a New York firm that Nemazee partly owns has a ...
  5 days ago

• After Campaign Donations, Richardson Admin Gave Big Contract To Alleged Ponzi Schemers Firm

  
  TPMMuckraker — Authority: 771
  An investment firm partly owned by Democratic mega-fundraiser and accused Ponzi schemer Hassan Nemazee was awarded a New Mexico state contract in 2007 after Nemazee and an associate contributed to Bill Richardons gubernatorial fund, according to an excellent Forbes story published this morning. Nemazee, who was ...
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• Lyons calls guv’s furlough proposal ‘cruel’

  
  New Mexico Independent — Authority: 572
  While Gov. Bill Richardson puts forward a plan to furlough state workers for five days over the holidays and into next year, state Land Commissioner Patrick Lyons says his own smart fiscal decisions mean he doesn’t have to do the same thing in his office. “(Richardson’s) plan won’t hurt the political ...
  6 days ago

• Trip’s morning reading: Prisons and education face cuts elsewhere

  
  New Mexico Independent — Authority: 572
  Budget woes continue for states across the nation. Tennessee might release up to 4,000 non-violent felons , including those convicted for drug dealing, to deal with that state’s woes, the Nashville Tennessean reports. Meanwhile, Colorado can collect sales tax on medical marijuana , Attorney General John ...
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• Richardson unveils draft furlough plan

  
  New Mexico Independent — Authority: 572
  Governor Bill Richardson took to his official blog to unveil a draft plan to implement the five days of furloughs he announced last week. The initial plan for the furloughs, which would include all employees except for “critical public safety and welfare positions,” is as follows: The draft plan outlines the ...
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• Richardson may be deposed in housing authority case

  
  New Mexico Independent — Authority: 572
  Gov. Bill Richardson (Photo by Heath Haussamen) Gov. Bill Richardson may be asked to share, under oath, whether he knows anything about the scandal in the state’s housing authority system that culminated in 2006 with the default of $5 million in bonds owed to the State Investment Council (SIC). The SIC is ...
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• Early Wisc. Gov. prediction

  
  Haas414 — Authority: 472
  Barrett vs. Neumann in the general, assuming Barrett announces his intention to enter on Sunday . And I’d say Barrett will win it. Sure, he’s from Milwaukee, but this seems to be a tick in his favor. He’s shown he can hold the line on spending while also working to renovate and improve the city. His experience ...
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• Political appointees double dip–deep–into the state’s pockets

  
  New Mexico Independent — Authority: 572
  Photo by Phoney Nickle. This week  Gov. Bill Richardson announced plans to end a policy that allows state workers to retire and then return to work, collecting both a salary and a pension. By the governor’s own count, more than 500 state workers are so-called “double dippers.” With the state facing a ...
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• Richardson announces budget balancing task force

  
  New Mexico Independent — Authority: 572
  Governor Bill Richardson announced a budget balancing task force as promised at yesterday’s press conference announcing his budget decisions. The task force will be chaired by Rick Homans, Secretary of the Taxation and Revenue Department. The task force will hold a public meeting on Monday, November 16th from 1 ...
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• Richardson announces budget task force

  
  Featured States News — Authority: 160
  Original Author:  Matt Governor Bill Richardson announced a budget balancing task force as promised at yesterdays press conference announcing his budget decisions. The task force will be chaired by Rick Homans, Secretary of the Taxation and Revenue Department. The task force ...
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• Former Governor Bruce King passes away

  
  Featured States News — Authority: 160
  Original Author:  Matt Former Governor Bruce King passed away this morning while at his ranch in Stanley. He was 87. King served New Mexico as governor three different times -- from 1971-1975, 1979-1983, and 1991-1995. Attorney General Gary King, Bruces son, said in a ...
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• Sen. Keller: Was special session necessary for "first draft"?

  
  Featured States News — Authority: 160
  Original Author:  Matt Many state legislators werent happy with Governor Bill Richardsons decision on the 2009 special session budget fix. Included? Sen. Tim Keller, an Albuquerque Democrat. From his Twitter account : And more from KOB-TV .
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• Richardson vetoes executive cuts; orders furloughs

  
  Featured States News — Authority: 160
  Original Author:  Matt Governor Bill Richardson ordered furloughs as a way of cutting costs while vetoing a provision of the state legislatures budget fix bill that would eliminate 102 exempt positions in the executive branch. "Since the session ended, I have heard from hundreds ...
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• Guv orders furloughs, job elimination as response to financial woes

  
  New Mexico Independent — Authority: 572
  File photo Gov. Bill Richardson on Thursday pledged to axe 1,000 vacant state jobs, ordered nearly 20,000 state workers to take five furlough days and cut state agencies. Those actions, along with the promise to eliminate at least 84 state jobs held by political appointees, represented the governor’s answer to ...
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• Gov. Bill Richardson Releases Executive Order and Info on Budget Bill Actions

  
  Featured States News — Authority: 160
  Original Author:  Democracy for New Mexico
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• Gov. Bill Richardson Announces Heavy Vetos in HB 17 with Substitutes by Executive Order

  
  Featured States News — Authority: 160
  Original Author:  Democracy for New Mexico Here are some of the points I gleaned by watching NMIs webcast of Governor Bill Richardsons press conference today about the budget bills passed by the New Mexico Legislature in its special session last month. Theyre from my spotty ...
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