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• Early Wisc. Gov. prediction

  
  Haas414 — Authority: 473
  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: 598
  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 ...
  2 days ago

• Richardson announces budget balancing task force

  
  New Mexico Independent — Authority: 598
  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: 158
  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: 158
  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: 158
  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: 158
  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: 598
  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 ...
  3 days ago

• Gov. Bill Richardson Releases Executive Order and Info on Budget Bill Actions

  
  Featured States News — Authority: 158
  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: 158
  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 ...
  3 days ago

• Transcript: Governor Bill Richardson press conference liveblog and webcast

  
  New Mexico Independent — Authority: 598
  Gov. Bill Richardson announced his decisions on the state legislature’s special session budget fix today in a press conference at the state capitol. The Independent webcasted and live blogged the event. Click the box below to read a transcript of our conversation. Governor Bill Richardson special session press ...
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• Monahan steps up, with a vengeance.

  
  Diogenes'six — Authority: 439
  I, like many, have been reading Joe Monahans blog for years. It has been my constant frustration that he, like so many other "reporters" was unwilling to bite that hands that feed him. I reasoned that reporters who write pieces that hit politicians and public servants hard, paid for their brass by finding further ...
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• NMI to webcast and live blog from Roundhouse Thursday

  
  New Mexico Independent — Authority: 598
  On Thursday, technology permitting, the New Mexico Independent hopes to webcast and live blog two events at the State Capitol: Gov.Bill Richardson’s press conference on  budget fixes at noon and, an hour later, a presentation on combined reporting during the Economic and Rural Development Committee (ERDC) ...
  4 days ago

• Richardson has plan to end "double dipping"

  
  Featured States News — Authority: 158
  Original Author:  Matt Governor Bill Richardson announced today that he has a plan to eliminate "double dipping." This is the practice that allows state workers to return to work after retiring while still receiving their pension. Richardsons proposal is to institute a law ...
  4 days ago

• Veterans outreach impacted by state budget cuts

  
  What's The Word with Peter St. Cyr — Authority: 514
  A delegation of New Mexicans places a memorial wreath to honor NM Soldiers at the Tomb of the Unknown Solider (below righ) at Arlington National Cemetery (above) last month -Photos by: Peter St. Cyr New Mexico Secretary of Veterans Services John Garcia , an Army veteran who served in Viet Nam himself, says he ...
  5 days ago

• Guv, Lt. Guv spent public money on political news releases

  
  New Mexico Independent — Authority: 598
  Gov. Bill Richardson, left, and Lt. Gov. Diane Denish (Photos by Heath Haussamen) Three 2004 news releases put out by Lt. Gov. Diane Denish’s government office had everything to do with politics and nothing to do with governing—but they were paid for with federal stimulus dollars. Contract worker Lauran ...
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• State Auditor Hector Balderas Responds to Gov. Richardsons Veto of Audit Fund Transfer

  
  Featured States News — Authority: 158
  Original Author:  Democracy for New Mexico State Auditor Hector Balderas just issued a statement praising the decision by New Mexico Governor Bill Richardson to veto the transfer of funds out of the audit department: “I want to commend Governor Richardson’s veto of the ...
  6 days ago

• Gov. approves some budget cuts; spares auditors office

  
  Featured States News — Authority: 158
  Original Author:  Matt Governor Bill Richardson made some line item vetoes today, but also approved other budget cuts in HB 3 . In all, nearly $110 million was cut. From the New Mexico Independent : Gov. Bill Richardson signed today legislation that cuts $110 million from ...
  6 days ago

• Governor Bill Richardson Signs HB 3, Agrees to Deep Cuts for College Affordability Scholarships

  
  Featured States News — Authority: 158
  Original Author:  Democracy for New Mexico
  6 days ago

• Guv OKs cutting college scholarship program, spares auditor

  
  New Mexico Independent — Authority: 598
  Gov. Bill Richardson signed today legislation that cuts $110 million from various state funds to help plug this year’s budget shortfall, but he vetoed a provision that would have taken more money from the state auditor. “Without the money, the auditor would not have been able to conduct effective audits,” a ...
  6 days ago

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