Posts Tagged ‘Campaign Finance’
PNM’s Dark Money Spending
February 19, 2021 – The Line opinion panel talks about the revelation that PNM’s parent company funded hundreds of thousands of dollars’ worth of political action supporting lawmakers who favor the electricity provider’s preferred policies. The new State Ethics Commission forced the disclosure through legal action, suing a dark money group called the Council for…
Read MoreThe Line: Are Democracy Dollars A Fix For Public Financing of Campaigns
September 20, 2019 – In November, Albuquerque will ask voters to approve changes to the city’s public campaign finance system. Each of two proposals would add 75 cents to the dollar-per-voter level the city uses now. That would mean hundreds of thousands of dollars extra for candidates who qualify. One proposal would also provide $25…
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