Posts Tagged ‘state government’
The Line: New State Budget Estimate Is Bleak
June 24, 2016 – During an interim legislative meeting on Monday, the director of the Legislative Finance Committee told lawmakers that the budget is bleaker than originally expected. According to the Albuquerque Journal, David Abbey, Director of LFC, told the committee that New Mexico is running “on fumes.” State lawmakers originally thought revenue would be higher when they approved a…
Read MoreThe Line: Griego Investigation
June 17, 2016 – The case surrounding former state senator Phil Griego is heating up as prosecutors are requesting that the Legislative Council disclose information about an ethics investigation about Griego, but the halted on releasing those documents until a judge ordered the documents to be released. Griego is charged with nine crimes in February of this…
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