Posts Tagged ‘state legislature’
Lawmaker Disclosure Proposal
January 7, 2022 – The State Ethics Commission is calling for stricter disclosure rules when it comes to state lawmakers’ income and business interests. We detail the proposed changes and ask our panelists: is this a reasonable burden for unpaid, part-time legislators? And, is it time to reconsider our state’s citizen-legislature, or is there no…
Read MoreThe Line: Controversial Political Appointment
November 20, 2015 – Idalia Lechuga-Tena was recently appointed to the seat for House District 21, which includes neighborhoods in southeast Albuquerque. But Lechuga-Tena, a Democrat, has publicly admitted that she voted before she became a U.S. citizen. She told the Albuquerque Journal that she didn’t know that she couldn’t vote when she was a legal permanent resident.…
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