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The public now has access to former state Elections Director AJ Salazar's resignation letter, thanks to the Rio Grande Sun.

In fact, New Mexico, as bad as it has been, is in better shape than a number of states (California, Nevada, New York, Florida and Michigan in particular would love to switch places with New Mexico). ...

Salazar said Herrera claimed other statewide elected Democratic officials were doing the same thing, but he doubted that, since the personnel code bans employees from soliciting others to engage in political activity – and from engaging in political activity ... NMPolitics.net has requested a copy of Salazar's resignation letter, but Herrera's office has thus far refused to release it, though the AG and New Mexico Foundation for Open Government say it's a public record. ...

New Mexico would be much different today if John Sanchez – not Bill Richardson – had been governor for the last seven-plus years, Sanchez says. ... Today the political environment is ripe for the GOP, Sanchez said. Conservative, Hispanic Democrats and independents who went with Richardson in 2002 feel betrayed. He says he often comes across people who tell him they voted for Richardson instead of him and now regret it. Sanchez is the only Hispanic in the GOP primary race ...

The effort to develop the geologically challenging Chicontepec field is deteriorating into an embarrassing setback for Pemex. Yet today, that 72-year-old act has put Mexico in a straitjacket, one that threatens both the welfare of the country and the ...

Two national laboratories, the state of New Mexico and a Japanese agency are developing smart grid technology to give homeowners and businesses more access to renewable energy sources by controlling the supply and demand of electric power. Officials ...

He also owns the Sears and Saks retail stores operating in Mexico. And last year,, he announced a $250 million investment in The New York Times. After living for almost two decades in the shadow of Slim, some Mexicans say his wealth as an ...

Ochoa can tell there are many new Hispanic families that weren't around for the 2000 census. She should know, as the 2010 census will be her third as a worker. Ms. Ochoa is urging everyone she meets in her daily rounds to apply for a Census job.

Chamber of Commerce, also criticized the administration for failing to prevent Brazil on Monday from announcing an estimated $591 million in new trade retaliation in a separate spat over ... Mexico's embassy in the United States issued a statement ...

Imagine how life will be now that giant corporations may spend as much as they want on political campaigns, as the Supreme Court recently decreed. All they will have to do to get their way is ask members of Congress: Do you want our money helping you ...

"I'm going into porn. Finally," he retorts. Actually, he's going hirsute for Ethan and Joel Coen , whose drama True Grit starts shooting this spring in Austin and New Mexico. "I didn't know I could grow one," he says. "Unfortunately, that means ...

Diana Gomez, center, and Garrett Mize, right, and other University of Texas students rallied against conservatives at a State Board of Education meeting Wednesday in Austin, Tex. The board’s chairman, Gail Lowe, left, is one of the conservatives ...

California, Illinois, Iowa, Maryland, New Mexico, Vermont, and Virginia are among those states with similar measures currently pending; in Virginia, one chamber of the state legislature has approved the bill. "This is a huge trend and it's one that ...

WASHINGTON — The last of a corps of pioneering women pilots gathered here Wednesday to receive the Congressional Gold Medal, a belated and pomp-filled recognition of their historic role as the first American women to fly military aircraft. The ...