Kathleen Sabo /tags/kathleen-sabo Kathleen Sabo en-US Copyright Wed, 18 Jan 2023 03:41:51 GMT Let's talk about modernizing our state legislature /show/lets-talk-new-mexico/2023-01-17/lets-talk-about-modernizing-our-state-legislature Let’s Talk New Mexico 1/19 8am: Beyond the limits of the tight legislative calendar, lawmakers are faced with the challenge of understanding dozens of bills each session without having full-time staffers to help them. They often rely on industry insiders, lobbyists or activists for information on how proposed legislation will work. Furthermore, legislators do their work without a salary, earning only what they get for a per diem which is much too low to cover their stay in Santa Fe. Wed, 18 Jan 2023 03:41:51 GMT /show/lets-talk-new-mexico/2023-01-17/lets-talk-about-modernizing-our-state-legislature Kaveh Mowahed Let's Talk About The Election /local-news/2020-11-04/lets-talk-about-the-election Let's Talk New Mexico 11/5, 8a: There’s never been an election like 2020, and on this week's Let’s Talk New Mexico, we’ll be looking at how the process… Thu, 05 Nov 2020 01:10:58 GMT /local-news/2020-11-04/lets-talk-about-the-election Ty Bannerman Report: Lax Lobbyist Rules Leave New Mexicans In The Dark About Money In Policymaking /news/2020-02-04/report-lax-lobbyist-rules-leave-new-mexicans-in-the-dark-about-money-in-policymaking New Mexico is among a handful of states that allow vague reporting on spending by lobbyists – people whose business it is to push an issue at the… Wed, 05 Feb 2020 01:26:16 GMT /news/2020-02-04/report-lax-lobbyist-rules-leave-new-mexicans-in-the-dark-about-money-in-policymaking Kaveh Mowahed Will Lawmakers Give Voters The Ethics Watchdog They Asked For? /local-news/2019-03-05/will-lawmakers-give-voters-the-ethics-watchdog-they-asked-for For decades, legislators have repeatedly fumbled the creation of an ethics commission to stop government corruption. But voters demanded one… Wed, 06 Mar 2019 01:46:03 GMT /local-news/2019-03-05/will-lawmakers-give-voters-the-ethics-watchdog-they-asked-for Marisa Demarco Ethics Commission Heads To Voters, But Will It Have Teeth? /local-news/2018-10-18/ethics-commission-heads-to-voters-but-will-it-have-teeth Most other states around the country have some kind of watchdog agency in place to investigate politicians and other powerful people entrusted with public… Thu, 18 Oct 2018 22:39:24 GMT /local-news/2018-10-18/ethics-commission-heads-to-voters-but-will-it-have-teeth Marisa Demarco