/tags/new-mexico-ethics-watch New Mexico Ethics Watch en-US Copyright Wed, 04 Mar 2020 17:17:47 GMT /local-news/2020-03-04/lets-talk-ethics-and-lobbying-at-the-roundhouse Let's Talk New Mexico 3/5 8a: Lobbyists spent more than $195,000 on events, meals and giveaways for state legislators during the 2019 legislative session,… Wed, 04 Mar 2020 17:17:47 GMT /local-news/2020-03-04/lets-talk-ethics-and-lobbying-at-the-roundhouse Ty Bannerman /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 /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 /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