Fourth-Floor Shakeup

Who’s in and who’s out at the governor’s office

Staff changes are shaking up Gov. Susana Martinez’ administration.

Martinezcare

Temperatures rise as New Mexico weighs the future of health care

Last year, Randy Murray spent six months shopping for a health care provider. At 65, Murray was newly eligible for Medicare—and, as a former banker, he thought he was well-equipped for the challenge. It didn’t go so smoothly.

New Mexico Needs Moms

State celebrates National Adoption Month

Last week, Santa Fe District Judge (and soon-to-be state Supreme Court justice) Barbara Vigil sped up the waiting time on six pending adoptions for Santa Fe County residents.

Too Close?

The thin line between candidates and PACs

It was a tough, dirty fight, and former Las Cruces District Attorney Amy Orlando knows exactly who was on her side. It’s right there on the mailers accusing her opponent of siding with sex offenders over innocent children: “Paid for by Safer NM PAC.”

Recommissioning

New Mexico voted to change the PRC. Now comes the hard part

On a Friday morning at the Public Regulation Commission, Qwest is in the middle of a week’s worth of hearings.

Weed Between the Lines

An incomplete history of marijuana and New Mexico

  1600s: Early settlers bring Cannabis sativa to colonies to cultivate hemp

How the Southwest Was Won

Behind the big-money strategy to take New Mexico

Six days before New Mexico’s primary election, Phil Musser, a Washington, DC-based political consultant, sent a cordial email to a key Republican donor. “Thanks very much for the time this morning," Musser wrote. “I know that the Governor very much enjoyed seeing you and values your friendship a lot…The Lord is clearly working through you in many ways.”

Shots in the Dark

Now that the election’s over...look up!

Although SFR went to press before the results of a heated 2012 election had been finalized, we have a recommendation nonetheless: Get over it. Move on. Look up!

Ad Wars!

I don’t know about you, but I’ve become far too familiar with Heather Wilson’s pristine kitchen, and I’m not even sure it’s real. I have grown equally w

Why I Vote (Now)

In February 2008, I was in Great Lakes, Ill.—in US Navy Recruit Training—when Vice President Dick Cheney visited our base. The red carpet was rolled out for t