by Suha Musa | Jun 14, 2022 | In the News
SANTA FE – More than 20% of the individuals required to file annual disclosures about their income sources and property – a group that includes public officials and candidates in New Mexico – haven’t done so, according to the State Ethics Commission. The ethics agency...
by Sonny Haquani | Jan 3, 2022 | In the News
Ethics agency calls for firmer disclosure laws SANTA FE – The State Ethics Commission is proposing changes to state law that would require New Mexico’s citizen legislators to release more information about their sources of personal income and business...
by Sonny Haquani | Oct 16, 2021 | In the News
BY ALBUQUERQUE JOURNAL EDITORIAL BOARDSUNDAY, OCTOBER 10TH, 2021 AT 12:02AM Following years of contentious debate in Santa Fe, New Mexico voters in 2018 approved by an overwhelming majority (75%) a state constitutional amendment establishing a State Ethics...
by Sonny Haquani | Oct 4, 2021 | In the News
Copyright © 2021 Albuquerque Journal SANTA FE – The State Ethics Commission will ask lawmakers next year to sharply increase its staff to ensure the agency can carry out its role as an independent watchdog. The agency also agreed Friday to ask the Legislature to...
by Sonny Haquani | Jan 29, 2021 | In the News
By Wiley Rein Despite the pandemic and being in its first year of existence, the New Mexico State Ethics Commission wasted no time in 2020. The agency recently took significant enforcement actions against two groups for alleged reporting violations for their...
by Sonny Haquani | Dec 18, 2020 | In the News
After a decade-long effort, New Mexico lawmakers passed new campaign reporting requirements in 2019 to force nonprofit groups, which can spend money on political campaigns without registering as political committees, to disclose their spending as well as the names,...
