Influence: A booming business

By Leah Rush

Record $1.3 billion spent to lobby state government

Excerpts from this story referencing "New Mexico":

"… ot provide a total for this report were: Alabama, Arkansas, New Hampshire, New Mexico, Rhode Island, and South Dakota. …"

State lobbying becomes billion-dollar business

By Sarah Laskow

At least a dozen states revise laws in 2006

Excerpts from this story referencing "New Mexico":

"… erall lobby spending totals in 2005 were Alabama, Arkansas, New Hampshire, New Mexico, Rhode Island and South Dakota.Changes in the statesWhile states had upgra …"

States outpace Congress in upgrading lobbying laws

By Leah Rush and David Jimenez

24 states have made disclosure strides since 2003

Excerpts from this story referencing "New Mexico":

"… e correct number of states with a one-year revolving door provision is 19. New Mexico does not have a one-year cooling-off period before legislators can become …"

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Study finds $565 million spent on lobbying in the states in 2000

By John Dunbar and Leah Rush

The Center finds nearly half a billion spent in 34 states on lobbying

Excerpts from this story referencing "New Mexico":

"… ma, Arkansas, Colorado, Delaware, Iowa, Michigan, Missouri, New Hampshire, New Mexico, North Carolina, North Dakota, Oklahoma, Rhode Island, and South Dakota.In …"

Investor protections imperiled by Wall Street, GOP assault on financial reform

By John F. Wasik

Wall Street and GOP assault consumer protections in Dodd-Frank reforms

Mountaintop coal mining alters Appalachia

By The Center for Public Integrity

Mountaintop coal mining is making a comeback in Appalachia, stripping hillsides of vegetation and contaminating water sources

Excerpts from this story referencing "New Mexico":

"… significant concerns” with the proposed rule, Senators Jeff Bingaman, a New Mexico Democrat, and Lamar Alexander, a Tennessee Republican, asked the Governmen …"

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Millions in equipment missing from Indian Health Service

By The Center for Public Integrity

A 2007 whistleblower tip opened investigations into the agency charged with providing health services to American Indians

Excerpts from this story referencing "New Mexico":

"… urity numbers and medical histories, was carried out of an IHS hospital in New Mexico. Though IHS attempted to contact the miners, the agency didn’t issue a p …"

U.S. guns arming Mexican drug cartels

By The Center for Public Integrity

The ATF says that 90 percent of guns seized at the Mexican border were originally sold in the States

Excerpts from this story referencing "New Mexico":

"… r Varela, the alleged leader of a gun trafficking operation in Arizona and New Mexico, in April 2008. But despite this singular success, the DOJ has ultimately …"

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By Te-Ping Chen

Tobacco sales take off in cyberspace

Excerpts from this story referencing "New Mexico":

"… aints of being fleeced online abound.“At one point the site was based in New Mexico, and then I heard they were moving to Kentucky,” Kimbel said. “Now the …"

‘The guy in the wheelchair'

By Kate Willson

How an El Paso smuggler moved a half-billion cigarettes across America

Excerpts from this story referencing "New Mexico":

"… mplete with elevator and pool in a gated community in nearby Santa Teresa, New Mexico. He bought two properties in Mexico, and opened an import-export business …"

"… so he made the perfect mole.That summer Lalo was arrested near Las Cruces, New Mexico, with 100 pounds of marijuana hidden in the tires of his Chevy pickup. The …"

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