Governors

Whatever one thinks of Gov. Susana Martinez's Cabinet appointees, the fact is that she deserves -- just as President Barack Obama does -- an up or down vote on any of her choices...

[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] The biggest wave of business bankruptcies may be over (key words here are "may be," pending the economy's trajectory), but that's not to say the courts will be devoid of with...

Puerto Rico's governor approved a two-part referendum to help decide the island's political status, but supporters of remaining a U.S. commonwealth criticized the decision to hold both votes on the same day as...

The government of Suriname and the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) on Jan. 16 agreed upon a new strategy to lend a record amount of around US$300 million in the period 2011-2015. The Bank...

2011 was the year of people power; whether it was the Arab Spring, Occupy Wall Street, recall elections or MF Global customers fighting against the big banks, people demanded to be heard and...

HEADNOTE The future of business is pure chaos. Here's how you can survive- and perhaps even thrive. DJ Patii pulls a 2-foot-long metal bar from his backpack. The contraption, which he calls a...

HEADNOTE The seventh annual Community Bankers Symposium, co-sponsored by the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), and the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), was held...

Byline: Trip Jennings Deming Democratic Sen. John Arthur Smith often compares New Mexico's gross-receipts tax to Swiss cheese. He is referring to all the tax breaks -- exemptions, deductions and credits -- that...

Byline: Steve Terrell A bill that would give the governor and local governments more power to restrict fireworks during times of high fire risk won praise from several fire chiefs and mayors from...

Byline: Steve Terrell Noe "Lil Loco" Torres, a fugitive suspect in a fatal 1995 drive-by shooting of a 10-year-old boy in Clovis, thought he might get help from Gov. Susana Martinez. He thought...

It's bad news for consumers that Douglas Howe, just-appointed Public Regulation Commission member for District 3, won't run for election to the seat. After first announcing that he would seek the office, Howe...

Byline: Trip Jennings Gov. Susana Martinez on Monday withdrew four State Fair Commission appointees from consideration by a legislative committee that is also looking into a controversial 25-year lease recently awarded at the...

Jeff Warsaw and Jared Rada enjoy punches to the face. Not so much their own faces, but watching others take shots in the kisser. The friends and colleagues are big mixed martial arts...

Mexico has long known that climate change would have a negative impact on the country's agricultural production and, in particular, on subsistence producers. The problem took center stage when reports started filtering from...

Governor Andrew M. Cuomo recently travelled his 2012-13 Executive Budget and Reform Plan. The Governor's $132.5 billion budget and reform plan builds on the spending reform initiatives adopted last year. The budget increases...

To address his promise of relieving costly mandates on local municipalities, Gov. Andrew Cuomo has assembled a Mandate Relief Council, which will hold its first meeting tomorrow. Made up mostly of the governor's...

Waiting in the wings Keep an eye on Adricnnc Kirby, the new chief operating officer at Cooper University Hospital. Word has it that Kirby is the top candidate to replace John Sheridan whenever...

HEADNOTE Lesn ia k comfortable as he guides effort to improve business climate WHEN RAYMOND J. Lesniak speaks during legislative hearings, people tend to listen. The Democratic state senator from Elizabeth - first...

HEADNOTE Industry leaders say Christie's promise would help build on N.J.'s pro-business momentum Chris Christie had barely finished promising a 10 percent cut to the state income tax when Garden State business leaders...