Judge in Same-Sex Marriage Case Asks Why Pro-Prop 8 Side Called Only One Witness

As closing arguments ended Wednesday in the Northern California District Court trial on the constitutionality of Proposition 8, the state’s voter-approved ban of same-sex marriage — a case that’s likely headed to the Supreme Court — the judge in the case wanted to know why defenders of the initiative put More…

Feds Looking at Richardson’s ‘Most Senior and Trusted Aide’

Federal prosecutors are asking whether David Contarino, a man Gov. Bill Richardson once described as the “strategic mind” of his administration and “my most senior and trusted aide,” was involved in the alleged pay-to-play scheme that derailed the governor’s nomination for commerce secretary days ago, writers at Bloomberg More…

Richardson Scandal Simmered in New Mexico

SANTA FE, N.M. — Gov. Bill Richardson, the first casualty of President-elect Barack Obama’s transition and New Mexico’s high-flying chief executive, walked a familiar path Monday when he gave New Mexico media little notice for a hastily called press conference.

Barely 24 hours earlier Richardson had stirred up Washington’s More…