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

By | 06.17.10 | 3:56 pm

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’

By | 01.07.09 | 11:44 am

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

By | 01.06.09 | 12:34 pm

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…