New: Ethics commission gets OK from House panel, but faces long road ahead

In the wake two recent New Mexico scandals involving public officials, a renewed proposal to create a state ethics commission cleared its first legislative hurdle today on an 8-0 vote. Rep. Jim Dines, R-Albuquerque, the sponsor of House Joint Resolution 5, one of three different ethics commission proposals pending in the Legislature, said he believes lawmakers are warming up […]