New Mexico Legislature drops ethics commission plan

SANTA FE (AP) – The New Mexico Legislature has abandoned efforts to establish an ethics commission this year that would oversee the conduct of public officials, lobbyists and state contractors.
A proposed constitutional amendment to create an independent ethics agency died in a Senate committee on Tuesday after requests were made to rein in the authority of the agency.
The plan was an ambitious component of reforms proposed in response to a campaign finance scandal last year that led the r