U.S. Senator Jeff Bingaman today introduced legislation to designate the 45,000-acre Columbine-Hondo area in Taos County as wilderness. The bill is cosponsored by Senator Tom Udall and has strong support from the local community.

In 2001 Reason.com interviewed then Republican Governor Gary E. Johnson on his views on drugs, school vouchers, and limited government. As he is a self-declared Republican candidate for President now, the interview is noteworthy.

After months of avoiding the question altogether, Susana Martinez has admitted that her grandparents came the United States illegally before she was born. She confirmed that her paternal grandparents came to this country undocumented well before she was born.