logged_outCopyright © 2020 Albuquerque JournalSANTA FE – An independent arbitrator has ruled that Cowboys for Trump – a group led by controversial Otero County Commissioner Couy Griffin – must register as a political committee in New Mexico, disclose its donors and pay $7,800 in fines.The decision by arbitrator Christian Doherty of Albuquerque is binding but separate from a federal civil rights lawsuit filed by Cowboys for Trump against state elections officials. The suit is still pending.The arbitration ruling comes as part of the state’s own administrative process – in which a group...…logged_outCopyright © 2020 Albuquerque JournalSANTA FE – An independent arbitrator has ruled that Cowboys for Trump – a group led by controversial Otero County Commissioner Couy Griffin – must register as a political committee in New Mexico, disclose its donors and pay $7,800 in fines.The decision by arbitrator Christian Doherty of Albuquerque is binding but separate from a federal civil rights lawsuit filed by Cowboys for Trump against state elections officials. The suit is still pending.The arbitration ruling comes as part of the state’s own administrative process – in which a group...WW…

logged_outCopyright © 2020 Albuquerque JournalSANTA FE – New Mexicans and their employers will have more time to file and pay their taxes as the state pushes to provide economic relief amid the coronavirus outbreak.Personal income taxes will now be due July 15, or 90 days later than the typical mid-April deadline, for both state and federal tax returns. The state is also pushing back the corporate tax deadline to July 15.Employers will have more time to send to the state the taxes they withhold from workers’ paychecks. The amounts for March through June will now be due in late July – a step...…logged_outCopyright © 2020 Albuquerque JournalSANTA FE – New Mexicans and their employers will have more time to file and pay their taxes as the state pushes to provide economic relief amid the coronavirus outbreak.Personal income taxes will now be due July 15, or 90 days later than the typical mid-April deadline, for both state and federal tax returns. The state is also pushing back the corporate tax deadline to July 15.Employers will have more time to send to the state the taxes they withhold from workers’ paychecks. The amounts for March through June will now be due in late July – a step...WW…