I am writing today to announce the closure of the New Mexico Independent. After three and a half years of operation in New Mexico, the board of the American Independent News Network, has decided to shift publication of its news…
While environmental activists played their part yesterday during demonstrations at the capitol building, going so far as to dress up as solar panels and to sing the tune of “You Are My Sunshine,” their counterparts, the anti-cap-and-trade contingency who has…
Roughly one quarter of University of New Mexico students are unimpressed with the state’s flagship public school, according to a survey that questioned college students about their higher education experiences.
The state’s economic picture is coming into focus and it’s a mix of good and bad. State Senate President Pro Tem Tim Jennings tells The Associate Press today that lower oil and gas revenue could create a $500 million hole for Gov. Bill Richardson and legislators to fill — that’s twice the shortfall predicted earlier.
The Navajo Nation is betting its Fire Rock Casino, the tribe’s first venture into gambling, will bring in a few bucks for its people when it opens Wednesday in Church Rock, The Gallup Independent reports.
Holloman Air Force Base near Alamogordo has been a financial blessing for southeastern New Mexico, but The Alamogordo Daily News reports that residents are complaining about sonic booms caused during training flights by the newly arrived Air Force F-22 Raptor.
But of course it’s not all about the money — the 10th Circuit Court of Appeals in Denver ruled Monday that Albuquerque’s voter ID requirement is, in fact, constitutional, The Albuquerque Journal says.
