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.
At his State of the City address last week, Albuquerque Mayor Martin Chavez made the point that New Mexico is no longer immune to larger, national economic forces.
With oil and gas prices tanking and dragging the state’s general fund budget down with them, the same dynamic seems to be taking place among local governments across the state as well.
This past weekend, I sat down with municipal leaders from Albuquerque, Rio Rancho, Santa Fe and Corrales for KNME’s New Mexico In Focus to get a better sense of how the national economic downturn has impacted local government’s bottom lines.
The short answer: The impact is leading to cutbacks and hiring freezes and other belt-tightening measures. Watch the interview (above) to get a more detailed picture from the four local governments mentioned.
And watch the roundtable discussion (below) to see what KNME’s regular crew of analysts make of the local government impacts.
