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.
Lt. Gov Diane Denish‘s political action committee, Progress, Vision and Commitment, raised just over $80,000 since this time last year, according to a report filed with the Secretary of State’s office. The PAC spent all but $1,307.92 in the same period.
Much of the money raised came from large donations.
Nearly a quarter of the money for Denish’s PAC came from one source — the Committee to Elect Diane Denish. Denish’s campaign committee pitched in $20,000 to Denish’s PAC. The next largest donation came from the Native American Investment Group. Also donating significant sums of money were the Phelps Dodge Mining Company PAC ($5,000) and NARAL New Mexico Choice PAC
($1,000).
The largest expenditure came in February of this year. The PAC spent $31,620 on radio ads in January to promote the February 5 Presidential caucuses. Denish, a superdelegate, has pledged her support to Hillary Clinton who won the New Mexico caucus by a narrow margin.
