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 and Gov. Bill Richardson have been trying to find time for a one-on-one meeting, but it’s been difficult.
“He’s out of town this week,” Denish said of Richardson on Wednesday. “I have a meeting scheduled next week. We are trying to maybe have a meeting this Friday. It depends on his schedule.”
Richardson and Denish said last week that they would work closely together to ensure a smooth handover of power, including the governor’s office opening up its budget briefings to the lieutenant governor and her staff.
Richardson and Denish are involved in a historic transition -– a hand-off of power from a governor to lieutenant governor, the first one of its kind in more than 50 years, Denish said Wednesday.
The reason is Richardson’s imminent departure for Washington, D.C., where he will serve as President-elect Barack Obama’s commerce secretary, provided the U.S. Senate confirms him.
Denish has some time to read up on the job. Richardson has said he likely won’t resign until mid to late February, when his confirmation is expected.
Richardson did acknowledge last week that he would be splitting time between New Mexico and Washington over the next few months. He also had planned a few days to visit his mother in Mexico.
