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.
Oh, to be a fly on this wall. Retiring U.S. Sen. Pete Domenici, R-N.M., and Tom Udall, the Democrat who will replace him on Jan. 4, met today in Washington. Among the things they discussed, according to Domenici’s office, were Udall’s transition from the U.S. House to his new job.
“In particular, Domenici took the opportunity to share his hopes for the future of the (Department of Energy) national laboratories, the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center, bosque restoration, Character Counts education and other priority federal projects in the state,” Domenici’s news release states.
Funding for the labs has been a hot topic and one on which Domenici and Udall have strongly disagreed. Udall, saying the labs need to shift focus from nuclear weapons to alternative energy and other work, voted in 2007 for funding cuts at the labs, a House proposal that Domenici was instrumental in stopping.
This photo, provided by Domenici’s office, is of Udall, left, and Domenici greeting each other at the start of the meeting.
