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.
Help came to Gov. Bill Richardson last month in the form of contributions from a Midwestern law firm, whose attorneys gave $10,000 of the $17,000 the U.S. commerce secretary designate raised in November, The Associated Press is reporting.
Richardson has said he wants to retire the debt to his presidential campaign by this week. And the contributions he received in November helped toward his goal.
In its story, the AP reported that Richardson’s campaign took in $16,869 in November and that a large share of that came from Gilmore & Bell, the Midwestern law firm.
Fifteen attorneys collectively gave $10,000. The firm, Gilmore & Bell, is one of the nation’s leading public finance law practices and represents state and local governments in bond transactions, according to its Web site.
The firm has offices in Kansas City, Mo.; St. Louis; Lincoln, Neb.; and Wichita, Kan. In October, Richardson’s campaign received $10,000 from attorneys in the law firm, including those who made contributions in November.
