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.
In a fresh respite from the usual media focus on the messaging wars of ads, press releases, and candidate campaign events, the Santa Fe New Mexican had a lengthy description yesterday of the Obama campaign’s field operation in Santa Fe. From the first outreach to volunteers last year, to the full-blown canvassing happening now, the article describes a “huge, well-organized effort.”
New Mexico’s Game and Fish Department is recommending the state’s Game Commission adopt a couple new policies to help protect the mountain lion population, with specific interest in female cats. According to the Associated Press report, the department recommends educational information be provided on the internet to teach hunters the difference between male and female cats. It also says a cougar control program in the southeastern part of the state should be ended. These recommendations along with others dealing with big game hunting in 2009 and 2010 will be considered at the Commission’s October 2nd meeting.
On the national front, the reorganization of Wall Street continues to barrel ahead, with the remaining two investment banks–Morgan Stanley and Goldman Sachs–becoming bank holding companies. This means they can take bank deposits, which will also subject them to greater government regulation. The New York Times describes these transitions as returning Wall Street to the structure it had before Congress passed a law during the Great Depression separating investment banking from commercial banking. This week will also see what are likely to be intense negotiations between congressional Democrats and the Republican administration over what the Wall Street bail-out package will look like.
Finally, Gene Grant turns 50 today. He says 50 is the new 50.
