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.
A coalition of Democratic and Republican senators elected state Sen. Tim Jennings, D-Roswell, to another term as Senate president pro tem.
Jennings won the seat by a vote of 23 to 19, fending off a challenge from Sen. Carlos Cisneros, D-Questa.
“While there might be a little divide, that’s over. I am a Democrat and I am here to represent this body,” Jennings said as he addressed the chamber moments after his victory. He added that it was his job “to make sure this chamber is run in a fair and equitable way.”
The coalition of 15 Republicans and eight Democrats chose to go with a bipartisan coalition that has been the only real check on the governor’s power. Cisneros’ challenge was seen by some as possibly taking the Senate in a new direction under leadership that many believe would have been friendlier to Gov. Bill Richardson and his agenda.
