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.
I got a chance to sit down with two of the state’s newbie state senators — Tim Keller and Eric Griego, both Albuquerque Democrats — for yesterday’s episode of KNME’s New Mexico In Focus.
Keller and Griego, widely considered up-and-coming progressive Democratic lawmakers, seemed like grizzeled veterans as the interview turned to the Senate’s opening day leadership battle, the prospects for ethics reform this year, just to name a couple topics we covered.
I guess that means freshman lawmakers grow up awfully fast in the rough and tumble of New Mexico politics.
To get some freshman perspective from the Legislature’s other chamber — the House of Representatives — I also interviewed Reps. Brian Egolf, a Santa Fe Democrat, and Karen Giannini, another Albuquerque Democrat. I’ll post that interview on Sunday. Due to technical audio problems, it didn’t make the broadcast on Friday, so be sure to check it out.
A separate interview with freshman Republican Rep. Zachery Cook of Ruidoso was canceled at the last minute due to a conflicting committee hearing.
