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.
Economic pessimism seems to have caught up to the state lottery. The New Mexico Lottery sales are down by 5 percent so far this fiscal year, the Las Cruces Sun-News reports.
A national organization focused on teacher quality says states aren’t doing enough to remove bad teachers, but notes that only Iowa and New Mexico require any evidence that public school teachers are effective before granting them tenure, reports the Associated Press.
The Albuquerque Journal’s Leslie Linthicum investigates the “famous” cheese sandwich that has made news. Cheese sandwiches are what the Albuquerque Public Schools cafeterias give to children whose parents aren’t up on their lunch tab. Check out the video.
A bill to ban the death penalty has cleared its first legislative committee, but it still has many hurdles ahead, reports KOB-TV.
