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.
The so-called ‘sour grapes’ lawsuit by three Democrats defeated in the primary officially is done, with the deadline for appeal having passed.
Former state Sens. James Taylor and Shannon Robinson and state Rep. Dan Silva all lost in the Democratic primary and blamed nonprofits based in Albuquerque for their losses. So, in August of last year, the three sued to get the election overturned. The suit was tossed out of District Court by Judge Linda M. Vanzi in November and the three former lawmakers vowed to appeal. But they didn’t.
“This lawsuit was nothing more than an attempt to muzzle and harass nonprofit organizations,” Matt Brix, policy director for the Center for Civic Policy (CCP), says in a statement released this morning.
Brix also says the CCP will “continue to aggressively oppose any effort to silence nonprofits from one of the critical roles we play — to educate citizens about how their elected leaders vote.” Some progressive nonprofits were ordered by Attorney General Gary King to register as political action committees in August, but the nonprofits refused.
This will remain an issue in New Mexico in the coming weeks, as Senate Majority Leader Michael Sanchez told reporters that there might be an amendment to an ethics package or a standalone bill that would require nonprofits to disclose all of their donors. Stay tuned.
