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.
U.S. Rep. Martin Heinrich isn’t convinced about the proposed changeover of control of the national labs from the Department of Energy to the Department of Defense. In a statement, Heinrich worried about one word that is on every politician’s lips this year: jobs.
“Such a move could pose a serious threat to the tens-of-thousands of good-paying, economy-boosting jobs in the First District that are associated with Sandia,” said the New Mexico Democrat. Sandia National Labs are in Heinrich’s district and are a major employer in the Albuquerque area.
Heinrich also said he has “grave concerns” over the potential change from civilian to military control.
And like the other members of the New Mexico delegation who have weighed in, he used the word “fight” in his statement:
“I will fight alongside the rest of the New Mexico delegation to stop any effort to move our nuclear weapons program away from (the Department of Energy).”
