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 2nd Congressional District candidates have agreed to another debate.
Following Republican candidate Ed Tinsley’s challenge last week that Democrat Harry Teague agree to an additional debate focused entirely on the economy, the two candidates agreed on Monday to an Oct. 23 debate that will be televised on KOB-TV, Tinsley said in a news release.
“Our voters will now have an opportunity to judge for themselves who is best to look out for their interests on Capitol Hill, where negative, partisan attacks aren’t going to get the job done,” Tinsley said in the release.
“We face the largest overhaul of government regulators since the Great Depression,” said the statement from Tinsley’s campaign. “When a new president and Congress are sworn in just four months from now, Ed Tinsley will be ready on day one to push for reform of our nation’s financial sector.”
The candidates had already agreed to a televised debate that will be held Oct. 19 in Albuquerque and is sponsored by KOAT-TV and The Albuquerque Journal. They’ll be in Las Cruces on Oct. 9 for a forum sponsored by New Mexico First and televised by KRWG-TV. And both plan to participate in a forum on Oct. 21 in Hobbs sponsored by the local chamber of commerce.
