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 Senate Rules Committee had a huge agenda for Friday, but we were paying particular attention to a slate of ethics-related bills.
Thank you to Mark Bralley (of What’s Wrong with This Picture) and Ched MacQuigg (of Diogenes’ Six) for the video!
(The meeting starts around 11:30 into the clip.)
Specifically, we were looking at:
SB 163 PROHIBIT FORMER LEGISLATORS AS LOBBYISTS (GRIEGO E.)
SB 94 PROHIBIT FORMER LEGISLATORS AS LOBBYISTS (BOITANO)
SB 258 CONTRIBUTIONS FROM STATE CONTRACTORS (KELLER)
SB 263 STATE CONTRACTOR CONTRIBUTION DISCLOSURE (BEFFORT)
SB 296 STATE CONTRACTOR CONTRIBUTION DISCLOSURE (FELDMAN)
SB 116 LIMIT CONTRIBUTIONS TO CANDIDATES & PACS (FELDMAN)
SB 346 POLITICAL CONTRIBUTIONS TO CANDIDATES (SANCHEZ B.)
SB 262 POLITICAL CONTRIBUTIONS TO CANDIDATES (BEFFORT)
SB 521 CAMPAIGN CONTRIBUTIONS IN CERTAIN ELECTIONS (WIRTH)
