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 god of wine? That’s Val Kilmer’s current project as King of Bacchus for the Mardi Gras festivities in New Orleans. Peter St. Cyr has video of it on his blog. Check it out right here.
Then ponder this question: Can you really picture this guy in a suit and tie giving a State of the State Address to the New Mexico Legislature? Following in the footsteps of King Bill, maybe it isn’t such stretch to imagine…
Anyway. Mario Burgos has a blog posting today about ethics and lawmakers in response to the news that one prominent legislator is demonstrating what could be interpreted as an ironic disconnect between the two. That’s here.
Democracy for New Mexico provides yet another take on the GOP poll and domestic partnerships. Click here for that.
Tracy Dingmann from Clearly New Mexico blogs about the possibility of the state becoming a hub for green jobs. The bill is written similarly to the legislation that brought in the movie/TV industry to New Mexico. That’s here.
And Johnny Mango of Duke City Fix looks to the restoration of Engine 2926, the same engine that stood in Coronado park from 1956 to 2000. Great story, great pictures. It’s all right here.
NMI’s Danielle Bauer contributed to (actually, pretty much wrote) this report.
