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 effort to repeal the death penalty in New Mexico has gained some high-profile support. Former President Jimmy Carter and his wife, Rosalynn Carter, both support the attempt.
The former president sent a letter to Gov. Bill Richardson that said, “Rosalynn and I applaud New Mexico’s leadership regarding the death penalty and the rights of crime victims.”
Carter added, “The New Mexico Legislature’s House Bills 285, 211, and 284 advance the challenge of how best to address society’s most serious crimes.”
Carter won the Nobel Peace Prize in 2002 “for his decades of untiring effort to find peaceful solutions to international conflicts, to advance democracy and human rights, and to promote economic and social development.”
Richardson, in the past an opponent of repealing the death penalty, has recently “softened” his position on the issue.
