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.
New Mexico’s unemployment rate rose to 5.1 percent in January according to the Associated Press. This is up from 4.7 percent in December and 3.1 percent in January of 2008.
New Mexico lost 8,600 jobs in the last year.
This is relatively low. While the official nationwide numbers won’t be released until tomorrow, some believe that it will be as high as eight percent.
There is one industry that is still hiring. “The state says government jobs increased by 2,200 over the year, most of them at the local level and many in tribal casinos,” the Associated Press wrote.
