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.
Two high-profile defendants are asking a federal judge to dismiss a whistleblower lawsuit that alleges a pay-to-play scheme that rewarded campaign contributors of Gov. Bill Richardson with state work or investments, the Associated Press reports.
Officials announced Thursday that Santa Fe and Dallas are now linked by regional jet service, the Santa Fe New Mexican reports. American Eagle will run a daily non-stop flight. The service will be provided on a 60-day test basis using Embraer 44-seat ERJ-140 jets, which fly at an altitude of 40,000 feet at a speed of 500 mph, the paper reports.
The business agent for the local film technicians union is admitting that he meddled with a bill related to the state’s film incentive program, the Santa Fe New Mexico reports.
According to the story:
Jon Hendry, business agent of the local film technicians union, the International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees 480, introduced an amended fiscal-impact report to legislators at a Business and Industry Committee session on HB725 — introduced by Dennis Kintigh, R-Roswell, to repeal the incentive program — on March 3. Reports are prepared by the LFC to estimate the economic effect of legislation.
Hendry’s “corrected” fiscal-impact report, printed on LFC letterhead, included different figures for estimated revenue than those included in the original report and about 100 extra lines of analysis, editorial and commentary. Much of the new text — which was highlighted in red — suggested that passage of the bill would lead to economic decline and ruin for many in the state.
Hendry said Thursday that the confusion arose when his four-page cover letter to LFC director David Abbey and LFC economist Norton Francis was not copied along with the report. Hendry said that document made it clear that his revised report was not the real thing, but just Hendry’s analysis of it all.
