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.
Former state Senate President Pro Tem Richard Romero turned in another stack of $5 contributions today to Albuquerque’s city clerk, in order to qualify for public financing in the city’s mayoral race.
The deadline for gathering the contributions from one percent of the electorate — 3,280 people — is March 31.
Romero has so far turned in 2,110 of that total, and 1,787 have been verified by the city clerk as coming from registered voters. Today, his campaign turned in 1,000.
Neri Holguin, Romero’s campaign manager, said the campaign is focused and methodically meeting its goals.
“We’ll turn in another 1,000 next week,” she said, “and then probably another 400 or so by the deadline.”
The campaigns goal is to turn in a little more than 4,000 to account for a natural error rate, she said.
