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 newest SurveyUSA poll has Gov. Bill Richardson’s approval rating at 42 percent.
The survey of 600 New Mexicans, released Saturday, has a margin of error of plus or minus 4.1 percentage points.
That matches a New Mexico State University poll released earlier this month that had Richardson’s approval rating at 43 percent and the February SurveyUSA poll that had his approval at 41 percent.
In the new poll, 54 percent said they disapprove of the job Richardson is doing, and 4 percent said they don’t know whether they approve of his performance.
Richardson’s approval dropped below 50 percent for the first time in January as he was dogged by a controversy involving the ongoing federal grand jury investigation into allegations of pay-to-play in his administration. The struggling economy is also a drag on many politicians’ approval ratings.
