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.
Staunch health-care reform opponent and former U.S. House Majority Leader Dick Armey is now targeting moderate Democrats in the Senate and Blue Dog Democrats in the House to attempt to kill health care reform, according to The Huffington Post.
And on his list of targets is none other than New Mexico’s senior senator, Jeff Bingaman.
The effort is coming from FreedomWorks, a conservative activist group chaired by Armey.
From FreedomWorks press release: “Knowing that it will be hard to socialize medicine, Congress is seeking to avoid a debate by inserting language in the budget bill to circumvent traditional debating procedures in order to sneak government-run healthcare through Congress.”
The Huffington Post continues to say that the group “will be robocalling its member list, as well as launching a lobbying campaign to fight the inclusion of the health-care reserve fund in the budget and the use of reconciliation to pass reform.”
