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.
First-quarter fundraising reports for members of Congress are due by Wednesday, and freshman U.S. Rep. Martin Heinrich is the first from New Mexico to file his report. The result: He raised almost $250,000 during his first three months as an elected official.
Heinrich, a Democrat, raised $248,221.77 from January to March, according to his report on the Federal Election Commission Web site. Almost $137,000 came from political action committees.
He spent about $72,000 and had $201,200.02 on hand at the end of the quarter.
I’ll let you know when U.S. Reps. Harry Teague and Ben R. Luján file their reports.
One other interesting note from the federal reports that have already been filed: Former U.S. Rep. Steve Pearce, R-N.M., paid off an old campaign loan of $20,000 to himself during the last quarter. He raised $21,714 in contributions, though he’s not currently running for any office, according to the finance report he filed.
Pearce, who gave up his House seat last year for an unsuccessful run for Senate, has said he will be on the ballot in 2010, either to try to retake his House seat from Teague or to run for governor.
