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.
As part of our continuing effort to give NMI readers a window into the inner workings of government, we plan to webcast and live blog from the Albuquerque Charter Review Task Force meeting scheduled for tonight at City Hall.
The meeting takes place at 5:30 in the Council Committee Room of the Albuquerque/Bernalillo County Government Center. Barring unforeseen technical difficulties (which are always possible), we will begin shortly before then. Click the link below to join us.
On the agenda for tonight’s meeting is a proposed amendment to the charter that would require any group to register as a measure finance committee if the group communicates any information (by mail, in print, on TV or on the web) in support or opposition to a political candidate within four months of an election.
Mayor Martin Chavez has said he supports the amendment.
But, as NMI’s Trip Jenning’s reported yesterday, several local nonprofit organizations have protested the proposed amendment, saying it would limit their free speech.
Also, a draft opinion from the Albuquerque City Attorney’s office says that the amendment would be redundant and could end up limiting the city’s power to regulate organizations.
