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.
Democracy for New Mexico blogs about the passing of expanded hate crime legislation in the U.S. House of Representatives. New Mexico’s freshmen Democratic lawmakers — Martin Heinrich and Ben Ray Lujan — were in the support of the legislation in order to end violence motivated by “small mindedness” and “intolerance,” but Harry Teague was absent for the vote.
According to the post, the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force sees this as a step in the right direction for achieving substantive federal hate crimes legislation.
Meanwhile, Tracy Dingmann of Clearly New Mexico writes about the Wall Street Journal’s editorial singling out New Mexico Attorney General Gary King for “pay-to-sue” practices. King’s response to the story won him yet another jab by the conservative WSJ, writing, “some public officials are touchier than others.” This back and forth exchange has created quite the media stir.
Also, Peter St. Cyr comments on the governor’s news release regarding the State Investment Council and his recommendation to unload the SIC’s private equity advisor.
And more about the guv as Joe Monahan blogs about approval ratings. He projects that Richardson’s approval ratings as he leaves office may potentially “taint the campaign” of his would-be Democratic successor.
