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.
Gov. Bill Richardson wasn’t on stage with President Barack Obama at the president’s town-hall meeting in Rio Rancho. No other New Mexico elected officials were on stage.
Richardson did meet with Obama before arriving in the Rio Rancho High School gymnasium, according to The Santa Fe New Mexican’s Steve Terrell.
Obama, in his opening remarks, referred to Richardson as “a great friend, one of the finest governors in the country.”
This was their first public encounter since Richardson withdrew his nomination to be commerce secretary because of the ongoing probe into allegations of pay to play in his administration.
Richardson, along with Lt. Gov. Diane Denish, House Speaker Ben Lujan and Senate Majority Leader Michael Sanchez met with the president prior to the event, Lujan and Sanchez confirmed.
