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.
The City of Albuquerque has launched a web page to track the recovery money that is coming to New Mexico from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA).
The tracker includes a pie chart with six categories where ARRA money will be spent. These categories are aviation, energy, housing, infrastructure, public safety and transportation. So far, the tracker shows that over $42 million has been allotted to Albuquerque.
When you click on a category, it links to another page with the money in that specific category. For example, on transportation, you can see that the vast majority of the money is going to bus stop shelters and improvements.
Clicking on “bus shelters and improvements” brings you to a page that says, “The City is proposing to buy and install 450 new solar-powered bus stop shelters and to make needed bus stop improvements at locations throughout the metro area.”
Under a section of the page on “Tracking spending” the overview currently says, “The grant currently is under review by the Federal Transit administration (FTA). City staff is preparing bid documents, soliciting quotes and initiating other similar contracting actions in order to expedite contract delivery pending grant award.”
If you see something you want improved, you can comment on the recovery tracker.
Albuquerque Mayor Martin Chavez also filmed this YouTube video:
