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.
Four of New Mexico’s public employee unions are suing the state to stop the enactment of a new law that decreases the state’s payment into public employee pension funds by 1.5 percent for two years.
According to a press release, the American Federation of State, County, Municipal Employees (AFSCME); the American Federation of Teachers — New Mexico; the National Education Association — New Mexico; and the local affiliate of the Communications Workers of America are all seeking a preliminary injunction to stop the enactment of the law, set to go into effect on July 1.
If enacted, the statement says, the law will force more than 66,000 public employees to shore up the state’s budget deficit by paying 1.5 percent more out of their paychecks into PERA and ERB, the state’s public employee pension funds.
The unions say this amounts to a ‘wage tax.’
