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.
U.S. Sen. Jeff Bingaman has been a senator since 1983. In 1982, he defeated the Republican incumbent, Harrison Schmidt, and has won every election since then.
Since then, he has risen in the ranks to currently being the 13th-ranked Senator and 9th-ranked Democrat by seniority. The Silver City Democrat chairs the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee. So it was a bit of a surprise when PBS Nightly Business Report host Susie Gharib referred to Jeff Bingaman as “John Bingaman.”
Bingaman — his full name is Jesse Francis Bingaman for the record — was the a guest on the “A Congressional Difference of Opinion,” series. Bingaman was to discuss a pending climate change bill.
Bingaman’s son’s name is John.
You can read what Jeff Bingaman had to say about the legislation here.
