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.
Days after coming back online, most computer systems that enable database searches and Uniform Commercial Code (UCC) filings via the secretary of state’s Web site appear to be down again today.
As of the publication of this posting, the UCC system is offline, as are the databases for campaign contributors and candidates and political committees receiving contributions. There is no note on the home page of the Web site notifying visitors that the systems are down.
“Upgrades are currently being made and the application will be up again momentarily,” said A.J. Salazar, the secretary of state’s elections director.
Officials have been working to restore the Web site and systems in the office for about two weeks, since unspecified problems knocked out a new campaign finance and disclosure system that has been under development. Officials haven’t specified how the problems with the new site relate to the office’s problems with its other computer systems and Web site.
