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 U.S. Senate voted 58-40 to cut $1.75 billion in funding for controversial F-22 fighter planes from a defense spending bill. Both New Mexico senators voted in the minority against cutting the funding from the bill.
The effort was the work of Sens. John McCain, R-Ariz., and Carl Levin, D-Mich. But the measure was supported by Defense Secretary Robert Gates and President Barack Obama.
New Mexico’s two Democratic Sens. Tom Udall and Jeff Bingaman voted against stripping the funding and, as the Huffington Post noted, the votes seemed to be more along regional lines than ideological lines.
Of note, Tom Udall’s cousin, fellow Sen. Mark Udall, D-Colo., voted for stripping the funds from the bill.
