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.
On Wednesday night, the New Mexico Independent and KUNM-FM,KNME-TV and Weekly Alibi, cohosted a lively debate between RJ Berry, Martin Chavez and Richard Romero, the three candidates who will be on the ballot in Albuquerque’s Oct. 6 mayoral election.
The event was held in front of a clapping, cheering (and booing and hissing) live audience at the National Hispanic Cultural Center, but it was also broadcast live on the radio and webcast online.
We asked the candidates about a wide variety of hot topics, including smart growth, sprawl and TIDDS. We asked them point-blank if they support gay marriage, what they would do to improve the city’s abysmal dropout rate and how they proposed to protect women among rising rates of violence.
Want to know how they answered? You can watch the debate on KNME-TV Channel 5 on Friday, Sept. 18 at 7 p.m. Or watch the video above and click the box below to read a transcript of the live blog.
