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.
Gov. Bill Richardson announced today that the special session to deal with the state’s budget shortfall will begin at noon on Oct. 17.
“After meeting with education leaders, I am more convinced than ever that we must fight against attempts to cut school spending. The superintendents reiterated their strong opposition to drastic cuts that some legislators have proposed,” Richardson said in a statement, according to The Santa Fe New Mexican’s Kate Nash.
Lawmakers are struggling to figure out how to plug a shortfall in the current fiscal year’s budget currently estimated to be $433 million. Some say the shortfall could grow to as much as $700 million.
Members of Richardson’s staff have been working with a group of lawmakers to try to build consensus behind a plan, but no agreement has been reached.
Richardson is not estimating how long the session will last, Nash is reporting. He had originally said he wanted it to be one day, but several lawmakers and the lieutenant governor have said that’s not likely.
