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 would have to reduce the salaries and benefits for 102 political appointees rather than 80, if an amendment to the budget bill is approved by the House.
Sixty two of those exempt positions are vacant, meaning the governor would only have to trim 38 positions instead of the 18 required in the original bill.
The exempt provision was sponsored by Sen. John Ryan, R-Albuquerque, and was the fifth amendment to the budget bill that originated in the House.
Ryan’s amendment follows a flurry of bills filed this week that would limit the governor’s ability to hire political appointees.
