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.
Congressman Doc Hastings, R-Wash., objected to including a renewal of the Indian Health Care Improvement Act (IHCIA) legislation today. This is a proposal that Congressman Martin Heinrich, D-N.M., fought to have included in the final health care bill.
“Tying reauthorization of the Indian Health Care Improvement Act to the controversial government takeover of the nation’s health care does a serious disservice to Tribes and individual Indians and Alaska Natives across the country,” Hastings wrote in a letter to Natural Resources Committee chairman Nick Rahall, D-W.Va. “Reauthorization should be permitted to move independently and not be tied to such a costly and controversial measure.”
“Real reform of the health care system will not be complete without ensuring that affordable coverage, choice and stability are provided to all Americans – including those in Indian Country,” said Heinrich in a statement to the Independent.
Rahall’s amendment would would reauthorize IHCIA until 2025.
In a statement about health care yesterday, Congressman Ben Ray Lujan, D-N.M. mentioned “tribal health” as one of the provisions in the House health care reform legislation that he approved of.
