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.
With the legislative session just weeks away, the AP’s Barry Massey reviews some food and income tax proposals state lawmakers will likely consider in January. The state needs to fill a $600 million hole immediately and the $400 million Richardson’s 2003 income tax breaks looks pretty attractive to some lawmakers. As does the $200 million that could be generated from reinstating the food tax.Federal stimulus money will be used to build a nearly $400,000 recreation center in Luna County, reports the Deming Headlight. The funds are part of a larger spending bill that will bring $11.6 million to the state for transportation and community projects.
One Taos Municipal School Board is accusing the interim superintendant of stalling an audit of the district’s finances, according to the Taos News. The board recently hired Moss Adams, a Seattle accounting firm with an office in Albuquerque, to look at the district’s books.
Also today, the Las Alamos Monitor has a story about federal legislation introduced by Sen. Tom Udall that would require the use of ignition interlock technology after a first drunk driving conviction. New Mexico was the first state to require the devices for all offenders.
NMSU’s Chile Pepper Institute has bred a “super-flavored chile,” with five times the aroma and flavor of common chile grown today, reports the Las Cruces Sun-News. The school has been cultivating this particular strain from seeds provided by the National Seed Storage Laboratory during the 1960s.
