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.
Sen. Tom Udall reacted to the U.S. Supreme Court case allowing corporations to spend unlimited amounts of money for or against political candidates, saying in a statement that the decision is “a victory for special interests at the expense of the average American.”
“We have long needed substantive campaign finance reform, and it’s my hope that today’s disappointing decision by the high court will provide the impetus we need to put elections back in the hands of average Americans- and not the special interests who can use their unlimited bank accounts to railroad the process to their preferred conclusion,” Udall, a freshman Senator said.
Already many political analysts are predicting that the decision will change the face of political campaigns.
Like Rep. Martin Heinrich, Udall vowed to work with his colleagues to create laws to limit the scope of corporations and special interests in the U.S. political process.
