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.
On Thursday, House members had a little fun with freshman Rep. Jim White, R-Albuquerque, who replaced Albuquerque Mayor Richard Berry after Berry was elected mayor of Albuquerque and resigned. The gentle hazing, from legislators on both sides of the aisle, is a tradition for members who pass their first piece of legislation.
First, Rep. Brian Egolf, D-Santa Fe, asked White if the legislation was in accordance with House Rule 27.
There is no House Rule 27.
But the coup de grâce came when White, an Air Force Veteran, was asked to sing the first three measures of The U.S. Air Force song before the House would pass his memorial.
The legislation, House Joint Memorial 8, requested that Congress “allow for payments of both the survivor benefit plan annuity and the dependency and indemnity compensation.”
Note: A previous version of this post referred to Rep. White as “Bill White.” We regret the mistake.
