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.
Tonight, the House and Senate and will adjourn early– but not to go home. The lawmakers will instead take to the court to play a basketball for charity and bragging rights.
The game takes place at the St. Michael’s High School gymnasium at 7 p.m. and the entrance fee is $5. The proceeds will go to the University of New Mexico Cancer Center.
Former Santa Fe Reporter staff writer Dave Maass popped into The Independent’s live blog today to tell us, “The House ALWAYS wins the basketball game.”
Maass also has the highlights, sort of, of last year’s game, where the House won 61-51, “mostly because of the deft ballwork of Reps. Jose Campos, Thomas Garcia and Bill O’Neill.”
The House will be wearing New Mexico State University jerseys while the Senate will wear University of New Mexico jerseys.
