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.
Governor Richardson said in a press release Friday that 10,00 full and part time jobs are the result of federal stimulus money. In a breakdown of the numbers 7,372 people got full or part time jobs in the last quarter of 2009.
Governor Richardson hailed the numbers, saying in the release:
“The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act has definitely had a positive impact on New Mexico’s economy,” Governor Richardson said. “This is just a snapshot of stimulus spending in New Mexico, but it’s clear that thousands of people have work and hundreds of millions of dollars are flowing throughout the economy. The impact has been felt in every county in the state, and in both urban and rural New Mexico.”
The Governor said the jobs are spread all over the state but are primarily in public schools and in transportation. The release says New Mexico should recive $3.4 billion dollars in stimulus money, with $2.1 billion being shuttled through state government.
