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.
The 2010 regular session will end with an answer to the state’s budget problem. But will it be a lasting answer? Sen. John Arthur Smith, D-Deming, said Monday that the odds are “pretty high” that lawmakers will need to come back to Santa Fe for a special session before next year’s regular 60-day session.
“There’s a lot of unknowns we can’t predict,” Smith said.
Smith also said that the tax increases passed by the House will not survive in the Senate.
“If you’re asking for a tax increase then have the same amount cut,” he said, adding that a large part of House Bill 2, the appropriation bill passed by the House, depends on federal dollars that aren’t yet a sure thing.
Smith earlier told the Independent that the Senate Fiance Committee should begin to take up HB 2 on Tuesday, and likely be done with it by later in the week.
