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.
A bill by Rep. Brian Egolf, D-Santa Fe, that would require that the state put its money in local banks instead of with national banks like Bank of America, where the money currently is, has reached the big time thanks to the Huffington Post. The bill passed the House Tuesday on a 65-0 vote.
HB 66, State Funds in Community Banks, would “give preferential treatment to New Mexico community banks when bidding for the state fiscal agent contract by requiring the Department of Finance and Administration (DFA) to multiply the lowest bidding community bank’s bid price ‘by a factor of .9.’” according to the fiscal impact report.
“The goal needs to be moving away from Wells Fargo and Bank of America. They get enough help. Now it’s time to help local banks,” Egolf told the Santa Fe New Mexican in January.
The bill, which was previously profiled by Huffington Post, will now head to the Senate.
