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 House Judiciary Committee will consider a bill that would create a publicly accessible database of financial information from government agencies in New Mexico on Saturday.
State Rep. Al Park, the committee’s chairman, confirmed that in an e-mail that the bill will be heard when the committee meets Saturday morning in room 309 in the Roundhouse. The time of the meeting hasn’t yet been scheduled.
Senate Bill 195, sponsored by Republican Sen. Sander Rue and pushed heavily by Democratic Lt. Gov. Diane Denish, has already passed the Senate unanimously, but it has to pass the House Judiciary and Appropriations committees before it can be considered by the full House.
The bill would create a publicly accessible Web site database of detailed and up-to-date financial information including tax revenues, agency budgets and investment reports.
