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.
“Today’s setback is huge,” said Rep. Jose Campos, D-Santa Rosa, moments after he asked to delay debate on his election reform bill. After debating House bill 118, which would ban contributions to statewide candidates from lobbyists and some state contractors,the House adjourned for the day. Supporters have less than three days to pass it through the House and navigate it through the Senate.
The full House debated the bill for over an hour on Monday before the sponsor asked for it to be ‘rolled over,’ or delayed.
During Monday’s debate, House Republicans raised issues of fairness and freedom of speech.
“Obviously this is an issue we must look at to clean up the appearance of corruption,” Campos said.
Campos said he would bring the bill back on Tuesday, and said that he has passed bills this late in the session before.
The bill has already dropped a couple of provisions from the first time it was introduced, and its been joined with a similar bill backed by the Governor.
