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 district judge has dismissed half of the charges against Public Regulation Commissioner Jerome Block Jr. and his father, a former PRC member, ruling that the attorney general overstepped his authority with the indictments.
That’s according to The Santa Fe New Mexican, which is reporting that the judge ruled that the applicable law – the Voter Action Act – allows the secretary of state to choose civil fines or handing the case over to the AG for prosecution of violations, but not both.
The AG’s office plans to appeal, the newspaper is reporting. Even if it loses, several charges remain.
In April, the attorney general secured the indictments of Block and his father on felony and misdemeanor charges related to misusing the state’s public financing system. Block has not resigned from his PRC seat.
