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.
Native lands could get help putting in roads and other infrastructure if Gov. Richardson signs a bill passed by the Legislature Wednesday. The money could also help tribes draw more assistance from the federal government.
With almost exactly 23 hours left in the legislative session the Senate passed a bill, HB 162, that appropriates 5 percent of Senior Severance Tax Bonding Capacity to the Tribal Infrastructure Fund.
Though the law, which was sponsored by Sen. John Pinto, won’t go into effect until 2012, tribal leaders Norman J. Cooeyate, Pueblo of Zuni Governor, and Alvin H. Warren, Indian Affairs Department Cabinet Secretary, were thrilled by the passage.
“We can use this funding to leverage additional funding sources, not only the state but tribes to federal,” Cooeyate told The Independent, adding, “I’m looking at economic development, since we’re so rural.”
Warren said, “I really think this is what makes New Mexico unique. This is why it’s great to be from New Mexico. We look out for each other.”
