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.
Two Representatives from Albuquerque — one Republican and one Democrat — disagreed Thursday on whether the House had worked hard enough on passing a budget during the 30-day session that ended at noon. Rep. Jane Powdrell-Culbert, R-Albuquerque, began the exchange between herself and Ben Rodefer, D-Bernalillo.
“I know that the appropriations committees for the House and the Senate have worked diligently to come up with [a budget] but it really concerns me that we have not completely addressed the needs of the state through the finances,” Powdrell-Culbert said on the House floor.
Rodefer followed on the House floor by saying, “We handed a balanced, sensible and fair budget to the Senate. We did our job, and we will continue to do our job.”
The House then moved on to continuing to pass legislation as the session ticked down to its end — without a budget on the governor’s desk.
