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.
Gov. Bill Richardson was on Larry King Live last night to debate Gov. Tim Pawlenty of Minnesota. Pawlenty, a Republican, is considered a likely candidate for President in 2012.
The two sparred on the jobs bill, which passed with bipartisan support, and the televised health care summit on health care between the White House and Congressional leaders of both parties that will happen tomorrow.
Both Richardson and Pawlenty were in Washington D.C. for a meeting of the nations governors. The governors met with President Barack Obama this weekend.
Pawlenty accused Democrats of not including Republican ideas in the health care reform bill and repeatedly said that Obama was “overreaching,” while Richardson defended Obama. Richardson said, “I will say that I was discouraged by the partisanship [in Washington D.C.], but it’s not coming from the President, he has reached out and I think that he has been very effective.”
