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.
With three months to go before the June primary, the state’s elections director has resigned. A.J. Salazar quit his job as the state’s top elections officer Friday, effectively immediately, according to James Flores, spokesman for the Secretary of State’s Office. “We have no other information to offer at this time,” Flores said.
Salazar was hired in April 2009 for a job that paid him an annual salary of $95,000.In addition to overseeing elections, his duties included concentrating on the 2010 census, redistricting of precinct boundaries, administrative rules and various other policies.
