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 hates the food tax, and is going to see what he “can do about it,” he told KOAT on Sunday. The tax is one of several measures passed last week by the state Legislature, but it’s unclear what Richardson can do about the tax, considering the state’s budget shortfall. If he were to veto the bill, he would likely have to call lawmakers back to Santa Fe to fill the budget gap during special session.
“I hate the food tax. I don’t know why the Senate put it in. It’s regressive. It hurts people, but it’s reality that we have a budget shortfall,” Richardson told KOAT.
“I was the governor that came in and got rid of it with the Legislature and now it’s back on. I don’t like it and I’m going to see what we can do about it,” Richardson said.
The food tax was eliminated in 2005, but during last week’s session the New Mexico Senate effectively reapplied local gross receipts tax on food, with averages about 2 percent across the state.
