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.
The U.S. House Appropriations Committee announced yesterday that it would adopt a rule that would ban earmarks for for-profit entities. The policy was one put forward by Rep. Harry Teague, D-N.M.
“I took this approach to earmark reform because I believe Congress needs to do more to support the public needs of the communities we represent and that is why I only make funding requests on behalf of local government and other not for profit entities,” Teague said in a statement. “The announcement today that the House Appropriations Committee is going to enforce this policy for all members is an overdue step in the right direction.”
In addition, each earmark would be available online for easy viewing by the public.
To enforce the policy, Inspectors General of the agencies with the earmarks would audit a percentage of those earmarks. The House Appropriations Committee already approves each earmark and would not approve those that go to for-profit entities, Teague spokeswoman Sara Schreiber told The Independent.
