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.
Several state attorneys general argue that states should be able to enforce stronger consumer protection laws when it comes to the nation’s financial system, but they are encountering strong opposition from powerful lawmakers and industry lobbyists, reports the Washington Post. The attorneys general are generally in the East. We’ve not heard too much from New Mexico’s AG, Gary King, on this issue.
Many people show no loyalty to online news sites and would go elsewhere for what’s going on in the world if the sites started charging according to a new survey by the Project for Excellence in Journalism, reports the Associated Press. That finding comes as some big news sites, most notably the New York Times, have announced they will start charging for some content off their Web sites.
The brutal murder of a worker at the American consulate and her husband in Ciudad Juarez over the weekend has the White House off-the-charts angry and promising to send resources to find the killers, reports the New York Times. The husband of another consulate employee was killed, and his two children wounded, around the same time, the paper reports. The murderers in both instances are believed to have links to drug traffickers, the paper reported.
