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.
U.S. Rep. Harry Teague, D-N.M., will announce Thursday morning whether he plans to vote for or against the pending health-care reform bill, President Barack Obama’s group Organizing for America is claiming.
The group’s New Mexico director, Ray Sandoval, wrote in an e-mail to supporters that the group has “credible information” that Teague will make the announcement Thursday morning. House leaders hope to vote on the legislation this weekend.
Teague spokeswoman Sara Schreiber could not immediately be reached for comment on Sandoval’s e-mail.
Teague has been under immense pressure from the left and right as the vote on the health-care reform bill looms.
Schreiber most recently said in an article published Tuesday that Teague, who voted against the House health-care bill last year, had not decided how he’ll vote on the Senate version of the bill – which is what’s currently awaiting House action. Schreiber did say Teague still had “serious concerns” about the legislation.
Earlier today, dozens of Organizing for America volunteers and supporters lobbied for the bill outside Teague’s office in Las Cruces. Members of the Las Cruces TEA Party were also in attendance to protest the legislation.
