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.
Republican gubernatorial candidate Doug Turner said Saturday that he will sue the federal government if the health care reform proposal being considered in Congress is signed by President Barack Obama. A vote is expected in the Senate Sunday.
“As your next Governor, I pledge that if the current healthcare reform legislation is enacted, I will stand with Virginia, Idaho and other states with pending legislation to sue the federal government on the grounds that this bill violates the Constitution by impinging on our state’s rights,” Turner said in a statement posted on his Facebook page.
Turner cited the 10th amendment to the U.S. Constitution, which reads, “The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people.”
Turner attended a “Kill the bill” rally in Albuquerque on Saturday opposing the legislation.
“Today, New Mexico is losing more jobs than it is gaining,” Turner’s statement said. If this healthcare legislation is passed, our already struggling small business market in New Mexico will wither. “
