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.
According to Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid Senate, the Senate will work on a jobs bill and financial regulation in the seven weeks before Congress goes on its Memorial Day recess. While Reid wants to work on some Obama nominees who have been waiting for confirmation, he doesn’t expect the Senate to look at immigration reform or a potential Supreme Court nominee.
Reid also mentioned Republican opposition when speaking to reporters.
“We have a lot of work to do,” Reid said during remarks at the Capitol following his party’s caucus luncheons. “And we’re dealing, everyone has to understand, with a party of no, that they’re trying to stop everything.”
The news that immigration reform would not be an issue this week was a change of tune from this weekend, when Reid said at a Las Vegas immigration rally that the Senate would take up immigration reform this week.
