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. Senate is moving quickly on a financial regulation bill; Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., filed cloture on the bill to reform Wall Street, meaning the bill will come up for a procedural vote Monday.
That vote would need 60 votes to proceed to a vote on the actual bill.
Some Republicans have tried to frame the bill as not doing much to actually reform Wall Street and would actually just ensure future bailouts.
A statement by Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., saying that the bill “will lead to endless taxpayer bailouts of Wall Street banks” was ruled false by Politifact.
A statement by Reid saying that the bill “will end taxpayer bailouts” was ruled barely true by Politifact.
A recent poll by Gallup Polling found that a plurality of Americans support banking reform while a higher percentage approve of it when it is referred to as Wall Street reform.
