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.
Public Regulation Commission member Carol K. Sloan will return to work Tuesday to attend the regular Commission meeting, Sloan’s executive assistant Luis Ledezma told The Independent.
Sloan was convicted in state District Court April 8 of felony aggravated battery and felony aggravated burglary, following her attack on Brenda Yazzie with a rock. Sloan reportedly believed Yazzie was having an affair with Sloan’s husband.
She will not be speaking with reporters “for the time being,” Ledezma said.
Sloan is appealing her conviction, and will be allowed to keep her seat on the Commission through that process.
However, Sloan, a Democrat, cannot run for reelection this year because of the felony conviction. Lt. Gov. Diane Denish and others have called for Sloan’s resignation.
Executive Director of New Mexico Coalition to End Homelessness Hank Hughes, a Democrat, has announced he will run for Sloan’s District 4 PRC seat. Hughes intends to run on a “green energy” platform.
After a contentious Insurance Division hearing Monday, Hughes told The Independent he would work with Commissioner Jason Marks to improve Division transparency, if elected.
