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.
David Iglesias, the former U.S. Attorney from New Mexico, today discussed new rules in put in place by the Obama administration military commissions, The Washington Independent’s Spencer Ackerman reported.
According to Ackerman, Iglesias focused on some of the changes made recently and noted that some rules for the commissions have not yet been established.
Iglesias was fired from his post as U.S. Attorney after apparent pressure from New Mexico Republicans, including then-U.S. Rep. Heather Wilson and then-U.S. Sen. Pete Domenici , because they did not feel he was pursuing voter fraud cases with enough urgency.
Before becoming U.S. Attorney, Iglesias was a Navy JAG officer.
